Forestry Industry Briefing — July 8, 2026
Smurfit Westrock confirms closure of SSK paper mill in Birmingham, UK Following a consultation that began April 30 and found no viable alternatives, Smurfit Westrock will close its…
Forestry Industry Briefing — July 7, 2026
Cepi warns of "slow, sustained erosion" in Europe's paper industry Cepi's 2025 Key Statistics report shows European paper and board production fell 1.6% in 2025 to 77.4 million ton…
Forestry Industry Briefing — July 6, 2026
Madison's Lumber Prices Index rises to US$545 mfbm on tight supply The benchmark index closed the week at US$545 per thousand board feet, up 1% (+US$7) from US$538 the prior week a…
Forestry Industry Briefing — July 3, 2026
Suzano and Kimberly-Clark launch $3.4 billion tissue joint venture Arbex Arbex has launched as a $3.4 billion joint venture between Suzano and Kimberly-Clark, instantly becoming on…
Forestry Industry Briefing — July 2, 2026
Velvet Care starts up MP9 paper machine and automated warehouse at Klucze Polish tissue manufacturer Velvet Care has launched its MP9 paper machine and commissioned a fully automat…
Forestry Industry Briefing — July 1, 2026
Norske Skog Skogn promotes Mads Eikeland to Managing Director Norske Skog Skogn AS has named Mads Eikeland, the mill company's CFO since 2022, as Managing Director effective Septem…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 30, 2026
International Paper to close four North American plants International Paper announced plans to cease preprint operations at its Richwood, Kentucky facility and to close sheet and c…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 29, 2026
Valmet unveils Advantage NTTe tissue technology At its Tissue Making Days event in Karlstad, Sweden, Valmet introduced Advantage NTTe, a technology for producing premium tissue wit…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 26, 2026
Juken New Zealand's Northland Mill faces closure after buyer search fails Juken has begun consultation on shutting its Northland Mill in Kaitaia, which employs about 60 workers, af…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 25, 2026
Smurfit Westrock to close Lebanon, Tennessee corrugated packaging plant The company will permanently shut the facility on August 14, 2026, eliminating 52 jobs, according to a WARN…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 24, 2026
UPM to temporarily curtail Kaukas pulp mill for about six weeks from August 3 UPM will halt pulp production at its Kaukas mill in Lappeenranta, Finland, starting August 3 for rough…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 23, 2026
Pratt Industries commits $90 million to expand Rockwall, Texas corrugated plant The expansion adds a 346,000-square-foot facility — taking the site from roughly 390,000 to 736,000…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 22, 2026
European Parliament approves EU-US tariff legislation covering wood products trade The Parliament voted 440-151 to approve the main regulation implementing EU-US trade commitments,…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 19, 2026
Cascades invests $15 million to expand Granby tissue converting capacity Cascades will install a modern tissue converting line with roughly three million cases of annual capacity a…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 18, 2026
European pulp and paper industry urges EU ETS benchmark freeze Cepi and Europe's pulp and paper sector are calling on the European Commission to freeze EU Emissions Trading System…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 17, 2026
Nippon Paper: critical equipment at Longview mill not severely damaged; production still halted Update: In its sixth update, Nippon Paper Industries said inspections indicate criti…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 16, 2026
Toscotec completes PM3 drying section rebuild at Papeterie Le Bourray Toscotec has completed a drying section rebuild of tissue machine PM3 at French mill Papeterie Le Bourray, rep…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 15, 2026
Canfor acquires PinkWood I-joist business for $68 million Canfor Corporation is acquiring Calgary-based PinkWood Ltd.'s I-joist manufacturing business — the largest I-joist produce…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 12, 2026
Some workers return to Nippon Dynawave mill; production still halted Update: A limited number of employees are back at the mill, which is shipping only finished inventory manufactu…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 11, 2026
Valmet launches 3D Fiber technology for high-capacity molded fiber packaging Valmet introduced a new 3D Fiber technology for molded fiber production that combines fiber layering, h…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 10, 2026
Authorities release new details as Nippon Dynawave cleanup advances Update: Officials released new photographs of the cleanup while the union cautioned against drawing conclusions…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 9, 2026
VPK Group takes full ownership of UK's Fencor Packaging Group Belgium's VPK Group completed its acquisition of Fencor Packaging Group, owner of corrugated and cardboard box maker M…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 8, 2026
New video shows scale of destruction at Nippon Dynawave mill in Longview Update: The Washington Department of Ecology released footage of the aftermath showing crushed vehicles, a…
Forestry Industry Briefing — June 5, 2026
Longview rallies around mill families as Nippon commits to pay idled workers into August Update: A company representative said idled workers will continue to be paid through at lea…