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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 →Smurfit Westrock, AB InBev and JKR have developed a fibre-based “7 Days, 7 Moments” packaging concept for Corona Cero alcohol-free beer, designed to carry one bottle for each day of the week. The solution combines a consumer pack with a corrugated transport format, aiming to protect the product through the supply chain while supporting paper-based packaging and sustainability objectives.…
Read the full article →Stora Enso has temporarily suspended newsprint production on PM 4 at its Langerbrugge publication paper mill in Belgium following a…
Read the full article →Argentina has updated its phytosanitary control regime for wood packaging used in imports, according to a report by Identidad Correntina. The revised approach is described as risk-based. The available report excerpt does not specify the measures, implementation date, or which wood-packaging products or shipments will be…
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Read the full article →Millcraft Print and Packaging Solutions has acquired P3, a Louisville-based company, according to a Google Alerts excerpt linking to Millcraft’s news page. The excerpt says the acquisition expands Millcraft’s protective packaging capabilities. It also says the deal strengthens Millcraft’s ability to serve automotive customers.…
Read the full article →Suzano has not ruled out a possible future combination of its consumer-goods operations with Arbex, according to a statement attributed to Suzano Executive Vice President of Consumer Goods Pablo Machado. Machado said such a transaction could be considered once Suzano believes its tissue business has reached a more mature stage.…
Read the full article →CME lumber futures closed at US$533 per thousand board feet on Friday, October 9, according to Lesprom. The settlement was US$6.50, or 1.2%, above the previous week’s close. Trading averaged 395 contracts per day, compared with a 12-week baseline of 760 contracts. The contract closed at US$517.50 on Wednesday after declining on Monday and rising on Tuesday.…
Read the full article →The price of imported softwood pulp in China rose 1.3% in late September to 5,016.6 yuan per metric ton, according to a Lesprom item citing SunSirs. The supplied extract does not give the earlier-period price or identify the assessment basis. It also does not specify the pulp grade beyond softwood pulp, the relevant ports or the transaction terms.…
Read the full article →Orient Paper and Industries has revised the scope of a capital-expenditure project, with the supplied headline reporting approval of a 23,400-tonne-per-year tissue machine at its Amlai unit. The article excerpt itself is truncated before the project details, so it does not confirm the machine’s capacity basis, investment, schedule or revised project scope.…
Read the full article →Sofidel has finalized details of an expansion plan for its U.S. operations, with a reported investment of US$775 million in Inola, Oklahoma. The supplied item describes Sofidel as a tissue manufacturer and says the plan is intended to strengthen its U.S. production capacity.…
Read the full article →Most members of the Association of Pulp and Paper Workers returned to Nippon Dynawave Packaging’s mill in Longview, Washington, on October 12, according to a report carried by Tree Frog Creative. Their return followed a chemical-tank implosion at the mill on May 26. The incident released hundreds of thousands of gallons of white liquor, a chemical used in pulping wood, the report said.…
Read the full article →German packaging production volumes fell 2.4% year on year to 16.7 million metric tons in 2025, according to an EUWID Pulp and Paper alert. The alert also reports that the value of production declined 1.7% to around €[amount omitted in source excerpt].…
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