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By Adam Josephson, As the Consumer Turns
I’ve written extensively about mushrooming U.S. bank lending to nondepository financial institutions (NDFIs) such as bank-affiliated broker-dealers, hedge funds, private credit/equity funds and securitization vehicles at the expense of the real economy (businesses and households), the result of regulatory arbitrage.

Packaging Digest reports that consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands are tightening their collective belts by optimizing their packaging and evolving their business strategies to stay lean and competitive amid an imperfect storm of lower consumer spending and the uncertain future of proposed tariffs.

Valmet will deliver key pulp mill technology to Shandong Sun Paper’s new Yandian pulp mill in the Shandong province in China. Valmet’s delivery includes cooking and fiberline, a recovery boiler, and ash crystallization.

Kruger Products announced that its subsidiary, K.T.G. (USA) Inc. will be investing approximately $35 million in a new converting line for bathroom tissue and paper towels at its site in Memphis, Tennessee.

With the introduction of three automation solutions – OnControl.SmartProtect, OnControl.FineScreening and OnControl.Pulping Detrashing – Voith is expanding its MillOne ecosystem and driving forward the digital transformation of papermaking.

Valmet launches Pulp Filtrate Extractor for more precision in pH measurement. It provides the highest availability and most accurate process temperature and measurement conditions on the market, ensuring pH and residual chemical accuracy.

Metsä Fibre has developed an innovative pulp-based light fibre material that combines high performance with sustainability. 

Amazon claims four guiding principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence and long-term thinking.

Patrick Leclercq has been appointed Divisional CEO Corrugated Board at VPK Group. In a video interview, he shares his leadership vision, cross-border collaboration, and what drives him every day.

Now in its twelfth year, Forest Products Association of Canada’s (FPAC) 2025 Green Dream Internship Program offers students an opportunity to explore the sector from the inside out, share their experiences, and receive a $1,000 scholarship to support their studies.