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By Runtech Systems
In the papermaking process, efficient dewatering is crucial for energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and the overall quality of the final product.

TASSAL has joined with packaging giant Visy for a more sustainable summer, with new locally made cardboard boxes for their delicious prawns. Visy is Australia’s largest integrated manufacturing and recycling business.

The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance (FBCA), an association formed from the merger of two established organizations, is proud to announce its launch as a unified platform dedicated to advancing beverage cartons as essential, renewable, and circular packaging solutions.

In the realm of sustainable solutions, UPM emerges as a frontrunner, investing strategically in the biochemical industry. This move isn't just about business; it's a testament to their commitment to a future less reliant on fossil fuels.

C&D Corrugating & Paper, a brand of the Crespel & Deiters Group and leading supplier of high-performance adhesives and technical services for the corrugated board industry, announces a personnel change: Dirk Köllmeier (55) joined C&D Corrugating & Paper as the new Head of Sales Europe & International on January 1, 2025, and later this year will take over from Stefan Schröder, who is retiring after more than two decades as Head of Sales and Managing Director C&D Non-Food GmbH.

The company noted that these products are designed to integrate automation with protective paper technology, offering enhanced productivity, quality, consistency, and sustainability for e-commerce and industrial supply chains.

Toscotec will supply two Yankee hood upgrades in Europe and in the United States to a leading tissue manufacturer that remains confidential. The projects are scheduled for completion in 2025.

Valmet is to supply a high-speed off-machine coater with automation and services to a customer in Asia-Pacific. The coating machine is designed for coated special paper grades and will include Valmet’s latest curtain coating technology.

Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) today reported fourth quarter 2024 net income of $221 million, or $2.45 per share, and net income of $222 million, or $2.47 per share, excluding special items. Fourth quarter net sales were $2.1 billion in 2024 and $1.9 billion in 2023. Full year 2024 net income was $805 million, or $8.93 per share, and net income of $814 million, or $9.04 per share, excluding special items. Full year net sales were $8.4 billion in 2024 and $7.8 billion in 2023.

Koehler Renewable Energy has taken another important step in its mission to generate more renewable energy from its own facilities than the Koehler Group needs for its paper production operations by 2030. More specifically, its project for directly powering the Koehler Paper site in Oberkirch with self-produced green energy is taking shape: After a detailed analysis, the area on the Schwend ridge between Oberkirch and Kappelrodeck was identified as an ideal site for wind turbines that will be used to power the Oberkirch plant directly.