Verso Corporation Announces Price Increase on C1S Sheets & Rolls

Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately EUR 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately. The new volumes will be available on the market during the last quarter of 2018. “We expect the demand for baking and cooking papers to continue to grow during the coming years. This investment will increase Düren mill’s paper production capacity by 10.000 tons, which will help us to secure our leading position as a global supplier of high-quality baking and cooking papers”, says Mariusz Jedrzejewski, SVP Baking & Cooking, Metsä Tissue. “We have production in Düren, Germany, and Mänttä, Finland, where we increased the production capacity in 2016. Both mills play a significant role in our Baking & Cooking business. Our products are made of fresh fibre, and the wood originates from sustainably managed Northern forests. This high-quality raw material combined with our strong production expertise result in high endurance and consistent high quality products.”

The Supervisory Board of Heinzel Holding GmbH is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Achleitner (MEng, MBA) as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Heinzel Holding, effective September 2, 2024. Achleitner will join the top management team of HEINZEL GROUP, alongside CEO Sebastian Heinzel. Karl Achleitner (born 1977) brings extensive industry experience to his new role. He began his career at the Laakirchen paper mill in Austria, training as a paper technician in the 1990s. He later served, amongst other roles, as assistant to the production manager on Laakirchen’s PM10 from 2002 to 2007. Achleitner's career then took him to the United Kingdom (Aylesford Newsprint Ltd. 2007-2011) and Australia (Orora Paper 2011-2018). Most recently (2018-2024), Achleitner held the position of Senior Vice President Operations Paper at Progroup Paper in Germany, being responsible for the company’s containerboard machines as a member of Progroup AG’s executive management team.

UPM inaugurates today its new pulp terminal in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay. This investment of approximately USD 280 million is a fundamental part of UPM’s USD 3.47 billion growth investment in Uruguay that includes a state-of-the-art pulp mill in Paso de los Toros, new eucalyptus tree nursery as well as local community investments in Paso de los Toros. “This is a significant milestone in our growth project in Uruguay. The new pulp terminal with direct connections from the new pulp mill and to the global markets plays a key role in the growth and competitiveness of UPM’s pulp business,” says UPM President and CEO Jussi Pesonen. “The public infrastructure investments to the deep sea port and railway improve the competitiveness of all export sectors in Uruguay.”