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Golden West Packaging Group recently announced that Mark J. Favre has been named Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Craig Reese, who joined Golden West in 2021.

Arctic Paper Group has announced that it is allocating funds to develop renewable energy capacities for the company’s manufacturing capabilities.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the April 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly report. 

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, reached $317.9 million in April 2024. This is a 25.6% decrease from March 2024 but only 5.4% behind orders in April 2023. Orders in 2024 totaled $1.43 billion through April, 16.2% behind orders placed in the first four months of 2023.

The Voith Group performed well in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2023/24 (October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024) despite major uncertainties in the markets. The company's focus was on further improving profitability: Voith was able to increase both the operating result and the net income in the reporting period. Net liquidity and orders received also improved.

A new state-of-the-art production line at Walki Group’s Steinfurt plant, Germany, will support customers in the transition to sustainable and circular fibre-based packaging materials.

DS Smith, a global provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions, has expanded its high-end digital printing offering and leads the industry with the installation of a Nozomi 14000 AQ single-pass water-based digital inkjet printer. It is a pioneering printer from technology manufacturer Electronics For Imaging (EFI) that is designed for high-resolution printing with water-based ink.

Metsä Group's pre-engineering project for a potential commercial-scale Muoto™ fibre product plant is progressing as planned. After the pre-engineering phase, Metsä Group may consider making an investment decision.

Stora Enso has partnered with Altris, a Swedish developer of sodium-ion batteries. The two companies aim to further advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable battery value chain in Europe. Together, the two companies will drive the adaptation of Stora Enso's hard carbon solution Lignode® as an anode material in Altris' sodium-ion battery cells.

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