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McLaren Packaging has entered into a new joint venture with VPK Packaging UK & Ireland, part of the family-owned Belgian VPK Group, to take on the Scottish corrugated market.

Metsä Board is advancing with an investment to modernise its Simpele folding boxboard mill in Finland, aimed at further enhancing product quality, production efficiency, and reducing the carbon...

Stora Enso has reversed course on divestment at its consumer board site in Beihai, China, deciding to shift production towards liquid packaging board and other premium board grades.

Smurfit Kappa UK is suing a small Birmingham catering firm, and Birmingham City Council (BCC), over the 2022 fire that saw 8,000 tonnes of compressed cardboard go up in flames.

After losing out on its bid to buy DS Smith, Mondi has returned to the acquisition trail with a deal to acquire Schumacher Packaging’s businesses in Western Europe.

Stora Enso plans to reduce its debt and boost its balance sheet by selling off some of its forest assets.

Eren Holding has gained nearly £150m of government support for its £1bn transformation of the Shotton Mill site in Deeside.

Stora Enso has resumed harvesting at environmentally sensitive sites in Finland after last month’s incident when thousands of endangered mussels were killed by forestry machinery.

Metsä Fibre will start negotiations on possible temporary layoffs at its Joutseno pulp mill in Finland citing a need for temporary adjustment of production to meet low delivery volumes.

Denmaur Paper Media has formalised its cartonboard operations with the creation of a dedicated internal division, run by Clive Townsend, formerly of Townsend Board.