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WCP Solutions Announces Executive Leadership Promotions Across Sales, Purchasing, and IT/Operations

WCP Solutions announces several executive leadership promotions and organizational changes as part of the company’s continued growth and long-term leadership planning.

Mondi and Dreco Co-Create Powder Detergent Packaging with 50% Post-Consumer Recycled Content

As consumer expectations and EU regulatory demands continue to evolve, brands are accelerating the shift toward sustainable packaging solutions that combine strong product protection with measurable progress towards circularity. Dreco, in collaboration with Mondi, redesigned its powder detergent packaging to integrate 50% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic – without compromising moisture protection, product quality or shelf appeal. 

Henkel Opens Upgraded Packaging Competence Center to Facilitate Future-Ready Packaging Solutions

The packaging industry is being rewritten. New sustainability regulations, rising demand for circular solutions, and the shift to digitalized manufacturing are raising the bar, requiring faster innovation and closer collaboration. Henkel Adhesive Technologies is answering that call with the inauguration of its extensively modernized Packaging Competence Center in Düsseldorf: a single hub where hands-on collaboration turns ideas into industrial reality.

Georgia Pacific Announces Plans to Expand Premium Tissue Capacity

To better meet growing customer and consumer demand for premium bath tissue and paper towels, Georgia-Pacific announced that it has begun final engineering and planning for additional structured paper machines and associated converting equipment.

Metsä Fibre Selects ANDRITZ for Major Cooking System Modernization at Kemi Mill

Metsä Fibre, part of the Metsä Group, has selected international technology group ANDRITZ to modernize the cooking system at its bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026.

Kruger Invests $333M to Enter the Wipe Nonwovens Sector

Kruger Inc. announced a $333 million investment marking its entry into the nonwovens sector and advancing its long-term portfolio diversification strategy. This new division will focus on manufacturing some of the industry’s most sustainable materials for a broad range of wipe applications.

Paper Has Been a Vessel of Creativity for Thousands of Years

Poems, plays, paintings, ancient arts like origami, and the spread of literacy itself all owe a lot to this versatile material. And the creative potential of paper isn’t just being explored in the arts. At James Cropper, our Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging divisions push the material science of paper beyond its limits, developing innovations for manufacturing, electronics, aerospace, and medical applications.

Relaunching a Papermaking Qualification for the 21st Century

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is pleased to announce the launch of the SIAS Level 2 Certificate Fundamentals of Paper Technology, a qualification for the UK Paper Industry that will train the operators of today and provide greater security for the industry of tomorrow.

Uptime: Matt and Jefferson, WESCO

RBI Announces Interim Director Chris Luettgen

Carson Meredith will be departing Georgia Tech after more than 25 years of service. During his tenure, he has made numerous lasting contributions to the Institute, including his leadership as executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) for the past 6 years. We’re sorry to see Carson go, but I know that he’s leaving RBI in excellent shape, and we wish him well in his new role at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.