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Smith will retain his responsibilities as President of CellMark Pulp during the initial transition period and will continue his role as a member of the company's Board of Directors.

Georgia-Pacific has announced two significant educational investments aimed at strengthening the pipeline of future industry professionals.

The accreditation was awarded to the company's flexo plate division in Beaverton, Oregon, USA, following rigorous evaluation of its platemaking processes against DuPont's standards for consistency and quality.

Metsä Group will establish its own PEFC forest certification group in 2026, enabling its bonus members and contract customers to certify their forests under the company's management. The move is designed to strengthen the system's profile and ensure a continued supply of PEFC-certified wood to its mills by taking direct responsibility for compliance.

A new report from Svensk Kooperation shows that cooperative enterprises in Sweden have increased their turnover by 27 percent over the past decade and now account for around ten percent of GDP. Södra is one of the largest players, contributing to a resilient and sustainable forestry sector - where members have influence and share in the value created.

The bond will be redeemed on 19 December 2025.

The curtailments will begin on December 15th and is expected to reduce production by 13 million board feet.

The closure will affect 30 employees.

Effective January 1, 2026, Essity's business areas will be as follows: Health & Medical, Personal Care, Consumer Tissue and Professional Hygiene. The new business areas reflect the organizational change being made to accelerate the company's growth rate and more rapidly achieve its financial targets.

3 apparatus, 1 command vehicle and 25 firefighters responded and were there approximately 6 hours with an additional hour of cleanup afterwards.

Metsä Fibre may temporarily lay off all personnel at its Lappeenranta, Rauma, Renko and Vilppula sawmills in Finland for up to 90 days between January and June 2026.

Metsä Group will restart its Joutseno pulp mill on 8 December 2025, ending a production shutdown that began in June. Concurrently, the company will initiate an approximately one-month production curtailment at its Rauma pulp mill, starting 15 December 2025, with a gradual restart scheduled from 7 January 2026. The adjustments are a response to current market demand for long-fibre softwood pulp.

The $7,000 fine was documented in October 2025, though state regulators said the mill later demonstrated compliance with an air pollutant limit.

Rengo Co., Ltd. has announced the start of operations at a new heavy-duty corrugated packaging plant for its subsidiary TRICOR Packaging & Logistics AG in Goch, Germany.

Valmet introduces the renewed Valmet IQ Web Monitoring System (WMS), designed to elevate quality and efficiency in pulp, paper, tissue, as well as paper and board converting industries.

Paper Corea, Inc. has successfully started up a PrimePress X shoe press supplied by international technology group ANDRITZ at its paper mill in Gunsan, South Korea.

The recently commissioned systems include a lamella evaporation plant, an ARC chloride removal system, and a recovery boiler engineered for maximized electricity production.