June 2018

HELSINKI, June 14, 2018 (Press Release) -Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a global leader in fiber-based materials, has renewed its Gold rating level for the company’s sustainability management and performance for the second consecutive year from EcoVadis.

ROANOKE, VA , June 13, 2018 (Roanoke Times ) -A Covington plant that makes products used to control pollution from gasoline-powered vehicles has been cited by state regulators for generating its own pollution.

Ingevity Virginia Corp. agreed to pay a fine of $43,398 as part of a recent agreement with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

The penalty came after emissions from smoke stacks exceeded levels allowed by a state permit granted to the facility.

LONDON, June 12, 2018 (Press Release) -The number of consumers that order drinking water online is growing, and so is the awareness of the impact that packaging has on the environment. Harrogate, whose water was awarded “Best in Class” by The British Bottlers Institute Tasting Awards, met the new demand by offering a sustainable and convenient packaging alternative for e-commerce.

The challenge

VIENNA, Austria, June 13, 2018 (Press Release) -Mondi, the global packaging and paper Group, has won the Eurosac Grand Prix at the 2018 Eurosac Congress for MailerBAG in Malta. A paper bag designed to lower the logistic costs and simplify the shipping process. Eurosac is a trade federation that represents the European multiwall paper sack industry.

SEGEZHA, Russia, June 13, 2018 (Press Release) -For the first time in the history of the domestic pulp and paper industry, Segezha Group (Segezha Group, affiliated to Sistema JSFC) produced the first batch of microcreped white packaging paper of 130 tons. The products were manufactured on the ultramodern paper making machine of the global concern Voith, the solemn launch of which was held on November 8 last year.