Tag Archives: sustainable

Graphic Packaging appoints Mark Connelly as new SVP

Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a leading provider of consumer packaging, today named Mark Connelly Senior Vice President, Investor Strategy and Development. This new role augments Graphic Packaging’s outreach capability with an aim to expand and diversify the company’s investor network globally. Connelly brings more than 20 years of experience as a securities analyst and strategy […]

Sun Paper achieves early start-up of Nanning PM 2 and PM 3 packaging paper machines

Recently, Sun Paper’s two state-of-the-art packaging paper machines PM 2 and PM 3 were successfully commissioned at the Nanning, China site within one month. PM 3 successfully passed the tests in only three weeks and achieved a record-breaking start-up time of only one hour from stock on wire to the first saleable paper roll. With […]

Metsä Group and Quant Finland agree on a common goal to reduce fossil oil consumption

Metsä Group and industrial maintenance service provider Quant Finland have agreed to halve the consumption of fossil hydraulic oil together in Metsä Group’s plywood and Kerto LVL mills by 2027 compared to 2022. Quant is Metsä Group’s maintenance service partner at its Kerto LVL and plywood mills located in Lohja, Punkaharju, Suolahti, Äänekoski and Pärnu. […]

Sappi Cloquet dissolving pulp facility completes the Higg FEM assessment

Sappi Limited, a leading producer of dissolving pulp sold under the brand name Verve, continues to reach new milestones by completing the Higg Facility Environmental Management (FEM) verification audit at its Cloquet mill. Based in Northern Minnesota, USA, the mill is one of the leading dissolving pulp facilities to complete this external verification process. A […]

Lessebo Paper signs new agreement with Swedish company Addbrand

Lessebo Paper, one of the world’s most environmentally friendly boutique paper mills, now enters into a new wholesale agreement with the Swedish company Addbrand, a graphic reseller in the Nordics for graphic products and services. Lessebo Paper, one of the world’s most environmentally friendly boutique paper mills, has inked a new wholesale contract with the […]

Share of paper packaging rise in US$73.5 billion MEA packaging market

The share of paper packaging in the estimated US$74 billion overall packaging market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) continues to see an exponential growth with e-commerce boom and consumer preference veers to sustainable and environment-friendly solutions. Industry experts participating at the upcoming leading B2B exhibition, Propaper 2023, said that in line with this […]

WestRock Announces Plans to Close Pulp and Paper Mill in Tacoma, Washington

WestRock today announced it will permanently cease operating its paper mill in Tacoma, Washington, and will conclude production by September 30, 2023. WestRock is committed to improving its return on invested capital as well as maximizing the performance of its assets. The combination of high operating costs and the need for significant capital investment were […]

Smurfit Kappa opens new corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco

The inauguration of the new integrated corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco, marks Smurfit Kappa’s first operation in North Africa. Morocco offers an exciting opportunity, with the OECD forecasting a 3.5% growth rate in 2023 and 3.7% in 2024. The country’s location enables Smurfit Kappa to serve not only the local market but wider regions in Africa. […]

PaperWorks Acquires The Standard Group in Louisville, Kentucky

PaperWorks Industries has completed the acquisition of The Standard Group. Founded in 1932, The Standard Group is a converter of custom-printed paperboard packaging with a manufacturing location in Louisville, Kentucky. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The Standard Group aligns well with PaperWorks in terms of emphasizing quality and innovation while serving customers which […]

Bracell Begins Site Work for New Tissue Mill in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bracell recently announced the start of civil works for the largest tissue mill in Latin America. The unit is being built next to Bracell’s pulp mill in Lencois Paulista (SP). In all, the company is investing R$ 5 billion in the city, R$ 2.5 billion of which in the construction of the tissue mill, which […]