Kemira announces the closing of the divestment of most of its colorants business to ChromaScape on May 4, 2023.
Kemira signed a definitive agreement to sell its colorants dye business to US-based ChromaScape, LLC in September 2022. The revenue of the business in 2022 was approximately 50 MEUR and 59 employees will be transferred to ChromaScape as part of the transaction.
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Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has created Protector Bag ExpandForm, a paperbag solution with an expandable feature to safely rollpack mattresses.
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Sylvamo has announced senior leadership changes effective July 1.
Greg Gibson, senior vice president and general manager, North America, will be elected senior vice president, Commercial Excellence, until his retirement March 31, 2024. Gibson joined the industry in 1982 and has served in various sales, marketing, general management and senior leadership roles in North America and Europe.
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Q1 2023 reported operating loss of $25 million; net loss of $19 million, or $0.29 per share
Global pulp market fundamentals softened late in the quarter amid uncertainty associated with rising pulp producer inventory levels
Improved pulp production despite ongoing fibre challenges and wind down of pulp line at Prince George Pulp and Paper mill
Subsequent to quarter-end, expanded and extended its operating loan facility and term debt
Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, inaugurated its renewed pulp mill in Husum, Sweden, on 3 May. Invited to the inauguration ceremony were, among others, project partners and representatives of Örnsköldsvik municipality.
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René Hansen will leave his position as Executive Vice President, Brand and Communications on 4 May 2023 to pursue new career opportunities outside the company.
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Innovative technology is transforming the packaging industry, as Immertia, a tech start-up, introduces an AI-powered concept that turns ordinary product packaging into an interactive experience for consumers.
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Tiger Group online auction features 2,120 kraft linerboard paper rolls formerly owned by a global broker and distributor of pulp and paper products.
“It is rare for this much high-quality kraft linerboard — about 3,700 metric tons in all — to become available on the secondary market,” said Chad Farrell, a Houston-based Tiger Group Managing Director. “That makes this court-ordered bankruptcy sale an excellent opportunity for packaging-industry brokers, distributors and manufacturers both domestically and internationally.”
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Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill project has identified irregularities in the operations of the contractor Hutni Montaze a.s. related to the payment of wages to the company’s personnel during the project. Metsä Fibre has therefore terminated the cooperation agreement with Hutni Montaze.
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Cascades inc. announces that it has produced its first roll of 100% recycled containerboard at its Bear Island, Virginia mill.
With annual production capacity of 465,000 short tons of lightweight, high-quality, 100% recycled containerboard, the state-of-the-art mill is equipped to perform within the top quartile of its industry, and will strengthen the operational flexibility, geographic footprint, and competitiveness of Cascades’ Containerboard platform. The project created 700 jobs in the region during the construction phase, and 180 permanent jobs with the onset of commercial production.
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Hinojosa Packaging Group, after the success of their participation in 2022, once again attends the Seafood Expo Global (fair), taking place from 25th to 27th April in Barcelona.
At the fair, products such as Halopack® and Sumbox will be among the solutions for visitors to discover, assisted by a team of experts in the innovation of sustainable packaging for the end consumer.
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WestRock Company announced it will permanently cease operating its paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 2023.
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There was a landslide at Norske Skog Saugbrugs around 04:30 CET today on 27 April 2023. This has had a material impact on building structures, cranes, and other machinery and equipment relating to PM6, which will result in a production stop for a longer period.
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This two-day conference will take place 27-28 September, 2023, at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Sweden.
The conference brings experts and decision makers closer, from the supply chain to the end user. We will address technical and business challenges and possibilities in the field of 3D shaped fibre product. The goal is to bring forward state of the art solutions and to shed light on the fibre based packaging business ecosystem.
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Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper company, has ordered a new paper machine from Bellmer for its flagship Štětí mill in the Czech Republic. The investment will help Mondi meet the growing demand for paper-based flexible packaging, underpinned by growth in eCommerce and sustainable packaging. It will also contribute to expanding Mondi’s portfolio of innovative, sustainable packaging and paper solutions.
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Essity has entered an exclusive partnership with Voith to develop a tissue making process it said will reduce energy and CO2 emissions while cutting water consumption by up to 95%.
The partnership will include collaborating “in the development of a new disruptive concept” that Essity said revolutionises and rethinks tissue manufacturing.
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Essity today announced a decision to initiate a strategic review of the company’s ownership of the Asian hygiene company Vinda International Holdings Ltd and the Consumer Tissue Private Label Europe business with the aim of reducing Consumer Tissue’s share of the company’s total sales.
The strategic review includes exploring different options and may result in divestments, although no such decisions have yet been taken, Essity said.
Kamps opens new pallet facility in San Antonio
Kamps, Inc. announces the opening of a new pallet facility in San Antonio, Texas. The facility will begin operations immediately. Services provided out of the San Antonio facility include wooden pallet recycling and custom pallet manufacturing, two of Kamps’ core competencies. The latest expansion comes on the heels of strong first quarter growth for the company, and is the seventh facility Kamps has added to its national network in the last three months.
The MM Group (MM) has approved a comprehensive investment project to increase the long-term competitiveness of its largest board and paper mill, MM Kwidzyn in Poland. Energy and CO2 cost reduction, pulp integration and entry into the market for sack kraft papers are to set the mill up for sustainable future success.
The investment project of around EUR 660 million is essentially divided into three parts: The investment in a new recovery boiler and a new steam turbine is expected to contribute to a significant reduction in energy costs and a reduction in the carbon footprint, to meet future market requirements and achieve the goal of “Net Zero Carbon Emission”
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Norske Skog said that a section of its Saugbrugs paper mill in Halden, Norway, has partially collapsed after rocks from a landslide slid into the building. The company said no one in the mill was injured
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