Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) – the key equipment of the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk.

On Monday, January 2 our mill in Villa Santa Lucia was officially restarted, after more than four months of intense dialogue between the Group and institutions.

Mondi plc (‘Mondi’ or the ‘Group’) confirms that it has entered into an agreement to sell its three Russian packaging converting operations to the Gotek Group for a consideration of RUB 1.6 billion (around €24 million at current exchange rate), payable in cash on completion (the ‘Disposal’).

Seven UPM packaging papers are now proven to be industrially compostable, marking another step on UPM Specialty Papers’ sustainability journey.

Stora Enso has completed the acquisition of the Netherland-based company De Jong Packaging Group, one of the largest corrugated packaging producers in the Benelux countries.

Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Nymölla paper production site in Sweden, and all related assets to Sylvamo, a US-based global producer of uncoated paper.

A new paper machine creates over 50 additional jobs at the WEPA site in Bridgend

UPM is finalizing the construction works of the new pulp mill in Uruguay and enters the final phases of the project.

Sappi Europe’s Gratkorn mill in Austria is Europe’s leading producer of coated woodfree paper on two paper machines, supporting Sappi Europe’s market leadership and in particular its core Commercial Print business.

Stora Enso strengthens its focus on specialised pulp grades by investing EUR 38 million in unbleached kraft pulp (UKP) production at its Enocell site in Finland and EUR 42 million in fluff pulp production improvement at its Skutskär site in Sweden.

Lessebo Paper is launching their new series Lessebo Colours™ tomeet the expanding demand for high-quality coloured papers in the luxury packaging market. Lessebo Paper, located in the forests in the south of Sweden, has been producing high-quality paper since 1693.

A stunning 6.5 billion plastic caps are consumed around the world, every day. Blue Ocean Closures aims to reduce that number by providing screw caps and seals based on cellulose fibre. The company’s first production plant in Sweden was opened on 24 November.

Palm has acquired the family-owned company Orsini Imballaggi S.r.l. with effect from September 2022

The Cup Collective, a programme founded by Stora Enso and Huhtamaki to capture the value of used paper cups through recycling at an industrial scale, has welcomed its first partners.

Graphic Packaging International’s (Graphic Packaging) manufacturing facility in Poznań, Poland has been awarded a coveted Grooming Excellence Award by Procter and Gamble (P&G) in recognition of going “above and beyond in delivering value” to their business.

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, recognized in two categories at the Sustainable Packaging News Awards 2022 for the circular economy and the overall category.

Stora Enso has received regulatory approval from the EU Commission to proceed with the acquisition of De Jong Packaging Group, announced in September 2022.

A proposal for a revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, tabled today by the European Commission, builds on the performance of the EU industry’s recycling model for paper and board packaging.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (President: Toru Nozawa) has announced a price increase for its Liquid-Packaging Carton in Japan. Prices will increase 18% or more for shipments on and after the 1^st of April, 2023.

As part of its overall commitment to support its customers’ increasing demand for paper-based packaging, Huhtamaki has today inaugurated the extension to its existing manufacturing site in Nules. 

Investment made in plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia