Since 2025, several major investments have been made across various Saica Pack sites—the Saica Group division specializing in corrugated packaging solutions—in France to support their modernization and meet evolving market trends and customer needs.
An integrated solution combining automation and packaging made it possible to increase output from 1,500 to 1,900 boxes per hour, reduce labor requirements, and increase storage capacity.
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG has signed a binding transaction agreement to sell its Packaging operations to a newly established company of KPS Capital Partners, LP . KPS will hold 70% of that holding company and MM Group will hold 30% following completion of the transaction. The Packaging business comprises MM Group’s Food & Premium Packaging operations (excluding the Iran and Tunisia operations) as well as the Pharma & Healthcare Packaging operations. Through its equity interest in the new holding company, MM Group will continue to participate in the future development and value creation of the Packaging business.
Sylvamo is entering into a put option agreement with Midas Atlantic Partners, in partnership with The Najafi Companies, for a binding offer to acquire the company’s Europe business, including its uncoated freesheet paper mills in Saillat, France, and Nymolla, Sweden, as well as its forestry and supporting business operations.
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Rauman Energia are progressing with their joint project to utilise waste heat from the Rauma pulp mill in district heat production in Rauma. The new district heating station required for the project has arrived at the mill site, and preparations for commissioning the system are under way. The aim is to start heat production in December 2026.
ABB has completed a comprehensive drive system upgrade for Paper Machine No. 2 (PM2) at Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.’s Dagang Mill in Zhenjiang, China, replacing a 28-year-old legacy system with modern digital drive and control technology. The upgrade was completed within a planned six-day shutdown window, with the paper machine resuming production ahead of schedule.
At the end of November 2026, German device manufacturer emtec Electronic GmbH is returning to Apeldoorn, Netherlands for the fall edition of the Technologie Kring VNP Millvision Seminar. From November 25th to 26th sales representatives Philipp Sievers and Andrea Maldonado Castellar from emtec plus local partner Thierry Onder de Linden from ODL Paper Service will be on site to discuss, share and explore new ideas. Fitting the seminar’s theme “Paper and board machines, technologies and products”, five of emtec’s paper and board measuring solutions are going to be presented at their tabletop.
Valmet has received an order from Stora Enso Narew Sp. z o.o. to modernize the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler at the Ostrołęka pulp and paper mill in Poland. The upgrade will improve boiler availability, reduce unplanned downtime, and lower operating costs.
Howard Coker to Retire Following Distinguished 41-year Career, Including as Director, President and CEO since 2020
SCA appoints Gustaf Nygren as the new head of business area Containerboard and Pulp and member of the executive management team.
Valmet has been selected to supply another complete board making line with automation and lifecycle services to one of its major customers in Asia. Building on the companies’ long-term cooperation and the experience from previous deliveries, the new investment will further support the customer’s ambitions to expand premium-quality coated board production while improving production efficiency and operational performance. Valmet has previously delivered board and paper making lines to the same customer. This new line will be similar in concept to the board line announced earlier this year, enabling the customer and Valmet to build on operational experience and best practices from their existing cooperation.
To strengthen its connections within the corrugated cardboard and paper industry and stay up to date with the latest technical developments, Leipzig-based company emtec Electronic GmbH will attend the 31st VDW Technical Members' Meeting from November 15 to 17, 2026, in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany.
Projects unveiled at the two-day B2B event also highlight the pace at which the UAE’s industrial sector is rapidly transitioning towards a sustainable, high-tech, and circular economy
Agilyx ASA announces that GreenDot, its majority-owned holding, has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of Valorie SAS, a fast-growing state-approved extended producer responsibility (EPR) recycling company in France owning 100% of Léko and Léko Pro. GreenDot will share joint ownership and control of Valorie with German environmental services company Reclay International. The transaction is funded from cash within the GreenDot Group and involves no cash outlay and no share issuance by Agilyx.
UPM and Sappi have formally submitted remedy proposals to the European Commission as part of its ongoing review of the planned graphic paper Joint Venture.
After a successful project was realized in 2020, #IrconSolaronics was selected by the Cartiera Ermolli to improve the drying after the film sizer on their machine 1 by replacing an old hot air dryer.
To demonstrate its innovative paper and tissue testing technologies to the British audience, Leipzig-based company emtec Electronic GmbH is pleased to participate in the Paper & Tissue Show London in the UK. Simultaneously, thanks to their Canadian representative von QC Contrôle, emtec’s measurement solutions will be showcased at the Advanced Design &
Bergslagets Skogar presented its strategy, business model and long-term value creation framework at its first Capital Markets Day in Stockholm on 3 November 2026. The event marked an important step in the preparations to separate Bergslagets Skogar from Stora Enso into a standalone listed company, subject to customary approvals.
Jukka Flinkman has been appointed VP, Mill Manager of Metsä Group’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill as of 1 March 2027. Flinkman will join Metsä Fibre from UPM, where he has served as Director, Operations at the Rauma paper mill, with overall responsibility for the mill’s operations. Previously, he worked as Production Manager at UPM’s Kymi pulp mill. He has extensive experience in production management in both the pulp and paper industries.
Sonoco Products Company, the largest producer of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in North America, today announced plans to invest $40 million over the next two years to modernize and expand production of its Richmond, VA paperboard mill, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to operational excellence, product innovation and long-term growth.
Global pulp producer Arauco has chosen Veolia, the world leader in water treatment technologies, to develop the water treatment line for the Sucuriú Project. The contract covers the design and implementation of an industrial effluent treatment plant for Arauco’s first pulp mill in Brazil, which will be the largest industrial facility in the world built in a single phase.
The IBS Paper Performance Group, technology leader in paper machine optimization, has successfully reduced the consumption of wet-end starch by 12 percent for a European manufacturer of packaging paper. On a machine with an annual production capacity of 195,000 metric tons, targeted upgrades to the wire section yielded significant efficiency gains,
Sangeeta Pandey has been appointed Executive Vice President, Human Resources at UPM. She will be a member of UPM’s Group Executive Team and report to Massimo Reynaudo, President and CEO. She will assume her role on January 1, 2027, and will be based in Helsinki, Finland.
MM Board & Paper has completed its investment in continuous cooking technology at MM Kwidzyn, marking a further step in the site’s long-term development. The new continuous digester, which has already commenced operations, is expected to reduce the integrated mill’s CO₂ emissions substantially by around one-third as well as the mill’s wood consumption.
