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Weyerhaeuser has broken ground on its new 7,860-square-foot building that will serve as its regional timberlands office.

Nagai Tekko is a machine manufacturer that designs and manufactures winders, rolls, and other equipment used in paperboard mills. It has strengths in the design of machines and development of control systems and delivers high-performance and high-quality machines to paperboard manufacturers.

The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) acquired 100% of the shares in Eson Pac, headquartered in Veddige, Sweden, from the majority shareholder Nalka Invest AB as well as family and management minority shareholders.

Kari Saarinen has decided to resign from his position as Valmet's CFO due to his share trades in Neles during the merger process and to minimize the negative impacts of this on Valmet's reputation.

The conciliator has announced that the conciliation between UPM Communication Papers and Paperworkers' Union has been interrupted, as the parties' views are still far apart. At the same time, the conciliator announced that the conciliation in UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Raflatac and UPM Biofuels continues. For UPM Pulp the conciliator has already submitted a settlement proposal.

WestRock says the Panama City mill would "require significant capital investment" to maintain and improve. The press release on the WestRock website says, "By closing this mill, significant capital that would be required to keep the mill competitive in the future will be deployed to improve other key assets."

There were no reported injuries and officials are still working to figure out what started the fire.

This prestigious award was created to recognize companies that demonstrate excellence in innovation, sustainable product offerings, and outstanding contributions to the nonwovens market.

The system is applied to support variability reduction goals by means of Statistical Process Control and Centerlining, which are integrated elements of dataPARC software platform for digital transformation.

The companies are introducing a comprehensive line of 100% PFAS-free molded fiber packaging, including hot cup lids, bowls, egg cartons, protein trays and more.

Caverion has the overall responsibility for the process electrification, installations, project management and project-related procurement in the mill's wood treatment, water and wastewater treatment and chemical treatment, and for the installation of main electricity distribution lines and earthing.

There was a fatal automobile accident in our neighborhood lately that can serve as an excellent study on how we think when there is little time to sort out the situation. There are lessons here for all of us.

Mills need to create a mindset for its employees and contractors that workplace safety is the number one priority and improve workplace safety programs.

Antalis has signed a binding offer to acquire BB Pack Group in Germany - BB Pack, cr8 Packaging and Printmate. The offer is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent, including the approval of the German competition authority.

Amcor offering US$250,000 investment to winners.

A variety of pulp quality parameters, including tensile, burst, tear, short span compression (SCT), porosity or softness, can be predicted by the analyzer with results fully customizable.

Enviva Inc. announced it will invest approximately $250 million in Bond, Mississippi to build a new wood pellet production plant. The facility is a key component of the company's growth strategy to double production capacity from the current 6.2 million metric tons annually to approximately 13 million metric tons annually over the next five years.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that it will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta ("Hinton Pulp") by the end of this year. One of Hinton Pulp's two production lines will shut, and the remaining line will produce Unbleached Kraft Pulp ("UKP") rather than Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp ("NBSK").

Jury selects six projects to receive campaign funding.

Elopak ASA and Nippon Paper Industries have agreed that Nippon Paper will produce and sell Elopak's lineup of Pure-Pak® packaging for liquid food and beverage products worldwide and introduce them to the Oceania region.

Aspa Bruk is working with a Swedish environmental technology company called Axolot Solution in a joint project during a three-month period. During this time extensive tests are performed aiming at reducing the phosphorus emissions from the mill. The project is based on Axolot's electrochemical AxoPur® 2.0 process and the trial is planned to continue until the start of the summer.

Metsä Fibre and Veolia have signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol.

Initially announced in January 2020, Ahlstrom-Munksjö has completed its investment and started production for additional capacity in both filtration and energy storage materials at its plant in Turin, Italy. By successfully expanding manufacturing facilities, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is making a strong commitment to customers in both the High-Performance Filtration and Energy Storage markets.

It is during the shutdown that the company carries out all the maintenance necessary to ensure the unit's operational reliability, in line with Brazilian regulations.

Frank Shaffer has joined Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. as Technical Services Manager. In this newly developed role, Frank will act as liaison between Monadnock and its vendors and customers relative to new product development, quality, sales and marketing.