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Magnera, a leading supplier of advanced material solutions, today announced the launch of its next-generation solution for nonwoven textiles. Magnera's proprietary innovation delivers fluid repellency needed by healthcare professionals and other industries without the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Ross brings more than two decades of experience in carbon management, energy systems, policy, project development, and commercialization.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The closure will affect 30 employees.

The bond will be redeemed on 19 December 2025.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Aerial trucks were used to fight the fire, including on the rooftop area, that police say started in a paper machine when particles overheated and ignited. Crews worked against high winds for several hours to put it out.

By now you know my mantra--spinning the invoice printer. However, all large businesses have one department that does not spin the invoice printer--often known as HR. The most charitable thing I can think of to say about the human resources department is that it has the capability of slowing the checkwriter (when it comes to defending the company against lawsuits and so forth).

The paper manufacturing industry has relied upon human-to-machine interaction for hundreds of years. It was sight, sound, smell, feel, and off-line lab tests that drove control moves in the process. I even heard old-school machine tenders tasting paper samples to determine ash content long before the crucibles came out of the oven. Anyone remember back tenders beating the reel with a stick to find hard and soft spots correlating to caliper profiles? If necessary, the subsequent control moves usually involved a human pushing buttons or turning dials or physically messing with valves and actuators. Decades of personal experience drove hiring and promotion decisions to make sure those operator instincts were finely tuned. Meeting production goals depended upon it.

UPM welcomes the European Union's new Bioeconomy Strategy, published today in Brussels, as a decisive move to elevate the bioeconomy as a driver of growth, innovation, and climate neutrality. The strategy reinforces the bioeconomy's central role in revitalizing European industries and boosting competitiveness through renewable and circular solutions.

The installation is one element of a €400m ($463.8m) investment program to boost capacity at the mill.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice is moving forward with a $4.5 billion leveraged loan to facilitate its acquisition of Sealed Air (SEE), as part of a $7.9 billion debt arrangement. This financing, one of the largest recent buyout deals, includes both USD and euro-denominated loans.