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Arbex, a new global leader in tissue and hygiene, today commences operations as an independent business and unveils details of its brand, leadership team, and company structure. Announced in June 2025 as a $3.4 billion joint venture between Suzano (NYSE: SUZ), the world’s largest pulp supplier, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB), a global leader in consumer goods and personal care, the new business will manufacture, market and distribute consumer and professional products acro

Södra is also investing in Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA), the company that develops AI-based operator support for forest machines. NFA has just closed a funding round. It is led by Navigare Ventures and Almi Invest Greentech, and LRF Ventures joins as a new partner. Södra is following up its investment together with other existing owners and will therefore maintain its ownership stake of just over ten per cent. NFA's technology measures the trees in real time and as

Accoya®, the world-leading high-performance acetylated wood, welcomes the introduction of a new limited coating warranty program from The Sansin Corporation, offering up to 15 years of coating performance coverage on Accoya when finished using Sansin’s recommended Precision Coat KP-System and applied through approved factory finish partners. The announcement follows more than 10 years of third-party outdoor exposure testing, reinforcing the long-term coating performance po

Metis Engineering, the manufacturer of advanced CAN-based sensor solutions, today announces the commercial launch of Air Wise, a next-generation air quality monitoring sensor designed for seamless integration into transport and industrial HVAC systems. Air Wise delivers comprehensive, real-time measurement of a broad range of environmental parameters including absolute pressure, air temperature, Nitrous Oxides (NOx), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), relative

Metsä Group and Qutwo, a Finnish AI and quantum technology company, are launching a collaboration aimed at deepening the use of artificial intelligence at Metsä and bringing next-generation AI into the core processes of the forest industry. Next-generation AI refers to solutions that can take into account a broader range of variables and simultaneously optimise complex systems. “Metsä has been leveraging AI for a long time in its production facilities and wood s

International Paper, a leader in sustainable packaging, today announced strategic actions that aim to optimize its network, focus investments on the highest-value opportunities and better serve customers across North America. As a result, the company plans to cease its preprint operations at its Richwood, KY facility, and close its Aurora, IL sheet plant and converting plants in Elk Grove, CA and Barrington, NJ by the end of the third quarter 2026.

Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials, reinforces their support of Ahlström Collective Impact, a unique collaboration model bringing together an Ahlström network of companies, foundations, and family members to expand access to education and advance children’s rights. This year, Ahlström Collective Impact (ACI) is increasing its support for UNICEF Finland by contributing more than EUR 850,000 to UNICEF’s Global Education Fund. Now co

The book, a heartwarming tale for under-5s, will be used to support The Kids Party Pact, a grassroots campaign promoting a more sustainable mindset around gifting. Fittingly, the book is printed on James Cropper’s Vanguard paper, which is made with 40% recycled content. As a result, each copy contains three recycled coffee cups, with the material sourced from James Cropper’s CupCycling™ initiative. It means the use of recycled paper is integral to the story in more

Voith introduces PluraMaze, a new generation of refiner fillings designed to significantly improve energy efficiency and lifetime in refining. The new solution addresses key challenges faced by paper manufacturers worldwide, including rising energy costs, increasing pressure on efficiency and changing raw material qualities. Initial customer installations are demonstrating measurable benefits. For example, Progroup, a packaging paper producer of containerboard based in Burg, Germany

Pressure on natural resources is changing how fibre-based packaging decisions are assessed. As demand for renewable raw materials increases across packaging, energy, construction and other sectors, MM Board & Paper is calling for stronger commitment to recycled fibre as a valuable raw material that should stay in circulation. For MM Board & Paper, recyclability alone is not enough. Board and paper packaging already benefit from one of the strongest recycling infrastructures