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Mondi EUR finishes 20 mn USDA’s board
members

energy efficiency projects Board (P+PB) announces
The Paper and Packaging
five new board members
appointed by USDA
Mondi announced that it kitchen, and introduce a Secretary Tom Vilsack.
has made good progress on refined winder concept. Appointed for three-year
the previously announced “We are proud to invest in
EUR 20 million investment technology that drives effi- terms are Steve Henry of
program at its Neusiedler ciency, reduces emissions, Domtar, Brandon Bennett of
uncoated fine paper mills in improves product quality, Georgia-Pacific and Erin
Austria. The full benefit of Raccah of Sylvamo.
the upgrades is expected and strengthens our resil- Appointed for a two-year
from the first quarter of ience,” said Florian Döbl, term is Anne Ayer of Sappi.
2025, including reduced Managing Director of Appointed for a one-year
greenhouse gas emissions Upgrades will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 20% Mondi Neusiedler. “These
and increased energy effi- measures will reduce our term is Richard Bennett of
ciency and operational steam heat exchangers to ments include a new steam greenhouse gas emissions by Suzano Packaging. The term
safety. eliminate emissions and fur- system and heat recovery at 20%, and we will consume begins on January 1, 2025.
The program includes ther improve safety; instal- the paper machine, and around a quarter less gas in An eight-member Board of
four key projects at the lation of a new steam winder optimization to future, all contributing to Directors representing the
Kematen pulp and paper accumulator to balance fluc- improve customer reel out- our sustainability commit- four grades of paper funding
mill: rebuild of the recovery tuations in steam demand put. The program also ments.” the Paper & Packaging —
boiler and associated infra- which improves efficiency included upgrades at the How Life Unfolds® campaign
structure to increase energy and turbine performance; Theresienthal site to The investment program
efficiency and improve over- and, revamp of the steam improve the efficiency of the was funded by Mondi with oversees the paper and pack-
all performance; upgrade of turbine with a new rotor to paper machine’s steam and the support from the aging sectors’ national pro-
the pulp dryer from gas increase electricity produc- condensate system, increase European Union – motion program focused on
burners for air heating to tion. Additional enhance- automation in the additive NextGenerationEU. sustainability.
Stora Enso provides Wilfa with Duni Group acquires

biodegradable foam Poppies Europe

Stora Enso announced Duni AB (Duni Group)
that Wilfa, a Norwegian- has signed an agreement to
owned company and a lead- acquire the UK-based paper
ing supplier of small tableware producer Poppies
electrical items in the Nordic Europe Ltd for a fixed pur-
countries, will use Stora chase price of approximately
Enso’s bio-based and biode- SEK 670 million, whereof
gradable* foam — Papira® 60 percent will be paid upon
— made of wood fibers to closing and the remaining
package its ProBaker kitchen amount will be paid in three Products for the catering sector
mixer. instalments by the end of company has approximately
According to Stora Enso, 2025 (20%), 2026 (10%) and 220 employees and annual
Wilfa was seeking sustaina- 2027 (10%). net sales of approximately
ble alternatives in packaging Papira, a bio-based & biodegradable foam made of wood fibers
materials for their ProBaker Poppies manufactures a SEK 620 million.
kitchen mixer and needed a these two wood-based mate- was the perfect match for quality product range pre- According to Duni Group,
solution that could meet rials meant Wilfa was pro- us,” said Arnt Sandvik dominantly for the catering the acquisition provides syn-
their demands on sustaina- vided a packaging solution Nilsen, Category Director at sector, produced under the ergies within manufacturing,
bility without compromising with the protection needed well-recognized Poppies
on protective features and and an aesthetic appeal that Wilfa. “It’s still early in the brand name, along with with increased premium tis-
design. went perfectly with the clean process of changing the pack- other bespoke labels such as sues and airlaid production
Stora Enso developed pro- Nordic design of the aging, but with a common in Duni Group’s paper mill
tective inserts for the Wilfa goal to reduce and reuse, we McNulty Wray and Staples. Rexcell. The acquisition is
ProBaker featuring a combi- ProBaker. “With its 15 kg, Poppies’ production facility
nation of Papira and corru- solid construction and multi- aim to test Papira together is located in St Helens, subject to regulatory
gated board. The blend of ple accessories included, this with ProBaker in the future.” Merseyside, England. The approval.
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