Leipa receives €40m in state funds

Last Thursday, DS Smith’s Porcari paper mill near Lucca in Italy has been hit by a second fire incident within a few weeks. The fire was contained to the raw material yard and no injuries or damages to equipment were reported. Paper operations were temporarily suspended but started resuming already on the following...

German containerboard producer Julius Schulte Trebsen will discontinue production for eight days starting this week, curbing output by around 5,600 t. The company said this measure has become necessary in response to current excessive production costs, low sales prices and an insufficient level of incoming orders. The...

AFT (Aikawa Fiber Technologies) is supplying a new thin stock approach system to Mexico’s recycled corrugated case material producer Papeles y Conversiones de Mexico. According to AFT, the new system will complement the company’s PM 2 in order to allow for better machine runnability with fewer sheet breaks and faster...