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Track new mills, expansions, conversions, closures and restarts across the fibre value chain. A useful project record identifies the company, mill, location, grade, net capacity change, project stage and expected start-up. Announced, permitted, under construction and operating describe different stages and should not be combined as confirmed supply.
Separate new capacity from replacement equipment, transferred production and grade conversions. State annual metric tons and distinguish pulp from paper and integrated from market pulp. A converted machine can add one grade while removing another; it is not necessarily a net increase in total output.
Preserve the original announcement and record subsequent changes to timing, scope and status. Commissioning is followed by ramp-up, so annual nameplate capacity should not be treated as first-year production. Use the linked stories to follow changes rather than counting repeated announcements as separate projects.
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Editorial standards →The Government of New Brunswick is providing C$254,600 to support energy-efficiency upgrades at AV Group NB’s pulp mill in Atholville, Canada. The project includes a dump condenser, thermal insulation upgrades, flow and temperature probes, and a modern control system. The equipment is intended to help the mill monitor energy use and reduce consumption.…
Read the full article →Norske Skog has agreed to sell certain properties at its Saugbrugs industrial site in Halden, Norway, to Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering. The transaction is valued at approximately NOK 720 million net, according to a report published March 29, 2026. The buyer, a Norwegian government agency, plans to use the properties to support decommissioning of the Halden research reactor, which has been idle since 2018.…
Read the full article →Wuzhou Special Paper (Jiangxi) Co. Ltd. has selected ANDRITZ as the main supplier of technologies and equipment for a new greenfield pulp mill in China. The mill is planned for Hukou County in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. Wuzhou operates several paper machines and says the new facility is intended to support a self-sufficient pulp supply.…
Read the full article →Wuzhou Special Paper (Jiangxi) Co. Ltd. has selected ANDRITZ as the main supplier of technologies and equipment for a greenfield pulp mill in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, according to the supplied report. The project is intended to provide pulp for Wuzhou’s paper operations and reduce its reliance on external supplies.…
Read the full article →Toscotec has started up a turnkey tissue plant for Intertrade Hellas at the company’s Oinofyta paper mill near Athens, Greece. The project features an AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine, according to Toscotec. The machine has a net sheet width of 5,600 mm and a maximum operating speed of 2,200 metres per minute. Its stated production capacity is up to 80,000 metric tons per year.…
Read the full article →Cascades has announced a US$6.9 million investment in its uncoated recycled boxboard plant in Kingsey Falls, Quebec. The project includes equipment installations and operational improvements, some of which have been implemented since September, according to the supplied report. The company says the work is intended to increase production capacity and improve sheet quality.…
Read the full article →SAEL has completed a modernization of paper machine 2 at Cartiera San Martino in Italy, according to the supplied report. The project upgraded the machine’s automation and drive systems. Work included replacing the wet section’s line-shaft DC drive with a sectional system based on AC asynchronous motors. Implementation was carried out in two phases.…
Read the full article →Stora Enso has named the executive management team for a forest-asset company it plans to separate from the group, according to the supplied report. The spin-off is currently expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. Tuomas Hallenberg, formerly executive vice president of Stora Enso’s Forest business area, became president and CEO of the future company in January 2026.…
Read the full article →Western Forest Products has begun loading the first lumber batches into one of two new continuous dry kilns at its value-added division in Chemainus, Canada, according to a Lesprom report dated 7 March 2026. The company says the kilns will increase output of kiln-dried products. These include lumber used to make glued laminated timber for mass timber applications.…
Read the full article →Nine Dragons Paper (Holding) Limited reported sales volume of 21.5 million tons for fiscal 2025, up 9.6% year on year, according to an excerpt attributed to its annual report. The source says this was the first time the group’s sales volume exceeded 20 million tons. Its headline also reports a 177% increase in net profit, although the supplied excerpt does not provide the profit amount or comparison basis.…
Read the full article →A district court in Krško initiated insolvency proceedings against Vipap Videm Krško on February 25, according to a report attributed to EUWID and carried by paper-world.com. The court appointed Sara Pušenjak Petek as insolvency administrator. Vipap is described as Slovenia’s only newsprint mill and operates an integrated paper and pulp site with two paper machines.…
Read the full article →Sonoco Products Company plans to raise prices by US$70 per ton for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada. The increase is scheduled to apply to shipments beginning April 3, 2026, according to reports published March 7. Sonoco executive Taylor Lane attributed the change to tighter market conditions, higher mill utilization and inflationary input costs.…
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