Marissa McNees

Experts gathered at the Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago in October to discuss OCC and mixed paper market drivers and why the industry might need to "expect volatility basically forever."

The mill produced its first commercially saleable rolls at the end of October and is expected to reach full production in 12-18 months.

The company has adjusted its expectations for total box shipments and anticipates U.S. shipments to be down as much as 1.5 percent this year.

The company plans to take additional downtime in the fourth quarter and will consider additional capacity closures to optimize its network.

The company announced the closure last week with the site set to permanently close by Dec. 31.

The company’s third-quarter net sales were flat and net income slightly down, though CEO Mark Kowlzan says ordering patterns are improving.

The packaging company has reported an increase in net sales in the third quarter of 2025 thanks to its acquisition of Eviosys.

The company announced plans in March to construct a corrugated packaging plant in Anderson, Indiana.

In early October, the Chinese government implemented new requirements for recycled dry-milled pulp imports, forcing importers to specify whether material was milled using wet or dry processing methods.

The ReMA Paper Stock Industries Chapter scholarship program awarded $55,000 this past year.

In WARN notice filed last week, the company indicates plans to close a corrugated packaging site in Allentown, Pennsylvania, along with a previously announced closure in North Carolina.

The Future of Fiber Forum was created to join the paper packaging and fiber recovery industries to promote understanding of fiber recovery market trends, developments in packaging and more.

The new facility will produce the company’s recycled packaging and is expected to create 116 new jobs.

The company is installing new sorting equipment it estimates will capture more than 3 million used beverages cans per year that previously were missorted.

The company filed a WARN notice with the state Friday, with 108 employees set to be laid off by Dec. 19.

The company is investing $19.3 million to expand its corrugated manufacturing facility in Saltillo, Mississippi.

The company has moved its recycling facility to a new, bigger location to expand its processing capacity and diversify the types of materials it accepts.

Golden Bear Cos. is an example of a company that has made it its mission to establish a meaningful and rewarding culture that emphasizes relationships despite most of its employees working from home.

The Florida-based tire recycling company is developing a facility to increase its processing capacity to 25,000 tires per day.

The city alleges that Bimbo Bakeries and S.C. Johnson & Son have misled consumers by “deceptively” advertising that their single-use plastic bags are recyclable.