1 Aug. 2025: A North Wales manufacturing facility that previously provided employment for approximately 200 people has permanently shut down. During 2024, Kimberly-Clark revealed plans for consultation regarding the proposed closure of wet wipe production facilities in Flint.
Read more: Welsh factory where 200 staff worked closes doors for final time
5 Aug. 2025: With more than 1,000 installations worldwide on new and existing paper machines, Voith's Prevo solutions are the proven choice for efficient and safe tail threading within the paper machine. Voith has now launched a new, compact Prevo retrofit solution for the press section that addresses the limited installation space on some existing machines. Papermakers with smaller lines can now benefit from the tail threading solution that eliminates the need for manual intervention and thus makes the entire process safer, more reliable and more efficient.
23 July 2025: The Printing Charity is pleased to open ticket sales for one of the print industry’s staple events, the Annual Luncheon.
Read more: Tickets now on sale for the Printing Charity’s 196th Annual Luncheon
24 July 2025: Driven by structural overcapacity in the graphic paper markets and the need to ensure long-term competitiveness of its operations, UPM Communication Papers plans to end paper production at UPM Kaukas paper mill, Finland, reducing the annual production capacity of coated mechanical paper by 300,000 tonnes.
31 July 2025: International Paper reported Q2 2025 net earnings (loss) of $75 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, and adjusted operating earnings (non-GAAP) of $105 million, or $0.20 per diluted share. Q2 2025 net sales were $6.8 billion.
30 July 2025: International Paper and other rival manufacturers have been accused in a new lawsuit in U.S. federal court of conspiring to fix and inflate prices for key raw materials that are used to make cardboard boxes and merchandise displays. The proposed class action filed on Tuesday in the federal court in Chicago said International Paper, Packaging Corporation of America, Georgia-Pacific and several other companies, including Smurfit Westrock, Cascades, Pratt Industries, Graphic Packaging and Greif, collectively raised prices by 30% since late 2020.
Read more: International Paper, other cardboard makers hit with US price-fixing class action