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Södra is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden and an international forest industry group. With raw material from 52,000 forest owners sustainable managed forests, Södra produce timber products, pulp and green energy – and is always looking to develop new products from this renewable material.

Södra is today a leading supplier of pulp with customers across large parts of the world and a global logistics network. The pulp mills produce both paper pulp for paper production and dissolving pulp for the textile industry.

Significant potential in lignin as a sustainable material

Aquapak, which has successfully developed and commercialised HydropolTM, an innovative polymer based on Polyvinylalcohol (PVOH), has today published a whitepaper which demonstrates how thermally-processible PVOH can be extrusion coated onto paper to achieve gas and oil/grease barrier and sealability, whilst retaining 100% end of life recyclability of the paper.

The findings are based on extensive testing across commercial lines and lab facilities at Aquapak Polymers, ITENE in Spain, Tampere University in Finland, and SAM in North America. The whitepaper is launched at today’s TAPPI European PLACE Conference Program in Bratislava, Slovakia. TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide packaging, paper, pulp, tissue and converting industries.

Klabin has successfully started up a sulfuric acid plant supplied by ANDRITZ at its Ortigueira/PR plant in Brazil. The plant is a world first and has the capacity to produce 150 tons of commercial-grade sulfuric acid per day from concentrated odorous gases and elemental sulfur. It serves the pulp lines at Klabin's Puma Unit and makes the site completely self-sufficient in sulfuric acid by recycling sulfur from the waste streams.

A halt in Russian log exports and reduced wood demand in China contributed to a 20% decline in international softwood log trade in the 1H/22. Sawlog prices increased worldwide in the 2Q/22, except for Oceania and Northern Europe.

The increase extends the upward price trend that started in early 2020. As a result, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI), representing 20 regions worldwide, has increased 34% in two years.

UPM has inaugurated 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.”