Chinese authorities have suspended timber exports from Victoria in the latest escalation of tensions between Australia and its biggest trading partner, raising fears of local job losses.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “the Company”, headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) hereby announces that the Board of Directors resolved to withdraw from the pulp and paper business at Kushiro Mill at today’s meeting. Details are as follows.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has joined the newly created consortium CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels).

A study carried out by the F.A.Z. Institute, which assessed 22,000 companies, found that WEPA Group is the number one employer in the paper and processing industry.

China plans to launch a national strategy for circular bioeconomy in the second quarter of 2021. World BioEconomy Forum will keep close communication with relevant Chinese organizations and experts to follow the development of this process.

Today’s companies are faced with a growing number of requirements. They’re expected to provide rapid new solutions on a global scale, especially in cost-effectiveness and sustainable development.

Smurfit Kappa has today announced new targets to further reduce its fossil CO2 emissions, including its ambition to reach at least net zero emissions by 2050. 

Branded, wood fibre-based, easy-to-recycle cups manufactured from Kotkamills’ board are now used by Bentley Suomi.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has joined CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels), a global coalition recently created to promote the development of circular economy for self-adhesive label materials.

The Mayr-Melnhof Group is strengthening its Neupack folding carton production plant at Hirschwang in Austria with an extensive program for the future.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has opened a new, state-of-the-art test and research center for the recycling industry in St. Michael, Upper Styria, Austria.

Corrugated box industry was in distress over the rising Kraft paper prices, a key raw material to make corrugated boxes, and also supply disruptions due to Covid pandemic.

Valmet has decided to invest in filter fabric manufacturing in Pune, India in order to better serve its customers and improve delivery times of filter fabrics to the Asia Pacific and Middle East areas.

The fourth sheeting line at the UPM Kymi paper mill started full production at the end of October, strengthening UPM’s position on the market for graphic fine paper sheets.

The award-winning solution is a telescopic cover suitable for different packaging lengths

Berlin (CNN) - If 2020 could take the form of an object, it would surely be toilet paper. Not only has this year been crappy, but reports of people hoarding toilet paper in large quantities during the coronavirus pandemic will live in the memories of many.

The acquisition, which was begun in March this year, reinforces the Company’s position with corrugated board packaging production units in all regions of the country

For the second time, Paper Province has succeeded in achieving “gold” level of an internationally recognized certification. The award is the principal quality label that a cluster management can receive and means that Paper Province ranks as one of the best business clusters in the world.

Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable food service board, is currently exploring the possibility of establishing its own sales office in the North America. The launch of production in the still growing North American food packaging market is also being explored.

Stora Enso has decided to start using a valuation method for its forest assets in the Nordics based on market transaction data and change the accounting policy from the fourth quarter of 2020 onwards.

October 22, 2020 - Yesterday, VPK Group came to an agreement with Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd to buy Encase Ltd, manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging.