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Leadership
Suzano finishes acquisition of changes

pine bluff paper pill terday announced that Kevin
Canfor Pulp Products yes-
Edgson will be leaving the
role of President and Chief
Suzano announced that it CEO of Suzano Packaging Executive Officer on October
has completed the acquisi- US. “Our successful track 31, 2024.
tion of Pactiv Evergreen’s record of asset integration
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, paper gives us confidence that we John Baird, Chairman of
mill and Waynesville, North Canfor Pulp Products’ Board
Carolina, extrusion facility. will be able to enhance oper- of Directors, said, “On behalf
The purchase price was ational efficiency, produc- of the Board of Directors, I
US$110 million in cash, sub- tion scale, and safety would like to thank Kevin for
ject to customary adjust- standards at these units, his significant contributions
ments for closing amounts opening up new opportuni- in the role of President and
such as working capital. The Pine Bluff mill produces liquid packaging board & cupstock ties for the employees and
The Pine Bluff mill pro- positively impacting the CEO since 2022.
duces liquid packaging pursuant to which Suzano ity and marks its entrance “Kevin has worked
board and cupstock used to would use Pine Bluff and into the consumer and food local communities of Pine through a number of chal-
make beverage cartons, Waynesville to supply liquid service packaging segments Bluff and Waynesville.” lenges including a reduction
paper cups and other fiber- packaging board to Pactiv in North America. Michael King, President in fibre supply in BC and fluc-
based food and beverage Evergreen’s converting busi- “We aim to scale our oper- and CEO of Pactiv tuating market conditions
packaging. The Waynesville ness. ations to meet the growing Evergreen, stated, “The clos- while transitioning Canfor
facility provides incremen- The acquired assets add global demand for paper- ing of this transaction Pulp to a smaller operational
tal extrusion capacity for the approximately 420,000 met-
board produced at Pine based packaging,” said Fabio marks an important mile- footprint. We are grateful for
Bluff. The companies also ric tonnes per year of inte- Almeida, Executive Vice stone as we focus on our his leadership and appreciate
agreed to enter into a long- grated paperboard to President of Paper and core North American con- his efforts to transform the
term supply arrangement Suzano’s production capac- Packaging at Suzano and verting operations.” company during his tenure.”
GBP 1 billion Shotton Paper Mill New Elite Cameron

project in North Wales Slitter rewinder

Eren Holding, a family- BiOrigin Specia lt y
owned Turkish conglomer- Products (BSP), a leading
ate, has officially launched manufacturer and converter
its landmark GBP 1 billion of parent paper rolls in
Shotton Mill paper campus North America, recently
installed a new Elite
at a business meeting Cameron CS800 slitter
attended by senior Ministers rewinder in its Menominee,
from the UK and Welsh gov- Michigan, mill, nearly dou-
ernments, along with leading bling the mill’s slitting and Elite Cameron slitter rewinder
figures from the interna- rewinding capacity. “We are
tional business community. very excited about our capa- light curtains provide
Eren acquired the Shotton bilities with the new Elite enhanced safety for workers
Cameron slitter/rewinder,”
Mill in October of 2021 from said Menominee Mill as well. The machine can run
UPM. The mill, which is The 85.6-hectare Shotton Mill site in the UK’s North Wales Manager, Sherrill Mayton. up to 1,500 feet per minute
located in North Wales ment to accommodate two weight range of 70-135 g/m2 “The new technology and can handle web widths
(United Kingdom), started- advanced manufacturing using 100% recycled paper. improves our throughput, up to 64 inches. The
up in 1983 and produced operations: a containerboard PM3, which will be sup- quality and safety and ena- Menominee Mill is one of six
about 260,000 tonnes per machine (PM3) and a tissue plied by Valmet, will have the bles us to better serve our BSP mills throughout the
year of newsprint during its paper machine (TM1). capacity to produce about customers.”
The Elite Cameron CS800
last few years of operation. is equipped with a shaftless United States and Canada
Now, the 85.6-hectare The new containerboard 750,000 tonnes per year of pick-up unwind, which that produces the lion’s share
Shotton Mill site in North machine — PM3 — will pro- containerboard. According reduces manual labor and of its customers’ waxed
Wales (United Kingdom) is duce high-quality testliner to Eren, the overall project enhances safety for mill papers, primarily for the
set for a major redevelop- and fluting grades in a basis will be developed in phases. workers. New photo-sensor Food Packaging Industry.
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