May 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2020 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -Bio-Pappel said that its McKinley Paper business officially started production on May 21 at its new corrugated plant in Lebanon, IN. This is the second plant started up in Lebanon in the last five months. London-based DS Smith started one in January for its focus on e-commerce business, contacts said. Both the DS Smith and McKinley/US Corrugated plants are close to each other in Lebanon.

CAPANNORI, Italy, May 29, 2020 (Press Release) -Cartiere Carrara – leading tissue manufacturer – is pleased to announce that it has acquired the tissue producer Idealcart from Caldaroni Group.

The paper mill, that is located in the South Centre of Italy, is equipped with a paper machine with a capacity of approximately 25,000 tonnes per year.

The transaction is strictly connected with the acquisition of the converting companies CRC and Carind that Cartiere Carrara finalized in January 2020.

SWINDON, UK, May 29, 2020 (Press Release) -In recent years public awareness around the sustainability of materials used for packaging has increased. 

There has been a gradual move away from the throwaway culture and a greater emphasis on reusing and recycling. 

Governments and the public are increasingly considering the environmental impact of materials and retailers have been reactive to this.

WESEL, Germany, May 29, 2020 (Press Release) -The Supervisory Board of the specialty chemicals group ALTANA has reconstituted itself. The Supervisory Board elected Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, who has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ALTANA AG since March 2016, as its new chairman. Dr. Wolfgruber, who holds a doctorate in chemistry and in the past was the Chairman of the Management Board of ALTANA AG, succeeds Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Schmieder, a former member of the Management Board of L'Air Liquide S.

COHOES, NY , May 27, 2020 (Press Release) -On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes, and specialty materials for printing, unveiled Mohawk Renewal, a paradigm-shifting portfolio of papers made with hemp, straw, and recycled cotton fiber.  Mohawk Renewal was born out of a desire to expand the existing definition of sustainable papermaking and redefine the contours of Mohawk's fiber sourcing practices.