Industrial trials mark a key step toward expanding Fiberdom’s commercially proven plastic-free fiber material into new packaging applications aligned with emerging EU packaging regulations.
Valmet will supply two Valmet Fiberline Analyzers to Södra Cell Mörrum, Sweden, helping the mill improve process stability and product quality. The analyzers will enhance the mill’s online measurement capabilities by delivering highly accurate and reliable data to optimize the performance of both fiberlines.
Corrugators and printers serving leading brands with high-performance packaging and displays rely on the consistent availability of premium coated and uncoated liner board.
Once again this year, the Leipzig-based emtec Electronic GmbH will be exhibiting its innovative measuring instruments at IMPS 2026 in Munich. From March 17 to 19, the event will focus on advances in paper and board production.
Kemira will implement a price increase of 10-20% for all AKD (alkyl ketene dimer) wax products, effective immediately or as contracts permit. The adjustment is driven by significantly higher costs across the AKD wax value chain.
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.
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.
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.
