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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 →Century Plyboards has opened a greenfield plywood plant in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. The plant’s first phase has annual capacity of 60,000 cubic metres, according to the supplied report. The company said capacity is expected to reach 100,000 cubic metres a year within six months.…
Read the full article →Oji Group has broken ground on a US$110 million aseptic carton manufacturing facility at Long Thanh High-tech Industrial Park in Vietnam. The project covers 57,000 square metres and is being developed through subsidiary Oji Liquid Pak. The plant is scheduled to become operational in 2028 and will produce cartons for beverages and liquid food.…
Read the full article →Canada is proposing up to C$50 million in funding for a digital forestry centre in New Brunswick, according to the supplied report. The project is estimated to cost C$86 million. It is intended to establish a pilot project for digitising the forest sector. The planned pilot would track wood-fibre resources across the supply chain.…
Read the full article →Essity says its Tork PaperCircle service collects used paper hand towels from participating customer sites and recycles them into new tissue products, including toilet paper. The company describes the service as part of its Professional Hygiene business. The source says the initiative was introduced in 1994 and calls it Europe’s leading solution of its kind.…
Read the full article →SCA has upgraded the cooking plant at its Östrand pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden. The work took place during the mill’s annual maintenance shutdown, which began in late September 2026. The plant resumed operations in calendar week 41, according to the source.…
Read the full article →Canada’s federal government announced an investment of up to C$50 million to support the establishment of the New Brunswick Strategic Innovation Centre in Digital Forestry. The planned centre is valued at C$86 million, according to the supplied report. It is led by the Northern Hardwoods Research Institute in collaboration with ResearchNB and the Canadian Forest Service.…
Read the full article →Brazil produced 29.4 million metric tons of pulp in 2025, up 6.95% from 2024, according to figures attributed to the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá). The annual report was reportedly released on 13 October 2026. Brazilian pulp exports totalled 20.7 million metric tons in 2025, an increase of 11.6% year on year.…
Read the full article →Mercer Rosenthal gradually resumed discharge from its on-site wastewater treatment plant into Germany’s Saale River on 3 October 2026, coordinating with environmental authorities. In an October update, the company said it was also preparing to restart pulp production. The mill had interrupted its restart after a four-week maintenance shutdown.…
Read the full article →Smurfit Westrock is investing approximately R$120 million in its industrial plant in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, according to the supplied report. The project began in 2025 and is scheduled for completion in 2027. It includes upgrades to production facilities and the acquisition of machinery. The company also plans to install automated lines and expand the dispatch area.…
Read the full article →Norske Skog has approved an investment of up to approximately NOK 850 million to rebuild PM6 at its Saugbrugs mill in Halden, Norway. The rebuilt machine is intended to produce either TMP-based kraftliner or supercalendered magazine paper.…
Read the full article →CurTec USA is investing $10 million to expand its operations in Westminster, South Carolina, according to a report dated October 14, 2026. The project is expected to add 27,300 square feet and more than 2,000 pallet positions. The company says the expansion will increase both warehouse and production capacity.…
Read the full article →UFP Packaging has launched All Boxed Up as a dedicated brand for its corrugated packaging business. The company said the branding is intended to better represent its products, capabilities and customer relationships. The announcement follows the addition of UFP Packaging’s Las Vegas manufacturing facility in mid-2026.…
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