• Mondi produces elastic, three-layer laminate straps using nonwoven material for one billion face masks
• Plants in Gronau, Germany and Taicang, China increase production of this material

Boulogne-Billancourt, 31 March 2020 - Completion of the process aimed at putting in place a new shareholding structure for Antalis with the signing of a binding put option agreement by Kokusai Pulp and Paper for the purchase of all the shares held by Sequana, Antalis’ majority shareholder, a share purchase agreement for the purchase of all the shares held by Bpifrance Participations, as well as a restructuring agreement with Antalis and the lenders of its existing syndicated credit facility.

Within a matter of months and weeks, the coronavirus has turned the way we live upside down and forced us to rethink many of the things we’ve previously taken for granted.

Norske Skog Saugbrugs Paper Mill will invest a total of NOK 165 million ($16.5 million) in energy-efficient measures at the plant in Halden, Norway. AFRY has signed a contract for detailed engineering of the plant.

At the Annual General Meeting on April 2, 2020, the Board of Directors will propose that the Meeting postpones a decision regarding the dividend for 2019 until an Extraordinary General Meeting no later than November 2020.

A government plan to encourage paper recycling in Hong Kong by stabilising waste paper prices has excluded new business models and could cut recyclers’ profits as mainland China tightens import restrictions, according to industry members and green groups.

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the world’s most modern sawmill in Rauma. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 200 million.

The Covid-19 sanitary crisis is unprecedented. The industry associations supporting the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) are saddened to see that so many people have lost their lives due to the pandemic.

Even as governments around the world fight to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, the economic damage the pandemic is certain to wreak around the globe is slowly coming into focus.

Century Pulp and Paper (CPP) will be adding a new evaporation line for its pulp mill in Lalkuan, Uttarakhand, to meet the future needs of the mill’s ongoing pulp production capacity expansion.

With 100 years of history and a solid Nordic heritage, Huhtamaki is today a key global player in food-on-the-go and food-on-the-shelf packaging solutions.

Norske Skog ASA closely monitors the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and continuously implements new measures to reduce the risk for the employees and to ensure continuity of operations.

The Italian government has today issued a decree for the lock-down of industrial and commercial operations. The decree enters into effect today, and is valid until April 3, 2020.

Segezha Packaging (Arka Merchants Ltd. holding company), the European assets of Segezha Group (forming part of Sistema JSFC) that manufactures paper packaging, have been awarded for the second consecuitive year with the silver rating from EcoVadis - international platform, which surveys the condition of corporate, social and environmental responsibility programs.

UPM is one of the first companies to link the pricing mechanism of a syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) to both biodiversity and climate targets.

Due to current circumstances regarding the Covid-19 virus, BillerudKorsnäs postpones the major parts of the maintenance shutdown initially planned to be held week 13, 2020 at Gruvön.

Faced with the major crisis caused by the spread of the coronavirus, COPACEL welcomes the preparation by the Government to respond to the impacts of the pandemic Covid-19.

ACE (The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) welcomes the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan that will further accelerate the transition of the EU towards a circular and climate neutral economy. 

Segezha Packaging, which consolidates the European paper packaging production facilities of Segezha Group (part of Sistema JSFC) continues the implementation of the digital industrial technologies into the production processes.

UK Tissue Supply – joint statement in response to concerns about supply shortages by the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) and the Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA)

The Green Deal has to be translated into a business case, strengthening sustainable and circular industrial value chains in Europe, and ensuring that they are considered of strategic importance.