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.
Swedish packaging-materials producer Billerud reported third-quarter net sales of SEK 10.2 billion, up 3% year over year. The company said currency effects and higher volumes contributed to the increase. Adjusted EBITDA was SEK 1.03 billion, compared with SEK 1.06 billion a year earlier. Billerud reported operating profit of SEK 311 million, up from SEK 9 million in the year-earlier quarter. Sales volumes increased to 903,000 metric tons from 870,000 metric tons.…
Stora Enso has completed negotiations and will permanently close its cross-laminated timber (CLT) production unit at Gruvön, Sweden, by the end of 2026. Around 80 positions will be affected. The company cited slower-than-expected CLT market growth, rising wood costs and relatively high fixed production costs.…
Installation of 95,000 railway sleepers has begun on the EF-A35 railway associated with Arauco’s Sucuriú project in Brazil, according to Andravirtual. The report says completing the railway is expected to increase the project’s forest-industry shipping capacity.…
Rebelbox has begun construction of a plant in the Podecobi industrial park in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, according to a report by La Jornada de Oriente. The Mexican-capital company is expected to produce containers and packaging made of cardboard. The project is expected to create 200 direct jobs.…
The Foundation for Packaging Education said its donor-supported programs have helped develop more than 160 courses for AICC’s Packaging University. The platform has recorded nearly 30,000 course completions, according to the foundation. Supported work has also included Spanish-language translations, learning-management-system improvements and engagement with subject-matter experts to update course content. The foundation said its scholarship program includes the Dick Troll Memorial Scholarship, the Steve Narva Memorial Scholarship, and scholarships for participants in AICC’s Next Generation Leadership and Business…
International Paper has completed its acquisition of North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) for US$360 million, according to the supplied PaperAge report. NORPAC, a U.S.-based paper manufacturer, operates a mill in Longview, Washington. The mill has three paper machines and produces approximately one million tons of containerboard and other packaging-paper grades annually. International Paper said the acquisition would expand its ability to serve West Coast customers and support demand for lightweight packaging grades.…
Metsä Group reported second-quarter 2026 EBITDA of €117 million, up from €60 million in the corresponding period a year earlier. Comparable operating profit improved to a loss of €3 million from a loss of €37 million, the company said. CEO Jussi Vanhanen said a €300 million cost-saving programme launched a year ago had exceeded expectations, and that the group now expected to significantly surpass its original target by the end of 2027. Demand for market pulp remained muted in Europe and China, while the market-driven shutdown of the Joutseno pulp mill continued throughout the quarter.…
Valmet will supply key process technology for Century Sunshine’s new Rizhao pulp mill in Shandong, China, including two cooking and fiberlines, evaporation, recovery boiler, ash treatment and white liquor systems. The mill is designed for 1.2 million tonnes per year of hardwood or softwood pulp plus 400,000 tonnes per year of softwood pulp, with the flexibility to produce fluff, dissolving, softwood and hardwood pulp; start-up is targeted for June 2028. The project forms part of Century Sunshine’s broader “Paper-for-Plastic” investment programme, which aims for 2.65 million tonnes per year of new paper capacity and greater raw-material self-sufficiency. Valmet’s order is valued at more than approximately US$115 million. The recovery island and lime kilns are designed for high energy efficiency and biomass use, enabling the mill to operate without fossil fuels.…
Paper and cardboard recycling in Europe remained at a rate of 76.4%, according to a report by doPAPEL. The report said 53.9 million metric tons of paper and cardboard were collected and recycled in 2025. That volume was 0.3% lower than in 2024. Exports also increased, although the supplied excerpt does not specify the volume or direction of the change.…
Russian plywood producer Sveza plans to increase exports to Africa and the Middle East in 2027, according to Lesprom. Egypt accounted for about 15% of Sveza’s exports, and shipments to the country rose by more than 10% in 2025.…
Belarus has reserved a site in Novopolotsk, Vitebsk region, for a proposed 800,000 tonnes/year pulp mill to be developed with backing from Oman. The project has previously been linked to around US$1.4 billion of investment through the Oman Investment Authority and is being positioned as a major wood-processing project for northern Belarus.…