
Fully automated facility with AI and robotics produces more than 4.5 million square metres of Sonablock acoustic panels annually.

Fully automated facility with AI and robotics produces more than 4.5 million square metres of Sonablock acoustic panels annually.

The first operation outside Brazil will use local pine to make finished export goods and will start with 150 employees, rising to more than 400 at full development.

The rebuilt mill will be capable of producing up to 90 million board feet annually.

The $5.3 million project will add a 30,000-square-foot building, install a thermal-treating kiln and a double-bladed bandsaw, and is expected to boost log purchases and product output.

Project replaces cast-iron Yankee dryer with new-generation steel unit to reduce energy use.

France-first industrial installation replaces part of gas demand with low-carbon electricity since commercial start.

The deal adds a plant with 46 million linear feet capacity and 120 employees.

The expansion is backed by approximately $42 million in CDE investments, unlocking up to $16.5 million in tax credits and increasing employment from 140 to about 220 full-time equivalent positions.

The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.

New press and automated guided vehicles to replace two existing lines at Oostrozebeke site.

The deal brings a Longview, Washington mill that makes lightweight recycled packaging papers into International Paper and expands the company's West Coast service capabilities.

The project will replace the site's last third-party control system with a web-based distributed control system, include a DNAe historian and HIMA-based safety systems, and the customer will take over delivery in the first quarter of 2027.

Company commits to modernization and decarbonisation across 50 sites as past five-year spending exceeds Euro 500 million.

Institutional investment, fast-growing Southern Yellow Pine and advanced sawmill technology are positioning the Southeast as a steady supplier for engineered structural products.

China's construction crisis and higher logistics costs have cut shipments, while Russia's downgraded economic outlook limits domestic absorption of growing supply.

Timber price declines may ease costs only with a lag and further closures are likely if the market doesn't improve.

Work at the dissolving wood pulp mill will replace pressure parts in the MgO1 recovery boiler that uses magnesium closed-loop recovery technology.

The Normandy site will separate acceptable material, coarse material, and foreign material to reduce stones, seeds, and minerals that have raised saw wear and caused coating stains.

Survey and industry data show firms improve efficiency, but sector productivity diverges from sawmills as technical change remains weak and variable.

The Swedish site adds a new tissue paper machine and three converting lines for rolled and folded products, and the company reports lower water use and higher energy efficiency.