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.
(SAICA)
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.
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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.
(PRO-JET)
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.
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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).
