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Prior to her role at Suzano, Cristina was Vice President of Sustainability at Orbia, a community of companies bound by a shared purpose

Smurfit Kappa has developed an innovative new packaging solution for detergent together with McBride, the leading European manufacturer of private label products for the cleaning and hygiene market. The Click-to-Lock Pods Box is a 100% paper-based solution which provides a sustainable and safe alternative to the traditional plastic box for laundry pods.

Member companies recognized for outstanding efforts to improve workplace safety and the environment.

Valmet has been chosen as the second most attractive employer by the Finnish engineering professionals. The ranking was published in Universum's annual survey, which is the biggest employer attractiveness survey in Finland.

Domtar received confirmation from the Sûreté du Québec this morning (Oct. 28) of the tragic news regarding the second worker, Mr. Hugo Paré, who also lost his life following the collapse of a scaffolding on October 26 at approximately 1:35 a.m. at the company's Windsor mill. This loss is in addition to Mr. Yan Baillargeon, who was found yesterday.

WestRock Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share on its common stock, an increase of $0.01 per share from its previous dividend rate and representing an annualized increase of $0.04 per share, or 4%.

Company earns ninth consecutive award for top environmental performance and freight supply chain efficiency.

Paper Excellence announced that its Catalyst Crofton facility will take a market curtailment of about two weeks in November 2021.

Ron Van Den Heuvel, 67, is serving a 90-month sentence in federal prison for fraud stemming from his operation of Green Box, a business that he pitched to investors as a way to convert food-contaminated waste into reusable paper and plastic products. At sentencing in January 2019, he also was ordered to pay $9.4 million to 14 of the organizations and investors he was found guilty of defrauding.

The first draft of a proposal to help restart idled paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls is being finalized.

Simo Sääskilahti, currently working as Neles' CFO, has been chosen as the head of the Business Line as of the completion of the merger process.

We are in the process of revitalizing and restarting the Light Green Machine Institute, a 501c3 educational institute we created back around 2008. The Light Green Machine Institute's mission statement is "Holistically reducing the environmental impact of pulp and paper processing."

10 Sonoco Paper Mills Validated Acceptance of EnviroCan Paper Containers in Residential Mixed Paper Bales to be Recycled into Paperboard.

The Allendale facility, which initially began producing OSB in 2007, has been idle since late 2019 and has an estimated stated capacity of approximately 760 million square feet (3/8-inch basis).

Following the necessary installations and the re-build of the paper machine, Essity will gradually add green hydrogen to its energy supply. It is planned to run the drying hood of the paper machine on 100 percent green hydrogen by autumn 2022.

Glatfelter Corporation, announced that it was the recipient of the prestigious Supplier Innovation Award presented by Rockline Industries at its annual State of Rockline event held virtually on October 6, 2021.

Juha Jumppanen has been appointed EVP, Metsä Forest as of November 1, 2021. Metsä Forest is responsible for Metsä Group's wood sourcing and forest services.

The White Mountain Paper Co., formerly Gorham Paper and Tissue, expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.

The scope of supply includes leading technologies from the BlueLine stock preparation and XcelLine paper machine portfolio.

At approximately 1:35 a.m. on Oct. 26, an accident occurred at the Domtar Windsor Mill site when a scaffold collapsed into equipment. Three workers were injured in the accident. One worker was taken to hospital where his life is not in danger. Two workers are still trapped and efforts are being made for their safe rescue by first responders.

WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced that Ward Dickson will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective November 30, 2021. In addition, the company announced Alexander (Alex) Pease will succeed Dickson as WestRock's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Cascades inc. announces that it has completed the sale of its 57.6% equity stake in Reno De Medici S.p.A. ("Reno de Medici", or "RDM Group"), previously announced July 5, 2021, to a subsidiary of funds managed by subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Sonoco's all-paper PaperBlister package is further evidence of the Company's commitment to developing more innovative, sustainable packaging options for customers and consumers alike.

Stora Enso is investing Euro 97 million to expand the board production at the Skoghall site in Sweden. At the same time, Stora Enso is initiating a pre-feasibility study to convert the second, currently idle, line at its Oulu site in Finland, to a packaging board line.

Nippon Paper Industries Co. -- touted for its high-quality "Kushiro brand" paper used for newspapers and magazines -- ended 100 years of production at its paper mill in Kushiro, Hokkaido, in September, shifting its primary business to thermal power generation.