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Jon Jested-Rask has been appointed Executive Vice President, Tissue Business Area at Valmet, effective August 1, 2025.

By Fos, the Rat: I am delighted to be back with you again, thanks to Mr. Jim. This is the eleventh year of Pulp Rats! August seems to come earlier and earlier each year. I have been given permission to open up the world of rat adjudication a bit further this year.

This month we have talked about using housekeeping to find what is important in our mill or area of responsibility (week one). Then we talked about formalized housekeeping with GMP (week two). Last week we discussed abandoning equipment and structures in place (week three). Let's wrap up, shall we?

First Chilean member will grow reach and influence of this global forest sector advocacy group

Packaging Corp of America posted higher profit in the second quarter boosted by gains from a real estate sale that helped partially offset costs related to its pending acquisition of Greif containerboard.

The company's bottom line totaled $493 million, or $4.96 per share. This compares with $91 million, or $0.92 per share, last year.

UPM-Kymmene's comparable EBIT declined 31% year-on-year to Euro 126 million in Q2 2025, driven by weaker demand and lower prices for pulp and communication papers.

West Fraser Timber posted second-quarter sales of $1.532 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $84 million (6 % of sales), and a net loss of $24 million, or $0.38 per diluted share.

Canfor Corporation announced that its 77%-owned subsidiary, Vida AB, has entered into an agreement to purchase AB Karl Hedin Sågverk from Mattsbo Såg AB and certain minority shareholders for a purchase price of $164 million (1.15 billion Swedish Krona), including working capital of approximately $39 million.

UPM Adhesive Materials, formerly known as UPM Raflatac, plans to increase its production capacity in the high-growth market for advanced labels with an investment in its factory in Mills River, North Carolina, USA.

Driven by structural overcapacity in the graphic paper markets and the need to ensure long-term competitiveness of its operations, UPM Communication Papers plans to end paper production at UPM Kaukas paper mill, Finland, reducing the annual production capacity of coated mechanical paper by 300,000 tonnes.

Andritz has completed a service retrofit for the Turkish company Turkuvaz at its Sakarya plant, integrating diversion channel technology into its baby diaper lines.