Mondi plc (“Mondi” or the “Group”), a global leader in the production of sustainable packaging and paper, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the German, Benelux and UK corrugated converting and solid board operations of Schumacher Packaging (“the Acquisition”) (Corrugated converting sites include Bielefeld, Ebersdorf, Greven, Lehrte, Sonneberg, in Germany, Breda in the Netherlands and Birmingham in the UK)(Solid Board mills at Kaierde and Schwarzenberg with conversion sites at Hauenstein, Forchheim, Schwarzenberg and Leipzig-Land (all Germany).
The Acquisition comprises seven corrugated converting plants, two solid board mills and four solid board converting plants. These operations complement Mondi’s existing network of corrugated plants across Central and Eastern Europe, adding over 1 billion square meters of capacity when fully operational. Among the acquired sites are two state-of-the-art mega-box plants in Germany, located at Ebersdorf and Greven. The transaction, which is subject to certain customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the first half of 2025. Schumacher Packaging, with 29 sites in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and the Netherlands, is one of Europe’s largest family-run companies in the sector.
(MONDI GROUP) ( SCHUMACHER PACKAGING)
2024/10
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Saica Group announced that it has reached an agreement with Schumacher Packaging to acquire their Polish subsidiary. That includes all activities in Poland: the whole management, all employees, two state-of-the-art corrugated board plants in Bydgoszcz and Wroclaw, two paper mills in Grudziadz and Myszków, one of which was completely modernised in 2023 and three service centres. With a capacity production of 440.000 tonnes of paper and 535 million square meters of corrugated board packaging, Schumacher Packaging employs 1,540 people in Poland.
Saica Group, with over 10,300 employees and a presence in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States, has four business lines: Saica Paper, Saica Natur, Saica Pack, and Saica Flex. The Schumacher Packaging Group, based in Ebersdorf near Coburg in Bavaria, is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of customised corrugated and solid board packaging. As an integrated group of companies, Schumacher Packaging comprises three paper mills for recycled corrugated base paper, two board mills, 15 converting plants and various service centres.
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2024/07
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International Paper, a global provider of renewable fiber-based packaging and pulp products, and one of the world’s largest recyclers with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., and DS Smith, headquartered in London, a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide, operating more than 30 different countries, announced together that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of International Paper with DS Smith.
Upon completion of the Combination, DS Smith Shareholders will own approximately 33.7 percent and International Paper Shareholders will own approximately 66.3 percent of the Combined Company
The Combination will bring together complementary businesses to create a truly global sustainable packaging solutions leader, with industry leading positions in two of the most attractive geographies of Europe and North America. The Combination is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2024.
(INTERNATIONAL PAPER)(DSSMITH)
2024/04
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Valmet, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, announced that it will deliver a tissue paper making line, tissue converting equipment and a biomass boiler to Suzano Papel e Celulose in Brazil. The tissue making line, converting equipment and the biomass boiler will be installed at the Aracruz mill in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The new tissue making line will have an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons. The start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. Suzano is the world’s largest pulp producer, one of the largest paper producers in Latin America.
(VALMET)
2024/02
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ProJet BV, headquartered in the Netherlands, a company with many years experience in the paper, board, tissue and nonwovens industries, announced that it received an order for 3 Forming Fabric Cleaners (ProCleanersTM) from Bati Kipas for their Paper Machine # 2 in Söke/Aydin, Turkey. PM2 produces Fluting and Testliner on a 8.6 meter wide machine, using 100% OCC. Delivery will be in Q2 of 2024.
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2024/01
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Andritz, headquartered in Graz (Austria), which is one of the leading global suppliers of systems, equipment and services for the pulp and paper industry, announced that it has received an order from Rondo Ganahl AG to supply dewatering and dispersing equipment to be installed in its paper mill in Frastanz, Austria. Andritz will replace the complete dewatering and dispersing equipment, which will increase the capacity of the system up to 230 bdt/d. Centerpiece of the new technology will be a Twin Wire Press, type TWP2833L. Start-up is scheduled for end of 2024.
Rondo Ganahl AG is an Austrian family business, whose roots go back to the year 1797. The company is centred around the manufacture of corrugated board packaging products, corrugated case material and the collection of paper and packaging with its sites in Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey and Germany.
(ANDRITZ)
2023/12
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International Paper, a global producer of planet-friendly packaging, pulp and other fiber-based products, and one of North America’s largest recyclers with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., announced that the company will permanently close its containerboard mill in Orange, Texas, and will permanently cease production on two of its pulp machines – the #20 machine in Riegelwood, N.C., and the #4 machine in Pensacola, Fla.
The permanent closure of the Orange mill will reduce the company’s containerboard capacity by approximately 800,000 tons. The company’s remaining containerboard mill system in North America will include 17 mills with an annual production capability of 13MM tons. The actions in Pensacola and Riegelwood will reduce IP’s pulp capacity by approximately 500,000 tons (300,000 tons fluff pulp and 200,000 tons southern bleached softwood). The company’s remaining pulp mill system will include eight mills with an annual production capability of 2.7MM tons.
The company expects the Orange mill and the #20 machine in Riegelwood to cease production by the end of the year. The #4 machine in Pensacola is currently idled and will not resume production.
(INTERNATIONAL PAPER)
2023/10
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ProJet BV, headquartered in the Netherlands, a company with many years experience in the paper, board, tissue and nonwovens industries, announced that it received an order for 2 Forming Fabric Cleaners (ProCleanersTM) from Kipas Kagit Paper for their Paper Machine # 1 in Turkey. PM1 produces Fluting and Testliner on a 8.6 meter wide machine, using 100% OCC. OCC is known for its extreme contamination on the Paper Machine Clothing. Delivery will be in Q2 of 2024.
(PRO-JET)
2023/10
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Andritz, headquartered in Graz (Austria), which is a globally leading supplier of the pulp and paper industry, announced that it will convert the idled paper machine PM3 at Steyrermühl mill in Austria to produce kraft papers for sustainable flexible packaging. The machine previously produced graphic paper for UPM. The conversion project has been launched by the Heinzel Group, which will take over the Steyrermühl mill from UPM by January 1, 2024.
Once rebuilt by Andritz, the paper machine (then PM6) will produce up to 150,000 tons of brown and white low-basis weight kraft paper per year to be sold under the Heinzel Group’s well-established StarKraft brand. The PM6 will have a design speed of 1,500 m/min and a paper width at the reel of 6,300 mm. The paper will be used for shopper bags, pouches, and other flexible packaging products.
(ANDRITZ)
2023/07
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Andritz, headquartered in Graz (Austria), which is a globally leading supplier of the pulp and paper industry, announced that it has received an order from DS Smith to supply a complete stock preparation line and an innovative reject treatment system for the mill in Porcari (Italy) that produces new packaging papers from 100% recycled paper.
The equipment provided by Andritz will be used on the new paper machine, due to start up mid-2025, that will provide a range of paper grades for the FMCG and e-commerce sectors serviced by DS Smith. The new stock preparation line will have a design capacity of 1,650 bdmt per day and process various types of raw material, such as OCC (old corrugated containers), mixed papers and board as well as new shavings of corrugated board. DS Smith, a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide and headquartered in London, operates in more than 30 different countries.
(ANDRITZ)
2023/07
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Palm, one of the leading companies in the European paper industry with its 5 paper mills (7 paper machines / 2.7 million tonnes of paper produced per annum) for the manufacture of paper and 29 plants (700,000 tones of corrugated board packaging) for the manufacture of corrugated board, announced that the ground surveys are currently taking place for the new construction of the corrugated board plant of Wellpappe Alzenau in the industrial area of Alzenau-Nord (Germany).
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2023/06
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Klabin, Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper and sustainable solutions in paper packaging, having 23 mills, 22 in Brazil and one in Argentina, announced that it has taken another important step forward in its expansion strategy with the startup of Paper Machine 28 (MP28) in Ortigueira, Paraná (Brazil).
The new 300-meter-long machine can produce 460,000 tons per year, with flexibility for White Top Liner and Kraftliner production. With the startup of MP28, the Company’s annual pulp and paper production capacity increases to 4,7 million tons. At an outlay of R$12.9 billion, the Puma II Project is Klabin’s biggest investment in its 124-year history and the biggest by a private company in Paraná.
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2023/06
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Rondo Ganahl, an Austrian family firm that traces its roots as far back as 1797, announced that it opens printing centre in St. Ruprecht (Austria) by investing 36 million Euros in the site. The new Rondo print centre will allow production to increase by up to 30 per cent a year.
Technical details of the Rondo print centre: Delta SPC 130 Flex Line Automatic by Koenig & Bauer Durst, König & Bauer Rapida 164 offset print, Bobst master cut 1.7 flatbed die cutter, Bobst master fold 2.3 adhesive machine.
A large part of the packaging business of Rondo in St. Ruprecht involves the food industry. Furthermore, Rondo also supplies products to industrial and pharmaceutical companies as well as wine growers. As well as its sites in Austria, Rondo Ganahl today also has plants in Hungary, Romania, Turkey and Germany and is one of the top players in the industry.
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2023/06
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RDM Group, headquartered in Milan, the leading producer in the recycled cartonboard business and the largest producer in Italy, France, the Netherlands and in the Iberian Peninsula with its 9 manufacturing plants (3 in Italy, 1 in France, 1 in Germany, 2 in Spain and 2 in the Netherlands), announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Fiskeby, a producer of packaging board made from 100% recovered fiber, with one manufacturing facility in Sweden.
The transaction is expected to close by the third quarter, subject to anti-trust clearance. Fiskeby, founded in Norrköping (Sweden) in 1637, is the only company in Scandinavia to manufacture packaging board made of 100% recovered fibre. The capacity of the mill is 170.000 tonnes per year.
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2023/05
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Holmen, headquartered in Stockholm (Sweden), a Swedish forest company with the business areas of Forest, Renewable Energy, Wood Products, Paperboard and Paper, announced that the company is investing SEK 450 million in rebuilding a paper machine at Braviken Paper Mill. Rebuilding PM52 at Braviken Paper Mill (outside Norrköping, Sweden) will broaden the product range for book paper while enabling Holmen to efficiently increase the production of fluting for use in the centre layer of corrugated boxes. The rebuild is planned for autumn 2024.
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2023/05
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Valmet, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, announced that it will deliver a comprehensive paper machine clothing (pmc) package to the new board making line (PM 3) of Batı Kipaş Kağıt Sanayi İşletmeleri in Söke, Turkey. Valmet’s paper machine clothing package for the start-up of the customer’s new container board line includes forming fabrics, press felts, shoe press belts and dryer fabrics. The PMC start-up package will be delivered by the end of 2023. The start-up of the PM 3 is scheduled to take place at the end of 2023.
Kipaş has two paper machines: PM 1 in Kahramanmaraş with an annual production capacity of 450,000 tons and PM 2 in Söke with a production capacity of 720,000 tons of coated grades. Kipaş is currently installing another Valmet containerboard machine in Söke with a scheduled start-up at the end of 2023. The new 9,100-mm-wide (wire) board machine will produce recycled fluting, testliner and kraft top testliner grades with a basis weight range of 60–110 g/m2. The design speed of the machine will be 1,800 m/min and the annual capacity approximately 650,000 tons.
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2023/04
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Andritz, headquartered in Graz (Austria), which is a globally leading supplier of the pulp and paper industry, announced that MG TEC Industry successfully started up its second complete tissue production line from ANDRITZ at its mill in Dej, Romania. The first line went into operation in 2021. The tissue machine (1,900 m/min design speed, 2.85 m paper width) is equipped with a steel Yankee for energy-efficient drying, specially designed forming fabrics, a press felt for high dryness, and a suction pressure roll cover for efficient machine throughput.
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2023/04
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Norske Skog, headquartered in Oslo (Norway), a world leading producer of publication paper (newsprint and magazine paper ) with strong market positions in Europe and Australasia, operating four mills in Europe and one publication paper mill in Australasia, announced that Norske Skog Bruck (Austria) started its containerboard production, introducing 210 000 tonnes of competitive testliner and fluting capacity to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging. The production is based 100% on recycled fibre and will use steam from the new waste-to-energy plant, which opened in April 2022. Norske Skog Bruck will start to deliver containerboard to customers in the second quarter. Full production utilisation of 95% is expected in the second half of 2025.
(NORSKE SKOG)
2023/04
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Valmet, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, announced that it will supply a new container board machine with extensive packages of automation, services, and industrial internet applications to DS Smith Paper Italia S.r.l at their Porcari (Lucca) site in Italy. The 8,600 mm wide (wire) BM 3 will produce recycled liner grades with a basis weight range of 70–135 g/m2 at production speed of 1,500 m/min and mechanical design speed of 1,700m/min.
The annual capacity is approximately 450,000 tonnes. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for middle of 2025. DS Smith, headquartered in London, is a leading provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging worldwide, and it operates in 34 countries.
(VALMET)
2023/03
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Valmet, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, announced that it will supply a new tissue production line with the latest technology to Metsä Tissue’s mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The new tissue machine will have a design speed of 2,200 m/min and is optimized for low energy consumption and enhanced quality of the final product. The new line will add 70,000 tons of tissue made from virgin fiber to the mill’s current production. The mill’s total annual capacity will increase to 145,000 tons.
Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, is one of the leading tissue paper suppliers to households and professionals in Europe and one of the leading greaseproof paper suppliers globally.
(VALMET)
2023/03
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Toscotec S.p.A., designs and manufactures machines, systems and components for the production of Tissue and Paper & Board, based in Lucca (Italy), announced that UNIPAKHELLAS, a member of INDEVCO Group, contracted with Toscotec for the supply of a complete paper production line to be installed at UNIPAKHELLAS Central (UHC) mill in Pelasgia, region of Fthiotida, Greece.
UNIPAKHELLAS aims to produce high quality test liner and fluting grades to Greek and export markets. The new machine has a wire width of 3,000 mm and will produce corrugated paper in the range of 90 to 200 gsm at the maximum operating speed of 800 m/min, processing 100% waste paper. The paper machine is scheduled to start up soon. Established in 2008, UNIPAKHELLAS S.A. operates several facilities in Greece, including locations in Athens, Pelasgia, Thiva, Thessaloniki and Crete.
(TOSCOTEC)
2023/03
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MM Board & Paper, Europe’s leading producer of sustainable packaging solutions, producing premium cartonboard and liner for the packaging industry, as well as paper and mechanical pulp in six cartonboard mills in Frohnleiten (A), Gernsbach (D), Kolicevo (SLO), Kotkamills (FIN), Kwidzyn (PL), Neuss (D), and FollaCell (N) pulp mill, announced that it will rebuild the Board Machines in Frohnleiten, Neuss and Kolicevo.
Fully automated and optimized production processes will significantly increase the efficiency of the stock preparation while reducing specific energy consumption of Board Machine 3 in Frohnleiten mill. The rebuild in the Neuss mill will transform the current Board Machine into a state-of-the-art Linerboard Machine. The aim of the conversion in Kolicevo mill, Slovenia is to raise product quality and expand capacities.
(MM-BOARDPAPER)
2023/02
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Progroup AG, one of the leading manufacturers of containerboard and corrugated board in Europe, headquartered in Landau (Germany), announced that it starts operating state-of-the-art corrugated sheetfeeder plant. The first sheets are officially being produced at the PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland. The new high-tech plant will produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard. Together with the existing PW07 plant next door, it will in fact have a production capacity of 825 million square metres per year. Almost all standard grades of corrugated board can be produced at the PW14 plant, with a working width of 3.35 metres and a production speed of 400 metres per minute. PW14 together with PW07 and the PW10 plant in Trzcinica is Progroup’s third production site in Poland – and the family company’s twelfth corrugated sheetfeeder plant overall.
