Major Expenditures

Clearwater Paper will invest $22.59 million in an expansion in Shelby that will create 13 jobs paying $60,769, on average.

With a second e-boiler, Sappi takes a further step towards sustainability and advancing decarbonisation.

Mondi has completed a €125 million investment project in its Kuopio mill, which will increase production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum while enhancing efficiency and improving environmental performance.

Södra is investing in a production line at Värö which will create a vegetable tanning agent from bark. This new tannin can be used to process leather in a more environmentally friendly way. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2026, the plant will have the capacity to produce tannins for millions of square metres of leather.

Smurfit Kappa, Europe's largest paper packaging producer has invested over €30 million across two projects in Spain to further reduce CO2 emissions.

Ahlstrom, in its ongoing dedication to addressing the global need for clean air and water, has successfully completed a EUR 2 million investment for a new laminator at its Louveira plant in Brazil.

Norske Skog will initiate a main study aiming to enter the bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) market by starting production at Norske Skog Saugbrugs in Halden, Norway.

Sundsvall's new Logistics park and SCA's new container port have been officially inaugurated. This means that a process that began in 2008 has reached its goal and one of the region's biggest investments in sustainable transport can begin to create benefits for the green transition in northern Sweden.

Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited has submitted a preliminary application to undertake a major upgrade to Saint John's westside pulp mill, representing a new long-term capital improvement plan and a potential $1.1-billion investment.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced a company that makes baby diapers and other items will be investing $418 million to expand its footprint in Bibb County and create 600 new jobs.

Mondi is investing €200 million into a high-quality recycled containerboard machine with an annual capacity of around 420,000 tonnes at its Duino mill near Trieste, acquired in January 2023.

Arauco Group has invested in the Internal Resin Injection System for their plant in Trupan, Chile. Sunds Fibertech will deliver a complete resin dosing and injection system, including automation and start-up. The start-up will be done in Q4, 2024.

The customer focused innovation centre will help brands and manufacturers to meet increasing consumer demand for sustainable products and contribute towards a circular economy.

Essity is investing in a new global center for research and development, in Alsace, France, dedicated to tissue hygiene products. The state-of-the-art facility will focus on tissue to meet the evolving demands of branded tissue in both Consumer and Professional Hygiene markets.

The province expects the expansion will maintain about 250 direct roles and is expected to create 20 new jobs.

The investment has allowed the company to expand the size of the production space in La Chevrolière by 4,000 square meters (43,000 square feet) and has been made in response to an increasing demand for sustainable corrugated cardboard by existing and potential DS Smith customers in the region.

Project aims to sell energy to N.B. Power, but no agreement yet.

Once fully operational, the two new plants will employ approximately 120 people in the community where Roseburg was founded nearly 90 years ago.

Sappi Europe, a major producer of coated fine paper, recently announced the successful completion of the second phase of a three-part modernisation project at its Gratkorn Mill in Austria.

CMPC has signed a deal with Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul to evaluate building a new pulp plant there, which would require $4 billion in investments.

Muskogee's largest private employer, Georgia Pacific announces a $50-million expansion at its port of Muskogee mill. This is a big deal not just for Georgia-Pacific - but also for the port and city where the company continues to make big investments.

Suzano Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Suzano, the world's largest market pulp producer, is funding up to US$5 million for Canadian startup, Bioform Technologies.

The enhancement will increase the mill's folding boxboard output by approximately 10,000 tonnes annually, raising its total capacity to around 310,000 tonnes.

Eldorado Brasil Celulose has launched a significant R$25 ($4.81) billion investment for a new production line in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Two Rivers Lumber Co. LLC plans to invest $115 million to build a state-of-the-art sawmill in Coosa County as the company's second operation in Alabama. Demopolis-based Two Rivers Lumber has committed to creating 130 jobs at the new Alabama sawmill, which will specialize in the production of Southern Yellow Pine dimensional lumber, the Alabama Governor's Office reports.