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Together, Lenzing and Södra take a giant leap further towards closing the loop from fiber to fiber in fashion.

Company offers few details about 'transformation plan' that aims to reopen shuttered mill.

Correll became chairman and CEO in 1993 and made it into a powerhouse. He negotiated a $21 billion sale of the company to Koch Industries in 2006.

WestRock Company announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer.

The cause of a fire last week at the idled Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids is still under investigation, but company leaders say they do not anticipate it will affect "any future plans or options for the mill."

Red Leaf Pulp Ltd., developer of a proprietary wheat straw-based pulp mill, announced the Company will locate its initial facility in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Company has secured properties on the west side of the City of Regina and will commence construction of the $350 Million facility in early 2022.

Essity announced that Sahil Tesfu will join Essity's Executive Management Team in the newly created position Senior Vice President Group Function Strategy & Business Development.

Lenzing Group is continuing to make great strides toward achieving carbon neutrality across the Group. The successful completion and commissioning of an air purification and sulfur recovery plant at the Lenzing facility marks another milestone in the Group's strategy. Lenzing has invested some Euro 40 million in this project since construction began in 2019.

Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) has announced the successful transition of its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Maritime certification to the new FSC national standard for responsible forest management in Canada.

The Conservation Fund purchased the land along the Altamaha River in Long County from the forest products company Rayonier, the nonprofit said in a news release.

Smurfit Kappa has announced an investment of €11.5 million in its Zülpich paper mill in Germany, which produces approximately 500,000 tonnes of paper annually.

Further to the announcement on February 16, 2021, that the hygiene and health company Essity had entered an agreement to acquire the remaining 63.8% of the shares in the Australian hygiene company Asaleo Care, Essity today notes the announcement by Asaleo Care, that the company's shareholders voted in favor of accepting Essity's offer.

Andritz has received an order from Nine Dragons Paper Industries to supply two chemi-thermomechanical pulping systems for their mills in China. The start-ups are scheduled for spring and summer 2022.

Solenis will increase prices by 5-15% on all water treatment, process and pulp & paper product lines across the EMEA region, effective immediately.

There are various issues negatively impacting the supply chain currently.

We at New-Indy are working diligently to address odor complaints from residents of York and Lancaster Counties in South Carolina, and Union County in North Carolina and to comply with directives of state and federal regulatory agencies.

Clearwater Paper Company announced Tuesday it's exiting the away from home tissue business by the end of July. The Neenah mill, which it acquired in 2010, is part of Clearwater's consumer products division. It has three tissue machines and ten converting lines and makes tissue products for grocery and drug stores and commercial customers.

Tetra Pak showcases its new UHT 2.0 heating portfolio and Tetra Pak® E3/Speed Hyper packaging equipment on World Milk Day in support of this year's theme of sustainability and Dairy's commitment to innovation to reduce environmental footprint.

The global raw material environment continues to demonstrate significant inflationary pressures.

Since 1992, wood fuel pellets are produced at the Murbergsviken industrial site in Härnösand. In the drying process, terpenes and resin acids - natural substances in wood - are emitted. When vapour and particles are subject to sunlight, sometimes a refraction phenomenon occurs that makes the vapours look blueish and they may have an odd smell.

Olmuksan is a leading and well-established corrugated packaging player in Turkey, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange. Its network of five plants provides a diverse customer base with high-quality sustainable packaging for food, beverage, agriculture and industrial applications.

Kruger Packaging announces investment of $114.2 million into its state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing operation. The project will create at least 150 quality jobs in the coming years.

Interfor announced that it has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and GP Wood Products LLC (collectively "Georgia-Pacific") to acquire four of its sawmill operations located in Bay Springs, MS, Fayette, AL, DeQuincy, LA and Philomath, OR (collectively the "Sawmill Operations"). The total purchase price of US$375 MM, which includes working capital, will be funded entirely from cash on hand.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö advances further into the growth segment of electrification, launching its first product offering, totally dedicated to filtration media solutions for electric vehicles.

Södra Cell is increasing the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe to $1,380, effective 1 June 2021.