Huatai Group inaugurates a 16-billion-yuan integrated facility in Yulin, Guangxi, targeting 400,000 tons of dissolving pulp, 600,000 tons of chemical wood pulp, and 900,000 tons of eco-friendly paper annually.

Mondi has started up a new Voith-supplied recycled containerboard paper machine at its Duino mill in Italy, adding 420,000 tpa of high-quality recycled containerboard capacity for European packaging markets.

A new Japan–South Korea technology partnership has launched PFAS-free water-based barrier coatings targeting Asian foodservice paper packaging converters, aiming to accelerate plastic-to-paper substitution while meeting tightening regulatory and brand-owner requirements.

UPM will discontinue graphic paper production at its Ettringen mill in Germany on December 31, 2025, reducing annual capacity by 270,000 tonnes and impacting 189 employees.

Huatai Group has commenced operations on its massive 16-billion-yuan project in Yulin, Guangxi, targeting 400,000 tons of dissolving pulp and 600,000 tons of chemical wood pulp annually.

Voith has been honored with a German sustainability award for its Infinity press felts, enabling unlimited recycling cycles without quality loss in papermaking processes.

Indonesia’s Asia Pulp & Paper is preparing a US$4 billion acquisition bid for Kimberly-Clark’s professional tissue and towel division, aiming to scale its global hygiene products business and integrated pulp-to-converting operations.

Voith Group will cut up to 2,500 positions in Europe as part of a restructuring program that redirects resources toward automation, digitalization, and energy‑efficient paper and board production technologies for mills and converters.

Indonesia’s Asia Pulp & Paper has confirmed plans to raise USD 2 billion towards a proposed USD 4 billion acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s North American tissue division, signaling a major upstream–downstream integration move in the global tissue and packaging value chain.

Metsä Board has renewed its position on CDP’s prestigious Triple A List for climate, forests, and water, strengthening its sustainability credentials with brand owners and converters across Europe’s paperboard value chain.