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Cascades Inc. announced the appointment of Mélanie Dunn, Elif Lévesque and Nelson Gentiletti to its Board of Directors. The appointment of these new directors is effective as of Oct. 22.

Domtar Corporation announced a pledge to pursue new Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) certification standards for the Canadian government lands that the company manages in the Wabigoon forest (in 2020) and Trout Lake forest (in 2021).

The new paper machine at the Obbola paper mill in Umeå, Sweden, will produce 725,000 tons of kraftliner per year.

Valmet has been reconfirmed as a constituent of the Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI) Excellence Europe since October 18, 2019 for the fourth consecutive year.

After this transaction, Stora Enso has no paper production in China.

Stora Enso plans to make organizational changes in the Paper division following the Oulu Mill conversion at the end of 2020.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö announces executive management team changes. Markus Westerkamp, the current Vice President of the Food Packaging business, part of the Specialties business area, is appointed Executive Vice President of the Advanced Solutions business area and a member of the Group Executive Management Team as of January 1, 2020.

WestRock Company announced that Pat Lindner, president, Consumer Packaging, has been named chief innovation officer in addition to his leadership role of the Company's Consumer Packaging segment.

This initiative aims to reduce the impact of climate change by encouraging the use of paper bags, given it is a renewable and recyclable solution.

Exports will begin in 2023.

GE announced an order for a multiyear services agreement with Sappi, the global provider of sustainable woodfibre products and solutions.

The board machine will produce coated recycled board (CRB) grades (white line chip board, WLC grades) with an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 short tons which corresponds to 454,000 metric tons.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

Greif, Inc. announced that it is ceasing operations at its Number 1 paperboard machine at the Mobile Paperboard Mill in Mobile, Alabama.

They will be exiting the following segments of its specialty business: • Pressure Sensitive • Embedded Cards • Dimensional Items • Magnets.

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Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an ex-finance manager from Weyerhaeuser who is accused of stealing at least $4.5 million from the timber business.

Responding to the technologic advancements in the label market, Twin Rivers enhanced the formulation of Alliance Release, a base paper used in the production of silicone-coated release liners.

The company is expected to invest around $175 million (Euro 159.2 million) to build the plant.

Building on years of experience, the development journey towards a sustainable paper bottle first began in 2015 by innovation expert EcoXpac in collaboration with Carlsberg Group and BillerudKorsnäs, with support from project partners.

Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble faces pressure from environmentalists to clean up its act.

Through an advanced three-dimensional image analysis of the forest company's wood deliveries, Holmen will be able to increase the efficiency of transport and boost the added value of the wood.

Andritz presents its new "MasterDry™" dryer fabric portfolio based on premium-performance dryer fabric technology.