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Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, will increase prices by 10 to 15 percent on all polyacrylamide polymers, coagulants and retention aids across the EMEA region, effective immediately, or as customer contracts allow.

Andritz has successfully started up next-generation disc filter technology with eight PrimeFilter D disc filters at Malaysia Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited in Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons to its pulp mills in China. The deliveries include fiberlines and core components for recovery boilers and lime kilns. The deliveries will be done in phases and the start-ups are scheduled for 2022 and 2023.

At the construction site of the Palm paper mill in Neukochen, the assembly of the world's fastest and widest corrugated base paper machine is now in its final phase.

Allen J. Campbell, the Chief Financial Officer of Verso Corporation ("Verso") has informed Verso of his intent to retire in 2021. Mr. Campbell and Verso have mutually settled upon June 30, 2021, as the date of his retirement. On March 5, 2021, the Compensation Committee of Verso's board of directors approved a retention arrangement to incentivize him not to retire before June 30, 2021.

Sappi North America, the company that owns the Skowhegan mill, made the statement Monday following the filing of a lawsuit that alleges the mill is the source of high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, known as PFAS, in a growing number of wells.

Wichita firefighters battled a fire at the International Paper Wichita Recycling Facility on Monday.

Smurfit Kappa UK & Ireland is investing in high quality print and conversion equipment in Tannochside, Scotland.

A chemical leak Monday morning at Ahlstrom-Munksjo Mosinee Mill required a response from the Hazardous Incident Team.

Pactiv Evergreen Inc. announced that John McGrath has elected to retire as CEO of the company and has been succeeded by Michael King.

The lawsuit alleges Sappi's Somerset Mill in Skowhegan is the source of the PFAS found in Somerset County water wells and at other sites.

After starting Two Sides North America nearly a decade ago and building it into the highly successful organization it is today, Phil Riebel will retire as president of the organization effective April 1. Kathi Rowzie, who has been running the day-to-day operations of Two Sides since last March, will become president.

Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring's portfolio company Woodio has appointed Joakim Westerlund as a new Board member.

After starting Two Sides North America nearly a decade ago and building it into the highly successful organization we know today, Phil Riebel will be retiring as president of the organization effective April 1, 2021. Kathi Rowzie, who has been running the day-to-day operations of Two Sides and working with the Board of Directors since last March, will become our new president.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Robert Long has been named to the newly created role of Chief Research and Development Officer, effective March 15, 2021, with global responsibility for the company's research, development, innovation and quality functions.

Scapa Group PLC said Monday that AMS HoldCo 2 Ltd, a subsidiary of paper materials manufacturer Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc, has upped its offer for the Manchester-based maker of medical devices and industrial adhesives.

Powell River's paper mill is scheduled to resume production in May, according to mayor Dave Formosa. Speaking at the city council meeting on March 4, Formosa said he wanted to announce that the Catalyst Paper Corporation mill in Powell River will be starting up one paper machine.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced a suite of 3D solutions to help manufacturers and retailers create rich user experiences and accelerate go-to-market speed. Designed to leverage the power of emerging technologies, such as 5G and spatial web for the Internet of Everything (IoE), RRD's end-to-end 3D suite features modeling, animation, rendering, and interactive experiences, which enables simulations and digital prototyping that maximize the potential of augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR).

Cap-It is an innovative clip with neck rings for multipack polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or recycled (rPET) bottles. The paperboard clip, made of renewable materials, is an alternative to traditional shrink film packaging, increasing overall pack recyclability to 100 percent.

The Creel production facility in Las Vegas is not being acquired and will be shut down in the coming months.

PM, Arla Finland and K Group have teamed up with Oppi&ilo to create Finland's first educational activity book designed to teach Finland's 60,000 preschoolers about recycling. The Kierrätyskaverit ("Recycling friends") activity book aims to make recycling a fun, easy and inspiring part of their daily lives.

The number of wood transports by rail will be increasing significantly in Finland from 2023 onwards when the bioproduct mill in Kemi is commissioned. This means annual deliveries of more than 5 million m3 of wood, for which Metsä Group has chosen VR Transpoint as its transport partner.

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Sappi Europe announces a price increase for all its packaging and speciality paper grades by 7 - 11% valid for deliveries from 1 April 2021.

Although Bag-in-Box is already a very sustainable packaging, by enabling considerable plastic and CO2 reduction, Smurfit Kappa is continuing to focus effort on raw material innovations, especially by incorporating recycled or bio-based resins to our taps and bags, where the food safety regulations allow it. One of the main steps of this initiative has been recently achieved with the ISCC PLUS certification.