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The TrustShield™ product portfolio offers a range of medical fabrics designed to provide superior protection in the operating room, clinical and laboratory environments.
Kimberly-Clark announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.
Industry and government are working with partners to harvest the growing number of trees killed by a spruce beetle outbreak.
Monadnock developed the smooth, cool white coated premium board for brands unwilling to compromise between performance and sustainability. Recyclable Envi PC 100 Performance Board is crafted in the United States and is FSC Certified, with 100% post-consumer waste recycled fiber.
Metsä Board's Kyro mill will be 150 years old this year, 2020. The wood grinding plant along the Kyröskoski rapids was started up in 1870.
Domtar has successfully completed a surveillance audit on the Wabigoon Forest for the new Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) National Standard for Canada.
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Clay Dunn, (63), President, North America business segment has decided to retire at the end of 2020 after successfully leading Huhtamaki's business in North America since 2005. Ann O'Hara, (49), MBA, BSE (Chemical Engineering), has been appointed President, North America business segment and a member of the Global Executive Team.
Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet have decided to continue the development collaboration related to 3D fibre products and hence, to invest jointly approximately EUR 20 million in a new R&D project.
Rainy River First Nations members will be working to redevelop the idle pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances, through a new partnership with Riversedge Developments.
FibDex® wound dressing - made from nanofibrillar cellulose by UPM Biomedicals - has taken a significant step in its path to market, as leading medical device distributor Steripolar Oy now sells the product in Finland. FibDex is the first clinical product of renowned forest-based bioindustry company UPM and shows promising signs for future developments, such as cell therapy.
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) announced that its Board of Directors has approved an amendment of the Company's stockholder rights plan to extend the final expiration date under the Rights Plan to August 28, 2021. The Rights Plan had been scheduled to expire on August 28, 2020.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions has introduced OmniLux™ Opaque, a new multipurpose opaque product line designed for web offset, sheetfed, digital toner, and inkjet presses. OmniLux™ features excellent opacity with a 96-bright blue-white shade for crisp, brilliant print image quality and is available in both Text and Cover Weights.
Smurfit Kappa Colombia has announced a new alliance with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Colombia to highlight the protection and conservation of forests in the country. Under the new partnership, both organisations will work together to restore, expand and protect forests and ecosystems that are the habitat of several species of flora and fauna.
Industry globally could save $46 billion with better packaging design.
Mercer International has offered a $26 million stalking horse bid for bankrupt lumber producer Klausner Lumber One LLC's assets up for sale in an upcoming bankruptcy auction.
Sappi has completed a sustainability performance measurement for its dissolving pulp brand, Verve.
Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box has launched a new "SmartLife" service to improve the shelf-life of boxed wines.
Sun Chemical has organized a Corporate Sustainability Committee to further strengthen its approach to addressing the sustainability needs of the packaging industry.
Neighbors say the location outweighs any financial gains this project would bring to Lawrence.
Leading global packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has achieved platinum status in the EcoVadis CSR ratings in recognition of the Group's strong commitment to sustainability.
Nova Scotia taxpayers are out another $15 million unless the province grants Northern Pulp an environmental approval of the mill's controversial proposed effluent treatment plant.
Sappi Europe receives top rating for sustainability.
This is the first sustainability-linked loan for CMPC and the first for BNP Paribas in Latin America. It is also the first sustainability-linked loan ("RCF") in Chile with comprehensive environmental Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs").
Kruger Inc. has entered into a partnership with Pulp Moulded Products Inc. (PMP) for the supply of low-carbon footprint fibres that will enable PMP to produce a prototype of a low-cost, single-use biodegradable mask. Developed by PMP for non-frontline workers and civilians, this ecofriendly alternative will be made from KruPulp, Kruger's FDA-compliant and FSC®-certified pulp.
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