The material solutions company UPM has entered into a collaboration with international technology group ANDRITZ to recycle its paper machine clothing. This initiative uses innovative recycling approaches to return used fabrics and felts made from synthetic polymers to the circular economy. This avoids thermal disposal and its associated emissions while reducing the demand for fossil-based raw materials.
Smurfit Westrock today announced earlier this month it will permanently close one of the paper machines at its La Tuque, Quebec, mill. The machine’s annual production capacity of 127,000 tons of solid bleached sulfate (SBS) has faced ongoing scale and cost challenges.
Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland have developed new high-performance bio-based resins that can replace conventional oil-based materials in composite products — without compromising strength, cost, or industrial scalability.
RDM Group has announced this week the launch of Vincicoat PLUS (V+), a new generation of coated recycled cartonboard designed to deliver increased strength while enabling meaningful packaging weight reduction.
On March 13 and 14, Papest, the Federation of paper manufacturers in the Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions (eastern France), is organizing the first edition of Paper of the Future (Papier d’Avenir) in Nancy, an event dedicated to discovering the trades and careers in the paper industry. Often overlooked, the paper sector is now innovative, committed to the circular economy, and a major recruiter. It relies on major industrial players with a strong presence in France and Europe.
Valmet has received an order from The Price Companies to deliver a new debarking and chipping line to support increased wood chip supply at one of their operations in Georgia, the USA. The investment enables Price to meet growing demand and strengthen its position as the leader in woodyard operations in North America.
Metsä Group has published its Annual Review for the financial year 1 January–31 December 2025. At the same time, the company released an updated Climate Transition Plan, which outlines Metsä Group’s climate targets and the actions taken to achieve them.
The 4evergreen alliance has published major updates to two cornerstone documents in its Technical Toolbox, supporting Europe’s transition to high‑performance recycling systems under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
With a new brand identity, drupa is presenting its future direction at an early stage. Two years before the start of the trade fair, the world's leading trade fair for printing solutions is thus providing an initial glimpse of its conceptual and content-related repositioning.
ABB has signed an agreement with Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer Billerud to modernize Paper Machine 5 at the company’s Gävle mill, one of its key sites for producing liquid packaging board and liner. The contract will bring new automation capabilities, updated hardware, improved quality control and refreshed drive technology to a machine that supports a significant share of Billerud’s global packaging output. The upgrades aim to improve efficiency, strengthen cyber security, reduce energy and material use and build a platform ready for next-generation digital and AI tools.
Holmen is introducing Holmen BOOK Bright, a new, whiter wood‑containing book paper that reproduces colours with clarity and intensity. The paper offers a high level of opacity and can help reduce environmental impact across the book market.
one.five, a Hamburg-based provider of sustainable packaging solutions developed using advanced AI technologies, is supplying the high-barrier paper Bluemorph for the new packaging of the plant-based hard cheese alternative “Old Italian” from vegan cheese manufacturer VANOZZA. With this transition, the product is being offered in paper-stream recyclable packaging in food retail for the first time. In the new packaging made from biological materials, “Old Italian” is available, among others, at REWE Nord.
Sappi Europe will increase prices for its Speciality products by €50-70/t, depending on the grade, effective on deliveries as from 1 April 2026.
Rottneros’ Board of Directors has resolved to appoint Magnus Wikström as acting President and CEO with effect from 20 February 2026, whereby current President and CEO Lennart Eberleh, in accordance with previous communication, will leave his position.
Runtech delivered a RunEco Vacuum System to Rondo, Frastanz, Austria. The delivery included an EP600 Turbo Blower with EcoDrop Water Separator. In addition, EcoFlow Dewatering Measurement System with eight measurement points provides accurate real-time feedback about the dewatering performance and helps in determining the correct vacuum level and optimizing energy consumption.
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has collaborated with Prymat, the Polish dried seasoning manufacturer, to create packaging that contributes to a circular economy while protecting its aromatic spices.
Cepi preliminary statistics for 2025 show European paper and board production decreased by 1.5%. The drop is similarly experienced by most global competitors. In Europe, the industry has capitalised on its leading position in bio-based and circular materials creating resilience.
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, builds on its long-standing partnership with Pacapime Hungary to deliver high-quality corrugated packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables across Central and Western Europe.
Following an extended period of downward pressure, label paper prices have reached unsustainable levels.
The Navigator Company has decided to increase prices across its gKRAFT paper range by 5% to 10% depending on market and segments.
Europe's manufacturing sector is in crisis, with production levels plummeting by up to 40% in 2025 compared to 2018, resulting in the loss of approximately 200,000 jobs last year. Amid this downturn, the pulp and paper industry has emerged despite its own difficulties as a relative stronghold, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable solutions to support Europe’s competitiveness.
Sonoco Products Company, a global leader in high-value sustainable packaging, has again been included on FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies™ List, ranking first in Innovation and overall, third in the Packaging category. Sonoco also ranked second in the following categories: use of corporate assets, financial soundness, long-term investment and global competitiveness.
ANDRITZ has opened a new service hub in Germany following the acquisition of selected assets from Wehrle-Werk AG's boiler and grate service business.
Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper TBK, a member of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), has successfully started up its new OCC (Old Corrugated Containers) line and reject treatment system supplied by international technology group ANDRITZ at its Karawang mill in Jawa Barat, Indonesia. This start-up marks a major milestone in the strategic partnership between the two companies, reinforcing their shared commitment to sustainable and high-efficiency paper production in Southeast Asia.
