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Sofidel, a leading global provider of paper for hygienic and domestic use, awarded Sam Pusateri, senior processing engineer at Sofidel's Circleville, Ohio plant, with an all-inclusive trip to Italy.

Strong demand remains, the company says.

The contest honors facility maintenance and cleaning professionals who go above and beyond to provide clean and safe facilities, while implementing sustainable cleaning practices. The grand prize winner will receive $4,000 cash and $500 worth of paper products from Sofidel, and the two runners-up will receive $500 cash each.

The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World ranking is the result of a performance analysis of international corporations with more than $1 billion in revenues.

UFP Retail Solutions, a business segment of UFP Industries, Inc., will feature new and innovative products from two leading brands, Deckorators and UFP-Edge, at the NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS 2023) in Las Vegas from January 31 to February 2, 2023.

The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis, jointly and severally, by RYAM and certain of RYAM's wholly owned restricted subsidiaries organized in the United States and Canada.

Enviva remains committed to conservatively managing its balance sheet and the Term Loan financing, excluding the impact of debt issuance costs, is leverage neutral to the Company.

The Global 100 list represents the top 1% of companies in the world in terms of sustainability performance.

Smurfit Kappa has formally launched a new eCommerce store in the Dominican Republic. The new store created by Smurfit Kappa Todo Carton (todocartonsk.com.do), will act as an online retail packaging boutique, and serve the ever-growing packaging market in the Dominican Republic. This follows on from the success of its bricks-and-mortar shop in the country which has been operating for over 25 years.

Our mill-based water champions are leading day-to-day efforts at our large manufacturing facilities to identify opportunities, implement projects and track progress on water use reduction in our operations.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions' Androscoggin Mill is expected to permanently close about April 30. The company made the announcement in September. Initially it was to close in the first quarter of 2023.

De Jong Packaging Group's core business is corrugated converting where its product portfolio includes corrugated trays, regular slotted boxes ('American boxes'), specialty folding boxes, corrugated sheets as well as other products like solid board boxes. Services include custom box designs, tray erecting, packaging automation, pre-printing and logistics services.

Leading sustainable fibre and product producer Asia Pacific Resources International Limited ("APRIL"), a member of the Singapore-headquartered Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group of companies founded by Sukanto Tanoto, has announced its collaboration with enterprise services application, Krealogi, to increase the production capacity and business development capabilities of micro, small and medium enterprises ("MSMEs") in the Riau Province.

For the launch of the new Regina commercial "How We Met", Sofidel's iconic brand of paper for hygienic and domestic use, the company chose Grey Italy, a creative agency of the WPP Group, with which it has been working for more than five years, to create a commercial that espouses the same principles of environmental sustainability.

Sappi Limited has partnered with EcoVadis, a global leader in third-party evaluations of business sustainability performance, to benchmark and assess the sustainability practices of Sappi's suppliers and encourage their commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Euro 80 million sawmill was launched in 2009. In 2017, Mayr-Melnhof Holz invested 850 million rubles ($10 million) in the production of wood pellets at a sawmill.

The prestigious awards, held every year by the World Packaging Organization, celebrate the best of the best in structural design innovation across a variety of sectors. They are only open to packaging innovations that have previously won one of a select group of awards in the previous 12 months. This year's scheme received almost 500 entries.

The WorldStar Global Packaging Awards is the most prestigious global packaging competition, recognising the best industry innovations from across the world.

The acquisition will significantly strengthen Stora Enso's presence in European packaging markets and provide an entry into the corrugated packaging market in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK.

Enviva says it fully supports the principle that financial assistance should only be provided for woody biomass that is sourced sustainably.

Rayonier invited nonforestry employees into the woods recently for its first-ever employee planting day in the U.S. Under the guidance of company foresters, about 50 employees planted 4,000 seedlings on a Rayonier forest tract near their Florida headquarters.

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CellMark is introducing a new division: CellMark Packaging & Paper. The division is the result of a merger of its two existing divisions, CellMark Packaging and CellMark Paper.

International Paper (IP) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are helping landowners in Texas restore and manage their forests through IP's Forestlands Stewards partnership. These efforts will benefit drinking water supplies and wildlife habitat, improve recreational opportunities, and support forest sector jobs.