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WestRock to build a new corrugated box plant in Brazil


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new corrugated box plant is to be built by WestRock Co in the Brazilian state of São


Paulo to meet growing demand from its regional customers in South America. “WestRock’s corrugated


packaging business in Brazil continues to perform well, with strong relationships with customers in attractive growth markets,” said Steve Voorhees, chief executive of WestRock. “Our new corrugated packaging


plant will enable our exceptional team in Brazil to serve these customers even better in the future, with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will provide new capabilities and efficiencies for our customers, and to further integrate the containerboard that we manufacture in Brazil.” The new facility will be located


at Porto Feliz and will serve all industry segments and markets both in the highly developed São Paulo region, as well other


Paper cup reduces climate impact by 50%


expected to begin later this year and be completed in mid-2019. When completed, the Porto


WestRock chief executive Steve Voorhees: business in Brazil continues to perform well


growing areas in Brazil’s south- east region. Construction is


Feliz plant will replace the company’s existing corrugated operations in Brazil at Valinhos. The plant will be integrated with the forestry and paper production operations of the Três Barras (Santa Catarina) mill and will increase the consumption of the mill’s virgin fibre HyPerform corrugated paper, WestRock’s high- performance paper line.


Sweden’s BillerudKorsnäs rises in the sustainability rankings


Cream cup that’s plastic-reinforced paper


A new design of paper cup launched in Sweden by Arla uses mainly recycled materials and is said to cut climate impact by half compared to previous designs. Arla Köket Crème Fraiche uses plastic-reinforced paper for the 2dl format and replaces a cup that uses aluminium foil. Anna Karin Modin Edman, Sustainability Manager at Arla,


said: “Our goal is to make all our packaging recyclable while we also want to reduce our impact on the environment. Therefore, we are very proud of our new Crème Fraiche paper cup, where we have increased the proportion of renewable materials and removed all aluminum, which reduces climate impact by more than 50 per cent.”


BillerudKorsnäs has advanced its position as the leading European company in the Containers & Packaging category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Last year, it was in the top 20 per cent of companies on the category in Europe, and this year it is now in the top 10 per cent.


BillerudKorsnäs is now included in the World Index. This, it says, is particularly due to its performance within risk and crisis management, climate strategy and labour practice indicators. Commenting on the new ranking, Per Lindberg, chief


executive of BillerudKorsnäs, said: “Being included among the most sustainable companies in the world is a great honour to us. Contributing to sustainable development is and will continue to be the starting point for our long-term strategy of profitable growth. “Sustainability is therefore


an integral part of everything we do. In a broader context, that means to always strive to make sustainability work a little further, to challenge conventional packaging solutions and working methods, and thereby positively contribute to a globally sustainable future.”


September/October 2017


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