Paper Advance: News and Insights for the Pulp and Paper Industry

DS Smith Packaging has announced a €34 million investment in Hungary to enhance operations at its Füzesabony, Nagykáta, and Győr sites.

Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials, has announced its acquisition of ErtelAlsop, a New York-based manufacturer specializing in high-performance liquid depth filter media.

Södra, a Swedish forest industry group, has deployed its first electric truck to transport pulp from its Värö mill to port terminals in Gothenburg and Varberg.

Sustana has published its 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, providing a comprehensive overview of the company's sustainability initiatives and achievements.

The Norwegian Environment Agency has issued a prior notice that could exclude two Norske Skog mills from the European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) for the period 2026-2030.

UPM Fibres has finalized change negotiations across its Finnish operations, impacting approximately 1,600 employees within its pulp, timber, and forestry divisions.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced its plan to invest approximately $500 million to build a new, state-of-the-art 10 million cubic feet facility (TimberStrand®) near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas.

This month, the Forest Stewardship Council® Canada is launching two new projects, under the Climate and Landscape Solutions Program area, thanks to a generous three-year grant from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

Removing ink from recycled printed papers, known as deinking, has a very short history.

We are excited to welcome Joanna Dayaram to the FSC Canada team.

FSC is excited to announce the launch of a new eTraining on the Continuous Improvement Procedure (CIP) (FSC-PRO-30-011 V1-1), a stepwise approach that enables Small or Low-Intensity Managed Forests (SLIMF) and community forests to progressively achieve FSC certification.

Since 2015, Stora Enso's Sunila mill has been producing lignin and features a pilot plant for refining it into hard carbon, a potential replacement for graphite in lithium-ion batteries.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has recognized Clearwater Paper with the 2024 Leadership in Sustainability — Circular Value Chain Award for its commitment to advancing sustainable practices within the forest products manufacturing sector.

Kadant Black Clawson LLC, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., announced the acquisition of the Tornado® pulper product line from Bolton Emerson Americas.

Kruger reaffirmed its commitment to workplace safety by celebrating the achievements of its intervention brigade at the Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières.

Metsä Board’s Kyro cardboard factory has taken a significant step toward achieving fossil-free operations with the successful startup of a new counter-pressure turbine and generator at its biopower plant.

Indian paper manufacturer Chandpur Enterprises started up two highly technological TT SYD MG Steel Yankee Dryers for Machine Glazed paper supplied by Toscotec as a replacement of two local steel Yankee cylinders at their facility in Chandpur, Uttar Pradesh.

ABB is marking the 70^th anniversary of its Pressductor® transducer which was developed in Västerås, Sweden, in the early 1950s and patented in 1954.