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Domtar mill recognized by NRC
A recycled paperboard mill in Tennessee operated by Domtar has been honored for corporate leadership by the National Recycling Coalition.
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Smurfit Westrock to close 4 facilities, 650 workers affected
The company plans to shutter its CRB mill in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as discontinue production at its containerboard mill in Forney, Texas, while two sites in Germany also are set to close.
Longtime paper industry veteran announces retirement
George Chen, president of G&T Trading International Corp. and past president of ReMA’s PSI Chapter, has retired after more than 45 years in recovered paper trading.
Packaging firms continue price hikes
Since the end of 2024, packaging companies have cited market conditions and shifting consumer trends away from goods to services as reasons to raise prices.
Newsworthy
Recent news from the various sectors of the recycling industry from our April 2025 issue.
Uncertainty across the market
OCC prices could struggle this year despite new recycled linerboard mills.
CEPI fine-tunes recyclability testing methods
Brussels-based paper and board manufacturers’ organization releases 16-page update to its recyclability methodology parameters.
Hood Container joins P+PB program
Atlanta-based containerboard and kraft paper maker has joined the Paper and Packaging Board’s Box to Nature recycling collection program.
AF&PA reports Q4 increases in boxboard, containerboard production
According to the organization, new fourth-quarter containerboard supply was the highest it has been since the second quarter of 2022.
Expanding the market
Cascades partnered with Finnish technology company Valmet to build its newest recycled containerboard mill in Ashland, Virginia.
DS Smith chooses vendor for mill in Italy
The DS Smith recycled-content board mill in Lucca, Italy, will be supplied with new process motor drives by ABB.
