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By Mary Anne Hansan
As an industry we spend a lot of time worrying about paper deselection, and rightly so. But lately, I seem to hear more about companies that had previously decided to get out of paper and are now back with paper. And I don’t just mean the utilities and banks and service providers who, sometimes despite their best efforts, have found that customers still want paper billing options.

The European pulp and paper industry is currently at a pivotal point, encountering a mix of unprecedented challenges and promising opportunities.

Valmet is to provide two complete tissue converting lines including packaging solutions to Metsä Tissue’s mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The delivery includes digital services, training and support after the start-up.

GreenFirst Forest Products announced that Kap Paper Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GreenFirst, has entered into a loan agreement with a third party establishing a non-revolving term loan facility of up to $24 million to support its paper mill operations in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada.

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is partnering with advanced biomaterial engineers traceless to develop a new coating solution based on by-products from the agricultural industry. This innovative bio-circular coating solution is the first of its kind and will be able to replace traditionally used plastic coating.

Södra is investing in a production line at Värö which will create a vegetable tanning agent from bark. This new tannin can be used to process leather in a more environmentally friendly way. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2026, the plant will have the capacity to produce tannins for millions of square metres of leather.

In Vienna, the innovation network “NEFI - New Energy for Industry” presented its new and unique innovation laboratory NEFI+, which will specifically drive technological development towards a climate-neutral transformation of industry in Austria.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has once again achieved the highest Platinum level in EcoVadis’ sustainability assessment with a record score. The company has achieved the highest level rating every year since 2017.

Paper Excellence in Port Alberni has been awarded a pair of CleanBC Industry Fund grants totalling $145,000 for feasibility studies examining two sustainable business projects.

The Forest Stewardship Council Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of Monika Patel as its new President and CEO, effective January 1, 2025.