Suzano has reached remarkable production milestones at its new pulp mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil, delivered by Andritz. The world’s largest single-line eucalyptus pulp mill achieved average nominal capacity within less than six months after start-up, nearly four months ahead of schedule. Another milestone was met on January 8 when the mill’s production reached its first 1 million tons of pulp. When fully operational, the mill will have an annual production capacity of 2.55 million tons.
By the end of 2024, Stora Enso achieved a 53% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, surpassing the target of a 50% reduction by 2030 from the 2019 base year. This milestone reflects the Group's long-term commitment to proactive decarbonisation efforts.
SCA has secured a spot on CDP’s (Carbon Disclosure Project) A-List for companies, authorities, and cities in the categories assessing forestry work, procurement of forest raw materials, and efforts against climate change. Per Funkquist, Head of Sustainability, sees this as clear and positive recognition that SCA’s sustainability efforts are at the forefront on a global scale.
Billerud receives a new award when the international organization CDP ranks Billerud as one of the companies and organizations which are at the forefront globally in sustainability work as well as transparency in sustainability reporting. Billerud is placed on CDP's top A-list in the “Climate” category out of a total of nearly 25,000 companies globally reviewed in 2024.
Hunkeler Innovationdays
Mondi is back at Hunkeler Innovationdays, a premier continuous feed and sheet fed technology and networking event. From 24 to 27 February, the company will be in Lucerne, Switzerland to present its comprehensive portfolio of high-speed inkjet papers.
Automated production control in a hybrid workflow environment was the focus of the Prinect User Days 2025. More than 300 Prinect users, mostly from Europe, took part in the two-day event, which was held at the Heidelberg Congress Center and the “Home of Print” at the headquarters of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) in Wiesloch-Walldorf. The Prinect User Days are a welcome forum by users for users to exchange information about working with Prinect and the further development of this workflow technology.
Toscotec will take part in the 33rd International Conference and EXPOACOTEPAC 2025 organized by the Colombian Association of Technicians of the Cellulose, Paper, and Cardboard Industry (ACOTEPAC) from 19th to 21st February in Cali, Colombia.
Fiery, LLC announced the worldwide launch of two dedicated Fiery® DFEs for the Fiery Driven™ Xerox® PrimeLink® C9200 Series Printers. The Fiery DFEs for the PrimeLink C9200 series will maximize productivity, image quality, brand color accuracy, and workflow efficiency for both production and office applications.
drupa
“It is a special honour for me to continue to actively help shape the development of drupa as chairman of the drupa committee. The world is changing rapidly – both in technical and political terms. Together with the committee we will ensure that drupa constantly develops further to also assert its pole position as a world-leading trade fair for print technologies in future and to orient the industry for the future,” explains Dr. Andreas Pleßke upon his re-election. His deputy Wolfgang Poppen also stresses: “drupa is the centrepiece of the industry, a place of innovations and technology launches. The coming months will be used intensively to further sharpen the profile of drupa’s position in 2028.”
International technology group Andritz has acquired LDX Solutions, a provider of emission reduction technologies and related services in the North American industrial market, with annual revenues of about $100 million. This acquisition further strengthens Andritz’s offering of environmental technologies and its presence in the growing North American market.
James Cropper has scooped the Packaging Redesign Award at this year’s Paris Packaging Week for its collaboration with Bruichladdich distillery. Announced at the awards ceremony on 29th January, 2025, the B Corp distillery’s Luxury Re/Defined range was recognised for demonstrating that premium spirits can be both sustainable and aesthetically beautiful.
Since its founding in 1910, Suttle-Straus’ goal has been to develop long term partnerships with its clients. The company listens to clients, ensuring it provides solutions that help them win in the marketplace. Suttle-Straus has a strong presence in Wisconsin, serving most of the major employers in the region, along with a diverse customer base nationwide. The company’s growth objectives are focused not only on printing, but also around value add services, such as creative design, data services, and variable composition programming. “We try to have a real stickiness with our customer base. Most of them use all our products and services, but direct mail and wide format printing are two of our biggest sellers,” said Brett Keene, Chief Operating Officer at Suttle-Straus.