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Graphic Packaging International, is responding to growing demand for viable Ships In Own Container (SIOC) solutions for e-commerce with a sustainable structure that is both sturdy and striking.

The partnership gives DS Smith the ability to manage all aspects of its regional transportation networks through one central control tower platform.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has launched a new paper EcoWicketBag for Drylock Technologies' baby diaper ranges, bringing sustainable paper-based packaging to the hygiene market globally.

As part of its forest land optimisation, Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest forest assets located in southern Sweden to the forestry fund Silvestica Green Forest AB. The total area of forest land in the transaction is approximately 5 200 hectares. The selling price is approximately SEK 940 million (EUR 90 million).

The new system will be installed on an extrusion coating line producing a new dispersion barrier paperboard for paper cups and food packaging.

The paper machine (PM4) produces fluting from 60 to 130 g/m².

SPM Instrument AB received an order for a total of 154 sensors for the replacement of an older SPM system on the drive side of the drying section on Hallsta's PM12 paper machine.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a leading global provider of marketing and business communications, issued the following statement in response to a recent Bloomberg article regarding the potential sale of its Asia Pacific business..

Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. announced it will raise prices for paper-based tubes and cores by 7%. The increases will be applied individually and depending on product category, effective from shipments beginning on 18 January 2021. Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. also announced that it will raise prices by €60 (£50) per tonne on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the Company's EMEA regions.

The new price on bleached softwood kraft pulp is valid from January 1, 2021.

Bart Bender, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Interfor is the newly elected Chair of the Board for WoodWorks--Wood Products Council. Bender will serve a two-year term beginning in 2021. WoodWorks welcomes Keith O'Rear, Senior Vice President of Wood Products at Weyerhaeuser to the Board as the company's new representative.

Södra is divesting Trivselhus AB to housing supplier Svensk Husproduktion. The takeover date is 1 March 2021.

Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials is proud to announce that it has received the "Fine to Flush" certificate from Water UK for its improved nonwoven substrate used in dispersible wipes and moist toilet tissues.

As we continue to talk about energy this month, we would be remiss if we do not bring up hydrogen as a potential fuel. Of course, hydrogen is the "perfect" fuel for combustion, for the "exhaust" is water (H2 + O => H2O). The problem in the past has been that it has not be plentiful or economical.

International Paper officials are working with local authorities after a worker died in an industrial accident Wednesday evening at a facility in Franklin.

Duluth will retain the services of a consulting firm at least a while longer in hopes that it can find a new owner for the Verso paper mill, which has been idled since summer.

Toundra Greenhouse, an innovative cucumber-growing greenhouse complex in which Resolute holds a 49% interest, is expanding once again.

A Menasha-based paperboard manufacturer, Dura-Fibre, announced it will be providing specialty laminated paperboard sleeves and inserts for some of the US novel coronavirus vaccines during shipment.

Smurfit Kappa has launched a new company called Recycling Dual GmbH to help German manufacturers and retail businesses reduce costs and improve their sustainability efforts, in line with updated legislation.

The Chicago-based printer is considering a sale of its business in the Asia Pacific region as part of its efforts to raise cash and cut debt, sources say.

Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, announced today the release of the Company's first sustainability report, Enhancing Everyday Life™...Sustainably.

Delaware's Supreme Court has upheld a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the DuPont Co. massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities imposed on spinoff company Chemours.

The new Pratt Industries building will be about 925,000 square feet.

Borregaard has received a commitment of NOK 15.7 million ($1.8 million) in funding from the Research Council of Norway for a project for the development of biochemicals to replace petrochemical alternatives.

Södra Cell is increasing the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe to $960, effective 1 January 2021.