International Industry News | Global Updates in the Pulp and Paper Sector

In the fall of 2024, SCA takes the next step in sustainable timber transports by inaugurating another electric timber truck from Scania.

Metsä Fibre, a Metsä Group company, will start negotiations on possible layoffs due to a long production stoppage caused by a gas explosion at the evaporation plant of the Kemi bioproduct mill on 21 March 2024.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of UPM-Kymmene Corporation took place in Helsinki, Finland, today, 4 April 2024.

Papira® by Stora Enso proudly supports Baiba Glass – literarily. Our fiber-based and fully recyclable cellulose foam makes sure that Baiba’s fragile pieces safely find their way to show rooms and new homes all over the world.

The Board of Ekman & Co AB, the family and employee-owned company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, is pleased to welcome Allan Morris Recycling (AM Recycling Ltd) of Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales into the Ekman Group.

Metsä Fibre, a Metsä Group company, will start negotiations on possible layoffs due to a long production stoppage caused by a gas explosion at the evaporation plant of the Kemi bioproduct mill on 21 March 2024.

The investment is in response to growing customer demand for sustainable plastic replacement solutions.

Strengthens Footprint in Eastern Europe, Focuses on Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Cepi welcomes and encourages all efforts to further increase the knowledge base on European forests and forest resources and improve the quality (including timeliness of information), accuracy and comparability of forest-related data available at EU level.

Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Kemi is visited in the documentary film "Once Upon a Time in a Forest", which premieres today.

Mondi, a leading international paper and packaging group, is committed to minimizing its environmental impact and has announced significant progress in reducing water consumption at its Stambolijski mill in Bulgaria.

On 21 March 2024, a gas explosion occurred at the evaporation plant of Metsä Board's associated company Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill.

Navigator Paper UK Limited is pleased to announce it has launched a public all-cash firm offer to acquire the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of Accrol Group Holdings plc, a tissue paper converter based in the United Kingdom (UK).

Metsä Board announced on 15 September 2022 that it will start pre-engineering for a new folding boxboard mill in Kaskinen, Finland.

The hygiene and health company Essity has today completed the divestment of its entire holding of 51.59% of shares in the Asian hygiene company Vinda International Holdings Limited (Vinda) for HKD 23.50 per share.

Production at Metsä Group's board mills and sawmills will be temporarily shut down due to the ongoing strikes.

Metsä Group’s tissue paper business today announces the launch of a three-week public consultation on its plans to develop a new state-of-the-art tissue paper mill in Goole, East Yorkshire

Agreement in principle and extension of PUSU deadline.

Södra has decided to invest in a battery-electric long-haul truck in its daily logistics chain for transporting woodchips.

Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill utilizes 100% of its wood raw material and by-products.

UPM donates EUR 400 000 to the University of Helsinki to study the overall climate impact of commercial forests.