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U.S. containerboard production in July 2017 was 5.2% higher compared to July 2016. The month-over-month average daily production compared to June 2017 was 1.7% higher, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.The containerboard operating rate for July increased from 96.3% to 97.9%, wh...

Bohui Paper Group contracted Voith to supply a new board machine. The BM 4 will be built at Dafeng in the Chinese province Jiangsu and following completion will be one of the largest board machines in the world, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Voith will supply t...

U.S. total boxboard production in July 2017 increased 2.9%, when compared to July 2016, and increased 6.5% from last month, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported. Unbleached kraft boxboard production increased over the same month as last year and increased compared to last month. T...

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and CAPE Machinery, a leading Spanish woodworking machinery manufacturer and developer, have entered into a two-year agreement that will provide a seamless integration of the Pallet Design System™ (PDS) software with CAPE’s world-class palle...

Valmet takes its Industrial Internet services to the next level by launching a new offering and opening four Performance Centers for energy, pulp, paper and board and tissue customers. At the same time, Valmet has signed a partnership agreement with Tieto, which is the first step in building a leadi...

Valmet and Södra Cell in Sweden have signed a three-year agreement for web-based training via the Valmet Online Learning portal. Valmet will provide online courses for all main mill processes to about 600 employees at all three Södra mills in Sweden; Värö, Mörrum, and Mönsterås.Valmet Online Learnin...

The volatility in imports of Japan’s assembled wooden flooring observed in the year to-date continues. After dropping in May imports in June were up almost 30%. Year-on-year flooring imports have increased 46%, as ITTO reported.The growth in Japan’s wooden flooring imports in the first half of 2017 ...

Japan’s imports of wooden windows in the first half of 2017 fell 9%, compared to the first half of 2016, as ITTO reported.In May this year there was a turn-around in the value of wooden window imports when there was a 20% surge in the value of imports. This upward trend continued into June with a fu...

Japan’s imports of wooden doors in the first half of 2017 fell 12%, compared to the first half of 2016. Year-on-year June imports dropped 9% and there was a slight decline in June 2017 imports compared to levels in May, as ITTO reported.The three main suppliers in June were China (54%), the Philippi...

Norway's roundwood sales decreased by 9% from the 2Q 2016 to the 2Q 2017, while the average timber price rose by 8%. Forest owners obtained NOK 348 ($43.8) per cubic metre of timber; an increase of NOK 27 ($3.4), as Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyra) reported.A total of 2.7 million cubic met...

Nippon Paper Industries to increase prices for its chipboard, color board, core paperboard, paste board products, etc. by minimum 10 yen/kg, effective September 1, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.These products have been facing a difficult earnings condition beca...

Elliott Baxter to increase selling prices on all coated products, speciality products and some board products by 8% for deliveries from the 14th August, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Elliott Baxter is the leading family owned independent paper supplier in the U...

In the April-June 2017, orders for Italian woodworking technologies recorded 31.9% growth rates, compared to the same period of 2016 (previous quarter growth was 22.2%), reported Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association Acimall. The final figure results from the performance...

Rengo Co., Ltd. announced that its consolidated subsidiary Tri-Wall Limited has established TW Michigan Inc., a joint venture in Michigan, United States, for manufacturing and sales of heavy duty packaging materials, through Tri-Wall’s wholly-owned subsidiary.TW Michigan is a joint venture with HG P...

Ms. Ksenia Sosnina, CEO of Ilim Group, and Mr. Nikolay Khodov, CEO of Orgkhim Biochemical Holding, have signed an agreement to set up Amber Stream LLC, a joint venture with 50/50 participation. The new JV will produce a wide range of pine-chemical products with a high added value, including unique p...

Oji Nepia Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oji Holdings Corporation, and Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited have agreed to form a new joint venture for the purpose of producing household tissue products in the area of Mitsubishi's Hachinohe mill in Aomori prefecture, Japan.The new company will install...

EGY WOOD, the international trade fair for furniture production technologies, woodworking machinery, tools, fittings, accessories, raw materials and products, will be held in New Cairo Exhibition Center in Cairo, Egypt, during December 7-10, 2017.The exhibition is expecting about 100 participants fr...

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and CAPE Machinery, a leading Spanish woodworking machinery manufacturer and developer, have entered into a two-year agreement that will provide a seamless integration of the Pallet Design System™ (PDS) software with CAPE’s world-class palle...

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. announced the planned closing of two manufacturing facilities in its Wood Flooring segment, including a solid wood plant in Jackson, Tennessee and an engineered wood plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi.This decision was made primarily to rationalize the plant network in response...

Fibria’s Horizonte 2 Project ended 2Q17 ahead of schedule, reaching 96% of physical completion and confirming the early start-up of the industrial plant at the beginning of September 2017. Financial progress came to 69% and total investments in the project remained at R$7.5 billion ($2.4 billion), a...

In the April-June 2017, orders for Italian woodworking technologies recorded 31.9% growth rates, compared to the same period of 2016 (previous quarter growth was 22.2%), reported Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association Acimall. The final figure results from the performance...

Business activities of the Cham Paper Group are developing favorably in 2017. The paper division is benefiting from the excellent reputation of its products in the market, where the sales department is increasingly concentrating on the sale of specialty papers which carry higher margins. At the same...

Fibria’s Horizonte 2 Project ended 2Q17 ahead of schedule, reaching 96% of physical completion and confirming the early start-up of the industrial plant at the beginning of September 2017. Financial progress came to 69% and total investments in the project remained at R$7.5 billion ($2.4 billion), a...

Giguère & Morin Inc. decided to invest in the System TM solution. One of the recent investments is a vacuum infeed Opti-Feed 6000 Vack, batch feeder and planer outfeed from System TM. This infeed solution will automate the entire infeed process to a planer and ripsaw, as the company says in the ...

Mpact opened liquid packaging recycling plant at its Springs paper mill in South Africa. The R46 million ($3.5 million) project is expected to recycle approximately 25,000 tonnes per year of liquid packaging products, which until now has seen limited beneficiation in South Africa.Bruce Strong, CEO o...

Tigercat launches RemoteLogTM, the company’s new telematics solution. RemoteLog was designed after extensive field research that included feedback from customers from around the world. The result is a simple, robust telematics solution that works even in the most remote locations. Now loggers...

ABB has launched L&W Fiber Online – a reliable, repeatable and cost-effective online system for measuring, monitoring and controlling significant fiber quality variables in paper stock preparation and pulp production.This helps pulp and paper customers to save production costs by optimizing fibe...

The Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A.) has developed a new packaging solution for drinks manufacturers: a box-ice bucket for bottles of wine and cava, designed by the Group’s Packaging Division, which cools drinks and maintains the appropriate temperature for consumption.Basically, t...

In the April-June 2017, orders for Italian woodworking technologies recorded 31.9% growth rates, compared to the same period of 2016 (previous quarter growth was 22.2%), reported Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association Acimall. The final figure results from the performance...

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and Tembec Inc. have received notification of clearance from Germany's Federal Cartel Office in connection with the previously announced proposed statutory arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act involving the acquisition by Rayonier AM ...

As anticipated on 15 February 2017 when the preventive (sauvegarde) procedure was opened, Sequana announces that the commercial court has now approved its preventive (sauvegarde) plan, thus bringing an end to the preventive procedure. Sequana will still benefit from the court’s protection following ...

Global packaging leader Smurfit Kappa has announced a multi-million euro investment in technology at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill in Austria that will significantly reduce CO₂ emissions while increasing production.The project consists of building a state-of-the-art recovery boiler by 2020 and a new s...

Walki has developed a new biomass cover with an extended width of six metres. The new, wider cover increases the amount of energy that can be derived from logging residues through significantly improved dry matter content, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.As emiss...

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. has formed a joint venture with the Missouri Department of Transportation & Patrol Retirement System (MPERS), which acquired 11,031 acres of high-quality timberlands in North Georgia, known as the Dawsonville Package. Under terms of the 50-50 joint venture with MPERS...

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Metsä Board's Corporate Family Rating (CFR) by one notch from Ba2 to Ba1, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.At the same time, Moody’s upgraded Metsä Board’s Euro 225 million senior unsecured bond, that matures on 2019, from Ba...

In 2017, a 50 companies make it onto 9th annual ranking of Russia's largest forest based companies, published by the Russian woodworking journal Lesnaya Industriya. Taken as a group, these companies have combined revenues of 482.8 billion roubles ($5.19 billion), up 17.5% from previous ranking. Ilim...

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has upgraded Holmen's credit rating from BBB to BBB+ based on a sustained improvement of earnings and cash-flow, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Holmen is a forest industry group that manufactures paperboard, paper and wood ...

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and CAPE Machinery, a leading Spanish woodworking machinery manufacturer and developer, have entered into a two-year agreement that will provide a seamless integration of the Pallet Design System™ (PDS) software with CAPE’s world-class palle...

The solution System TM delivered to Marley Eternit for their roof top batten production, is a high-speed bundling line with a very high bundle speed, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.After the moulder the workpieces are aligned and automatically put together as bu...

Swedish Moelven Notnäs AB invests in Heinola's high-class chamber kilns. This kiln order is already second from Moelven to Heinola within one year. These six new chamber kilns type HCH from Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc. have annual capacity of ca. 40,000 cubic metres, as the company says in the pre...

Scott Group has acquired Whirlowdale Trading Co. Ltd (WTC) in a deal which expands access to the range of sustainable pallet solutions available from the Group’s existing pallet businesses; Scott Pallets, HLC and Pallet Logistics. The acquisition of WTC will provide additional operational capacity a...

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Sacramento Container Corporation, and 100% of the membership interests of Northern Sheets, LLC and Central California Sheets, LLC in a cash-free, debt-free transaction for a c...

Cambium Global Timberland Ltd completes the sale of its Hawaiian assets, namely the leasehold interests at the Pinnacle and Pahala Estates, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The escrow agent has paid to the Company the cash proceeds of the sale, representing the to...

The CPH Group is to standardize the branding within its Chemistry and Packaging divisions. The Chemistry Division will now trade solely under the “Zeochem” name, while the Packaging Division will use only the “Perlen Packaging” brand. The actions are the result of a broader reappraisal of the Group’...

The Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) announced that as of July 1, Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. has joined the Association.Pinnacle is a manufacturer of wood pellets with seven manufacturing facilities in Alberta and British Columbia and shipping capacity through the Port of Prince Rupert...

Klabin inaugurates Technology Center in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná, Brazil. The new center completes the integration of the research and development fronts of the company’s business teams, a strategy that was adopted to incorporate a global, unified and highly complex vision.With laboratories capable of...

UPM Raflatac has reinforced its commitment to building a more sustainable world by joining the Sustainable Packaging Coalition® (SPC), as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The SPC is a membership-based collaborative led by an independent non-profit that believes in th...

Mark Munnelly, Site Director of Rigid Ireland, has confirmed the Limerick-based corrugated packaging manufacturer has been awarded the Certificate of Conformity for BRC Global Standard Packaging and Packaging Materials Issue 5 – the highest level that can be awarded within the packaging manufacturin...

Republic of Congo joins PEFC as a national member. “With PAFC-Congo becoming a member of PEFC and their work on developing a national forest certification system, we are taking a huge step towards safeguarding the benefits the forests in the region provide. We are thrilled to welcome PAFC-Congo into...

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and CAPE Machinery, a leading Spanish woodworking machinery manufacturer and developer, have entered into a two-year agreement that will provide a seamless integration of the Pallet Design System™ (PDS) software with CAPE’s world-class palle...

The solution System TM delivered to Marley Eternit for their roof top batten production, is a high-speed bundling line with a very high bundle speed, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.After the moulder the workpieces are aligned and automatically put together as bu...

Swedish Moelven Notnäs AB invests in Heinola's high-class chamber kilns. This kiln order is already second from Moelven to Heinola within one year. These six new chamber kilns type HCH from Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc. have annual capacity of ca. 40,000 cubic metres, as the company says in the pre...

In the first half of 2017, The Deufol Group's sales were Euro 145.1 million, 10.4%, or Euro 16.8 million below 2016. The change in sales are based upon the change within the group of consolidated companies, as well as the sale of a large operation in Belgium, in line to return the strategic focus on...

In the 2Q 2017, Armstrong Flooring's net sales were $297.3 million as compared to $323.7 million in the 2Q 2016, a result of a decline in net sales in both the Wood Flooring and Resilient Flooring segments, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.2Q 2017 net income was $...

Bio PAPPEL S.A.B. de C.V. reported 2Q 2017 financial results. In this quarter derived from the strategy of imports substitution and increase in exports, sales increased 4% to $6,078 million pesos ($340 million), although shipments decreased 4%, reaching 422 thousand tons.In this quarter, Bio PAPPEL ...

Sumitomo Corporation has acquired 47.6% of the shares of the wood pellet manufacturer Pacific BioEnergy Corporation in British Columbia, Canada, and made its entry into the wood pellet manufacturing business in Canada.PBEC, through its own and affiliated manufacturing facilities, currently markets i...

The Board of Directors of Sonoco declared a $.39 per share quarterly common stock dividend, a 5.4% increase from the previous quarterly dividend of $.37 per share.According to Jack Sanders, president and CEO, this is the 35th consecutive year that Sonoco has grown common stock dividends and the 368t...

U.S. packaging papers shipments in July 2017 were 230,900 tons, 4.7% higher than July 2016, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.Bag & Sack shipments were up 6.1% year-to-date, while food wrapping shipments were down 9.5% over the same period. The operating rate for July 2017 ...

Malaysia’s wood product exports rose 6.8% to RM9.75 billion ($2.3 billion) in the first five months of this year compared to the same period a year ago, as ITTO reported.The timber industry was one of the major contributors to national export earnings recording between RM20 billion ($4.7 billion) an...

Norway's roundwood sales decreased by 9% from the 2Q 2016 to the 2Q 2017, while the average timber price rose by 8%. Forest owners obtained NOK 348 ($43.8) per cubic metre of timber; an increase of NOK 27 ($3.4), as Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyra) reported.A total of 2.7 million cubic met...

Orchids Paper Products Company entered into the credit agreement amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated June 25, 2015 by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association and the other lenders party thereto (the "Credit Agreement").The Credit Agreement Amendment, amo...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide a loan of up to PLN 200 million ($53 million) to Barlinek Invest LLC, a subsidiary of Barlinek S.A., one of the leading multi-layer floorboards producers in Europe for the expansion of its production capacities in Ukraine and ...

Romcarton S.A., a company member of Rossmann Group, one of the European leaders in manufacturing corrugated cardboard packages, has contracted from Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) an investment credit in amount of Euro 23.4 million, as BCR reported.The credit facility is used to build a corrugated car...

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. announced the planned closing of two manufacturing facilities in its Wood Flooring segment, including a solid wood plant in Jackson, Tennessee and an engineered wood plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi.This decision was made primarily to rationalize the plant network in response...

Essentra plc announces that it is entering into consultation regarding the proposal to cease the production of folding cartons for the consumer goods industry at Newport, UK and, as a consequence, to close its cartons facility (“IP5”).In addition, IP5 remains structurally challenged in terms of its ...

Cascades Inc. to close its packaging plant in Maspeth, New York, as part of the Corporation's modernization and optimization efforts in the Northeastern United States, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network."To support our future development and better serve our custome...

The Board of directors of Nine Dragon Paper (Holdings) Limited announces that Mr. Zhang Lianpeng (“Mr. Zhang”), has been appointed as a non-executive director.Mr. Zhang, aged 25, graduated from The New York University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He previously worked in the U.S. and has experienc...

Finland’s KaiCell Fibers Ltd has appointed Esko Nenola, Forest Engineer, M.Sc. (Business Administration), Director of Wood Supply for the company’s biorefinery venture in Paltamo.He brings extensive international experience in wood sourcing and the entire forest relates value chain, as well as havin...

Menasha Packaging Company has named Michael Riegsecker Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Riegsecker, formerly Menasha Packaging’s Senior Vice President – Sales, will oversee operations, drive efficiencies, and focus on advancing strategic opportunities to fully leverage Menash...