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Domtar announced that its senior vice president of Paper and Packaging Operations, Bill Edwards, received the prestigious Excellence in Leadership Award from the Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry (ASPI) during the organization's annual conference in Clearwater, Florida.

Tim Nicholls has been named Executive Vice President and President of DS Smith, an International Paper company, reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andy Silvernail. Tim has more than 30 years of industry experience including a variety of business and finance leadership roles.

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China’s Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (BIGC) and the All India Federation of Printers and Packagers (AIFPP) are said to have come to a cooperation agreement. The partnership seeks to promote global cooperation in printing, packaging, and publishing education, enhancing both academic and industry connections between India and China.

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Paper Making Machine Market By Headbox Type (Multilayer and Air Padded), Operation (Semi-automatic and Fully automatic), and Machine Type (Specialty paper machine, Graphic paper machine, Packaging paper machine, Tissue Paper Making Machines, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2025-2034."

Sofidel announces the delivery of a new Yankee dryer. The Yankee Dryer, considered the heart of a tissue machine, is intended to be installed on a new Valmet paper machine, the third one in facility whose start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2025.

UPM continues to selectively align its paper capacity with profitable customer demand to ensure performance and therefore plans to permanently close its paper mill in Ettringen, Germany, reducing the annual capacity of uncoated mechanical paper by 270,000 tonnes during July 2025.

In October 2024, Metsä Group announced that it had been invited to negotiations on partial funding from the EU Innovation Fund for the first Muoto packaging product mill planned for construction in Rauma in Finland. The negotiations have now been concluded and an agreement on partial funding has been signed.

PAC Strapping Products, a leader in the strapping and packaging industry, highlights the StrapBandit, an innovative pallet threading tool that combines durability, versatility, and ergonomic design to streamline strapping applications in the packaging industry. With its solid, one-piece construction and compatibility with all types of strapping materials—including plastic, cord, and steel—the StrapBandit offers a faster, easier, and safer way to thread pallets.