Paper Industry News during April 2020
- Nippon Paper Industries Completes Acquisition of Orora's Paperboard and Converting Business in Australia/New Zealand (4/30)
- FortisBC First to Purchase Renewable Natural Gas Made From Wood Waste (4/30)
- International Paper Reports First Quarter 2020 Results (4/30)
- Resolute Forest Products Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2020 Results (4/30)
- Metsä Fibre and Ahlstrom-Munksjö Collaborating on Responsible Sourcing of Wood (4/30)
- BillerudKorsnäs and Syntegon Technology Launch New Packaging System for Tailor-made Shaped Paper Pods (4/29)
- India's Paper Industry Says 35,000 Imported Containers of Recovered Paper Stuck at Ports; Customs Asking for Demurrage Despite Waiver (4/28)
- Domtar to Temporarily Idle Papermaking Operations at Its Hawesville Mill in Kentucky (4/28)
- Domtar Completes the Purchase of Appvion Point of Sale Paper Business (4/28)
- Packaging Corporation Of America Reports First Quarter 2020 Results (4/27)
- Valmet to Supply Fine Paper Machine and Recovery Boiler for Sun Paper Beihai Mill in China (4/27)
- UPM Blandin in Grand Rapids, Minnesota has Temporarily Shutdown Its Paper Mill (4/27)
- Pixelle Specialty Solutions Restarts Two Paper Machine at Andoscoggin Mill Following Digester Explosion (4/24)
- Seaman Paper Introduces High-Touch Barrier Tissue, Minimizes Direct Contact with Public Surfaces (4/24)
- Rottneros Reports Record High Production Volume Offset by Lower Pricing in First Quarter 2020 (4/24)
- Greif Implementing Price Increase on all Paper Tubes and Cores and Protective Packaging Products (4/24)
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö Signs 100 Million Face Mask Material Contract with French Government Resilience Program (4/23)
- UPM CEO Reports Business Not Significantly Impacted by Pandemic in First Quarter 2020 (4/23)
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö CEO Reports Solid First Quarter 2020 Results (4/23)
- Södra CEO Says Results in Line with Expectations but Future Difficult to Predict (4/23)
- Sonoco Implementing Price Increases for All Paperboard Tubes and Cores (4/22)
- Bengt Åkerblom Earns 2020 Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award (4/22)
- Kimberly-Clark Announces Strong First Quarter 2020 Results (4/22)
- Recovered Paper Prices in the U.S. Spike in April (4/21)
- Graphic Packaging to Close White Pigeon CRB Mill in Michigan and PM1 in West Munroe (4/21)
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company Reports First Quarter 2020 Results (4/21)
- FPAC President Forewarns Members of Parliament of Vital Role Sawmills Play in Canada's Supply Chain (4/20)
- Paper Excellence Extends Paper Production Curtailment at Powell River and Crofton Mills in British Columbia (4/20)
- Total U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Decreased Four Percent in March 2020 (4/20)
- U.S. Containerboard Production Increased 10 Percent in March 2020 (4/20)
- Total U.S. Boxboard Monthly Production Decreased Two Percent in March 2020 (4/20)
- Total U.S. Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Shipments Increased Three Percent in March 2020 (4/20)
- New-Indy Containerboard Acquires Shoreline Container in Michigan (4/17)
- Digester Explosion Rocks Pixelle Specialty Solutions' Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine (4/16)
- SCA to Increase Price for Its NBSK Pulp by $40/tonne on May 1 (4/16)
- Ox Industries Announces Price Increases on Recycled Paperboard and Paperboard Products (4/16)
- Greif to Increase Price for All Grades of Uncoated Recycled Paperboard by $50/ton (4/16)
- Sonoco Announces $50/Ton Price Increase for Uncoated Recycled Paperboard (4/15)
- Verso Appoints Matthew M. Archambeau as Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Energy (4/15)
- Sonoco to Invest $83 Million to Strengthen Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Mill System in U.S. and Canada (4/14)
- Norske Skog Provides Operational Updates (4/14)
- Essity Reports Higher Sales and Earnings During the First Quarter of 2020 (4/14)
- Case Paper Acquires Laminating and Coating Facility in the Midwest (4/13)
- Northern Pulp Prepared to Invest in Modernizing Mill and Revitalizing Nova Scotia's Forestry Sector (4/13)
- Clearwater Paper Appoints Michael J. Murphy as Senior Vice President and CFO (4/13)
- Valmet to Supply 'Paper Lab' to Papierfabrik Palm's Aalen-Neukochen Mill in Germany (4/10)
- Pöyry Awarded EPCM Contract from LD Celulose for New Dissolving Pulp Mill in Brazil (4/10)
- Imported Forest Products to China Dropped by $750 Million in January and February (4/9)
- Mondi Taking Uncoated Fine Paper Downtime in Austria and Africa (4/9)
- VTT Develops Plastic-Like Packaging Material, Thermocell, Made From Renewable Raw Materials (4/9)
- BIR Contacts Governments and Shipping Lines to Alleviate Impact of Port Shut-Downs (4/9)
- Sappi Limited Board and Leadership Teams Implement Pay Cut; Confirm No Short-Term Incentive Bonuses for 2020 (4/8)
- Columbia Pulp Temporarily Suspends Production Due to COVID-19 Related Factors (4/8)
- Forestry: Meeting Essential Needs During a Global Pandemic (4/7)
- Kadant Johnson Expands Operations Group (4/7)
- Domtar Announces Temporary Idling of Paper Capacity to Address COVID-19 Related Business Impact (4/6)
- American Eagle Paper Mills Names Scott Igoe as President (4/6)
- Mercer International to Take Downtime at Its Cariboo Pulp Mill in British Columbia (4/6)
- ANDRITZ to Supply New Dewatering Technology for RMP Process to Mayr-Melnhof Karton in Austria (4/6)
- Pro Carton's President Says Collection and Delivery of Raw Materials for Paper Production in Europe More Important than Ever (4/3)
- Mondi Adapts Production Line in Germany to Make Components for Face Masks (4/3)
- Georgia-Pacific Names Ryan Elwart as Chief Customer Officer for Its Consumer Products Group (4/3)
- Appvion Announces FDA Certification for the Manufacture of Food Packaging (4/3)
- Norske Skog and Burgo Restart Paper Machines in Europe after COVID-19-Related Downtime (4/2)
- PCA to Take Economic Downtime at its Jackson, Alabama Uncoated Freesheet Mill (4/1)
- Metsä Fibre Ready to Begin Second-Phase Prep Work for $1.5 Billion Bioproduct Mill in Kemi, Finland (4/1)
- Greif Completes the Sale of Its Consumer Packaging Group to Graphic Packaging for $85 Million (4/1)
- Kruger to Temporarily Shutdown Its Brompton Paper Mill in Quebec, Canada (4/1)
- Stora Enso Appoints David Ekberg as EVP, Head of Packaging Solutions Division (4/1)
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