Paper Industry News – March 2021

3/1: Mayr-Melnhof Group Successfully Places One Billion EUR Schuldschein Loan
3/1: Lindenmeyr Munroe Renames Olmsted-Kirk Operations throughout Texas/Oklahoma to Become One Brand
3/2: Valmet to Supply Board and Fine Paper Making Lines with Pulp Production to Fujian Liansheng in China
3/2: WestRock CEO Steve Voorhees to Step Down; Directors Elect David B. Sewell as Successor
3/2: AF&PA Releases New Design Guide to Further Advance Paper Recycling
3/2: Lucart Acquires Hygiene Products Maker Essential Supply Products in England
3/2: Domtar Completes Sale of Personal Care Business for $920 Million
3/3: Monadnock Paper Mills Announces New Partnership with Case Paper to Serve Florida Market
3/3: Sappi Europe Announces Price Increase for Packaging and Speciality Papers
3/3: Regional U.S. Chip and Pulpwood Price Trends Diverge
3/4: BillerudKorsnäs' Executive Vice President Commercial Helene Biström to Leave Company During 2021
3/5: ANDRITZ Starts-up Tissue Production Line Delivered to Berli Jucker Cellox in Thailand
3/5: Graphic Packaging Launches Cap-It; an Alternative to Traditional Shrink Film Packaging
3/8: Paper Excellence Eyes Early May Restart of No. 11 Paper Machine at Powell River Mill
3/9: International Association of Paper Historians Opens Registration for 35th Biennial Congress Event
3/9: Glatfelter Announces 8% Price Increase for its Composite Fibers Products
3/9: Valmet to Deliver Key Pulp Technology to Nine Dragons in China
3/9: Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss Named PaperAge's Executive Papermaker of the Year
3/10: Resolute Forest Products Sets Target to Reduce GHG Emissions by 30%
3/10: ABB to Deliver New Drives and Control Systems to Iggesund Paperboard in Sweden
3/10: Smurfit Kappa to Invest EUR 40 Million in Its Corrugated Packaging Plant in North Wales
3/11: Feldmuehle to Increase Prices for Wet Strength Label Papers
3/11: Spike in Frozen Food Sales Creates Strong Demand for Paper Products
3/15: Twin Rivers Paper Names Mark Lukacs as New Chief Operating Officer
3/16: Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Announces Price Hike for Coated Inkjet Papers
3/16: Sustana Names Emily Olson as Director and Sustainability Ambassador
3/17: Genera Launches New Program to Help Tennessee Farmers Offset Switchgrass Start-Up Costs
3/17: Mondi Gronau Starts Production of One Million Medical Face Masks per Day in Germany
3/17: Total U.S. Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Shipments Decreased Two Percent in February 2021
3/17: Total U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Decreased 29 Percent in February 2021
3/18: Södra to Increase the Price of NBSK in Europe to USD 1,220 per Tonne
3/18: PCMC Names Stan Blakney as President of Global Operations
3/18: MSC Unveils North American Cargo Protection Solution
3/18: Acme Corrugated Box Announces Multimillion-Dollar Expansion of Hatboro, PA Facility
3/19: Twin Rivers Paper Company Names Jeff Hederick as Chief Commercial Officer
3/19: Greif Announces $50 per Ton Price Increase on All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard and Coated Recycled Paperboard Grades
3/19: Green Bay Packaging Starts Production at Its New Paper Mill in Wisconsin
3/22: Solenis to Increase Prices on Wet Strength Product Lines across EMEA Regions
3/22: Eastman and GP Cellulose Provide Critical Support for Longleaf Pine Restoration in Florida
3/22: Essity Begins Testing of CO2 Emission-free Paper Production at Lilla Edet Facility in Sweden
3/23: Lecta to Increase Prices on Its Self-Adhesive Range of Paper Products
3/24: Valmet to Supply Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill with New Quality Control System and IQ Moisturizer for BM1
3/24: Digital Escape: Why Magazines Are Experiencing a Surprise Renaissance
3/24: Construction of Metsä Spring and Valmet Demo Plant for 3D Fibre Products on Schedule
3/24: Motion Celebrates 75th Anniversary
3/24: Sonoco Announces Price Increase for Uncoated Recycled Paperboard in the U.S. and Canada
3/24: ND Paper Launches Finance Leadership Development Program
3/25: US Forest Industry & Manufacturing Continue to Expand
3/25: Papeteries du Léman Announces Price Increase for All Primabake and Specialty Paper Grades
3/25: AF&PA Announces Support for the RECYCLE Act
3/26: Cepi Says Worldwide Demand for Recycled Paper Remains Strong
3/29: Valmet to Supply Aktül Kagit with New Tissue Production Line in Turkey
3/29: Port Tampa Bay Approves Lease to Celadon for Construction of Recycled Pulp Plant
3/30: Ahlstrom-Munksjö's New Servera®Ultra Papers Provides Sustainable Food Packaging for QSR Market
3/30: International Paper Acquires Two Corrugated Packaging Plants in Spain
3/30: Two Sides North America President Phil Riebel to Retire, Kathi Rowzie Named Successor
3/31: SCA Appeals Land and Environmental Court Ruling and Harvesting Ban
3/31: PCMC to Supply Bedford Paper with Tissue Converting Line in Wisconsin
3/31: Kimberly-Clark Announces Price Increases for North American Consumer Products Business
3/31: Smurfit Kappa to Invest EUR 25 Million to Expand Corrugated Packaging Plant in Poland

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