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.

Huatai Group has started up a large-scale integrated forest–pulp–paper complex in Guangxi, China, designed to meet China’s new energy-efficiency standards while supplying chemical pulp and eco-friendly industrial paper to Asian markets.

Ence Terra is investing over one million euros to digitalise and upgrade wood reception and logistics at its Spanish pulp complex, targeting faster truck turnaround, better fibre traceability, and higher efficiency in wood preparation.

Nine Dragons has commissioned an AI-enabled high-speed corrugation and converting line at its Hai Phong complex in Vietnam to boost export-oriented packaging supply for Southeast Asia and China.

German specialty paper producer Feldmuehle has permanently ceased paper production at its Uetersen mill after 120 years, citing unsustainable energy costs, market pressure, and mounting regulatory burdens.

Indonesia’s Asia Pulp & Paper has announced plans to raise $2 billion to support a proposed $4 billion acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s North American tissue division, marking one of the largest outbound M&A moves by an Asian pulp and paper producer and reshaping global tissue and packaging competition.

Valmet may temporarily lay off more than 950 Finland-based employees in early 2026 as it moves to adjust capacity and improve cost efficiency in its Packaging and Paper Machines and Global Supply units.