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.
Calculate the net change
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.
Keep a project history
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.
Metsä Board is launching MetsäBoard Pro FBB Go, a folding boxboard for food and pharmaceutical packaging, alongside a custom-cut sheet delivery service for the European market, according to a report dated 3 March 2026. The company describes the board as a multipurpose product paired with fast and predictable sheet availability. The service concept is intended to help customers respond to changing demand and manage inventories.…
UPM has launched an industrial-scale programme to recycle used paper-machine clothing from its European mills, according to a report published on 3 March 2026. The initiative began in January 2025 and was reported by Lesprom based on information from technology supplier ANDRITZ. The collected materials include synthetic-polymer press felts and forming fabrics made from polyamide and polyethylene terephthalate.…
A provisional insolvency administrator has launched a structured investor process for Papierfabrik Hainsberg in Germany, EUWID reported on 3 March 2026. The process aims to find a buyer for the site and explore whether production can resume. The mill had already suspended production in January 2026, according to the report. The supplied material says Hainsberg has again encountered financial difficulties but gives no details of the investor process or potential buyers.…
BO Paper has launched Novibox Flute, a corrugating medium made at its Jaguariaíva mill in Paraná, Brazil, according to a report published on 3 March 2026. The company says the grade is made with high-yield fibre and is designed to deliver performance at low grammages. The supplied report says it is intended to provide flute performance and board strength while reducing raw-material consumption in converting.…
The French government has offered €150 million in financial support to pulp producer Fibre Excellence, according to an EUWID report published on 3 March 2026. Minister Delegate for Industry Sébastien Martin said the state was prepared to provide the support. Fibre Excellence is described in the supplied material as financially troubled and threatened by insolvency.…
The Navigator Company has approved an investment of approximately €115 million in a tissue paper machine at its Aveiro industrial complex in Portugal, according to a report published on 3 March 2026. The machine is planned to have annual capacity of 70,000 metric tons. The supplied report identifies the investment as a new production machine but does not give a construction or start-up schedule.…
The French government has offered financial support to pulp producer Fibre Excellence, according to an EUWID listing dated 3 March 2026. French Minister Delegate for Industry Sébastien Martin announced on social media that the state was prepared to support the financially troubled company with €150 million. The listing does not explain whether the amount is a loan, grant, guarantee, or another form of support. It also does not state whether Fibre Excellence accepted the offer or provide conditions or a timetable.…
Western Forest Products has agreed to sell its Stillwater Forest Operation in British Columbia to Tla’amin Nation through Qwoqwnes Forestry Holdings Limited Partnership, according to a report published on 3 March 2026. The proposed transaction covers a 100% ownership interest and is valued at US$80 million, as stated in the supplied report. The assets include Block 1 of Tree Farm Licence 39, covering approximately 154,000 hectares near Powell River.…
Sappi has commissioned ABB’s L&W Fiber & Freeness Online system at its Maastricht mill in the Netherlands, according to the supplied company-news report. The system measures fibre morphology and freeness continuously at the wet end of the paper-production process. Sappi is using the measurements to stabilize pulp quality during stock preparation, control and refining.…
Valmet has received an order to supply a complete Valmet IQ Quality Control System for a new production line at Papeterie Le Bourray in France, according to a company-news report published on 27 February 2026. Papeterie Le Bourray is described in the source as a producer of recycled tissue paper. The system is intended to support product quality and process stability.…
Valmet has received an order to supply a Valmet IQ quality-control system for a new production line at Papeterie Le Bourray in France, according to the supplied company-news report. The producer is described as specializing in recycled tissue paper. Valmet says the system is intended to support product quality and process stability while reducing raw-material and energy use.…
Cascades says it will discontinue its honeycomb paperboard and partition packaging activities. The company said the decision will result in the closure of three plants in the United States and Canada. The facilities are in York, Pennsylvania, and Saint-Césaire and Berthierville, Quebec.…