CEI-Bois and EOS have appointed Paul Brannen, former UK Member of the European Parliament, to the newly created role of Director of Public Affairs. Paul Brannen will start his mandate on the 1 st of November 2020.

International Paper's 3Q 2020 net earnings fall 40.7% to $204 million ($0.52 per diluted share), compared with $266 million ($0.67 per diluted share) in the 2Q 2020 and $344 million ($0.87 per diluted share) in the 3Q 2019. The company's 3Q 2020 sales decreased by 8% to $5.12 billion.

Sumitomo SHI FW has been awarded a contract by Sappi Europe to modernize an existing circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler, which will result in a 30% CO2 emissions reduction at the Gratkorn pulp & paper mill in Austria. The project will be completed at the end of 2021.

Homann Holzwerkstoffe Group generated revenues of Euro 117.4 million in the first half of 2020 – under the influence of the temporary lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 1H 2020 Adjusted operating EBITDA decreased to Euro 19.8 million and the EBITDA margin reached 17% (H1 2019: 17.7%).

Ence Energía y Celulosa recorded net losses of Euro 16 million in the 3Q 2020 financial year, and accumulated losses of Euro 42 million in the first nine months of the year, as a consequence of the low prices of cellulose, which remain at the minimum of the last ten years.

Valmet has decided to invest in filter fabric manufacturing in Pune, India in order to better serve its customers and improve delivery times of filter fabrics to the Asia Pacific and Middle East areas. The investment includes manufacturing equipment for filter fabric production. The new unit will start operation in the...

Domtar Corporation has signed an agreement with Voith to provide equipment and technical services to convert the paper machine at its Kingsport, Tennessee, mill to produce recycled containerboard including high-performance lightweight packaging grades, as well as industry standard grades.

WCP Solutions announces promotion of Amy Swanson to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Since her start with the company in 1999, Swanson’s knowledge and insight has had a positive impact on the company’s success.

Packaging Corporation of America reported 3Q 2020 net income of $139 million, or $1.46 per share, and net income of $149 million, or $1.57 per share, excluding special items. 3Q 2020 net sales were $1.69 billion in 2020 and $1.75 billion in 2019.

CMPC, through its subsidiary CMPC Celulose Riograndense Ltda., entered into a purchase agreement with Florestas do Sul Agroflorestal Ltda. in relation to the equity interest issued by a newly incorporated subsidiary of Florestas do Sul Agroflorestal Ltda. that will own all the timber assets currently owned by Florestas...

The owners of LignoTech South Africa, Borregaard and the Sappi Group, have decided to permanently close the lignin production facility in Umkomaas, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and to terminate the cooperation agreement.

The figures for July-September 2020 clearly reflect what's happening in this key segment of the Italian mechanical engineering industry. In general, the orders of machinery and tools for wood and furniture are recording a decreasing trend below expectations, which indicates a partial improvement of the economic situati...

Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable food service board, is currently exploring the possibility of establishing its own sales office in the North America. The launch of production in the still growing North American food packaging market is also being explored.