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AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, and Board Converting News (BCN) are now accepting entries for the 2025 Innovator of the Year Competition, Boxmaker Category. This prestigious annual award honors and promotes forward-thinking companies that are revolutionizing the packaging industry.

Discover how aqueous coatings reduce plastic use, enhance recyclability, and meet evolving packaging demands.

Sun Chemical has launched SunCure Advance ECO UV sheetfed inks for folding carton applications.

Call for Papers coming soon for industry-uniting event

The International Division of Advanced Technologies for Renewable Materials unveiled at the 2025 TAPPI Nano Conference

Metsä Board has completed an EUR 60 million modernisation project at its Simpele paperboard mill, marking a significant milestone in product performance. The upgraded board machine is now fully operational, and the renewed MetsäBoard Classic FBB folding boxboard is available for customer deliveries.

Valmet will deliver a new evaporation line to Altri Biotek mill in Portugal. This delivery is part of Altri’s EUR 75 million project to convert the Biotek mill to produce dissolving pulp for textile industry. The new evaporation line significantly improves the mill’s energy and water efficiency, meeting the needs of Altri’s mill expansion. 

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Sappi Europe announced the initiation of a consultation process at its Alfeld Mill in Germany as part of a proposed partial asset restructure. This step is being taken in response to sustained financial challenges and a structural decline in demand across Europe.

Driven by structural overcapacity in the graphic paper markets and the need to ensure long-term competitiveness of its operations, UPM Communication Papers plans to end paper production at UPM Kaukas paper mill, Finland, reducing the annual production capacity of coated mechanical paper by 300,000 metric tons.