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International Paper Industry reached an agreement on the sale of shares in Ilim
International Paper recently announced that the company had reached an agreement with relevant parties to sell 50% of its equity in Ilim SA to the joint venture partners of Ilim Joint Venture for US $484 million (USD). The sale still needs to be approved by the Russian regulatory authorities. The...Read more -
Fedrigoni acquires Arjowiggins Quzhou factory
Recently, Fedrigoni Group, a special paper company headquartered in Italy, announced that it had signed two strategic agreements. One of them is that the group has established a manufacturing partnership with Arjowiggins (Quzhou) Special Paper Co., Ltd. – the factory is a part of Arjowiggin...Read more -
The impact of the Chilean forest fire spread Arauco and CMP C pulp production lines were suspended
The devastating forest fires in central and southern Chile continued to spread. The authorities warned that due to dry weather and high temperature, more fires might occur in new areas. Chilean pulp and wood products company Celulosa Arauco y Constantituci ó n stopped the pulp production of the N...Read more -
Another coniferous pulp plant in Canada announced its plan to stop production
Cariboo Pulp&Paper (CPP), a Canadian pulp company, announced that due to the lack of fiber, the company would cut the pulp production of Quesnel Plant in British Columbia twice in 2023.. The first outage is planned to take place in the middle of April and will last for one month. Then, it wil...Read more -
GP Cellulose will expand the production capacity of fluff pulp
GP Cellulose invested about US $80 million to increase the production capacity of fluff pulp in the Alabama River plant in the United States. The project is being implemented in stages and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. The Alabama River Plant has two pulp production lines, one o...Read more -
Japan Paper plans to build an EV battery material factory in Hungary
On February 6, it was reported that Japan Paper Company planned to invest billions of days to build a new factory in Hungary to produce carboxymethyl cellulose for lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles. It is reported that the factory will start operation in December 2024, with an estimated ...Read more -
16000 corrugated cardboard bed orders for the Olympic Games were sent to Japan
According to the report of the Nikkei Chinese website on February 6, the Japanese bedding company Airweave will provide bedding to the Olympic Village for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bed base is made of corrugated paper, which will be reused in France after the Olympic Games....Read more -
The United States launched the third double anti-sunset review investigation on Chinese and Indian banners
On February 1, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce issued an announcement to launch the third anti-dumping sunset review investigation on the imported lined paper school supplies from China and India, and the third anti-subsidy sunset review investigation on the imported lined paper fr...Read more -
Japan’s paper industry considers using wood to produce sustainable aviation fuel
Recently, Japan Paper said in a statement that Japan Paper, Sumitomo Business and Green Earth Research Institute agreed to jointly study the production of bioethanol from wood-based biomass on January 27, 2023. If the project is successful, the project will produce bioethanol from the plant of Ja...Read more -
The pulp price fluctuates again. The Finnish port transport strike affects the supply
Finnish strike The Finnish Industrial Association said that it refused to reach a settlement agreement with employers, so the possibility of a strike in February by Finnish multi-trade unions was further increased. At the same time, the Finnish Transport Workers Association also said that it woul...Read more -
Egypt’s printing, packaging and paper industry exports will grow by 8% in 2022
On January 29, according to the online website of the Egyptian Pyramid newspaper, the Egyptian Printing and Packaging Export Commission announced that the total export value of the printing, packaging and paper industry in 2022 would be 1.063 billion US dollars, an increase of 8% over the export ...Read more -
125-year-old Dutch paper maker applied for bankruptcy
Due to the continuous high cost of energy and raw materials, the Dutch paper maker Crown Van Gelder filed for bankruptcy. Just a few days ago, the Northern Netherlands District Court announced that the enterprise was officially bankrupt. It is reported that the enterprise has 4000 employees and m...Read more