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tora Enso has appointed new heads to its Wood Products and Packaging


Solutions divisions. David Ekberg was made


executive vice president and head of Packaging Solutions from the beginning of April, while Lars Völkel becomes executive vice president and head of Wood Products from the beginning of July. Both will also be a member of Stora Enso’s group leadership team. Ekberg has been acting head


of Packaging Solutions since last December and was previously head of Corrugated Nordics. Before joining Stora Enso in 2017, he held several leadership positions at Climeon and Ericsson. Ekberg commented: “I am truly


Lars Völkel, new head of Stora Enso’s Wood Products division


excited to take on this role to accelerate our Packaging Solutions business. Together with our customers and partners we will bring even more efficient and innovative renewable packaging solutions to the market. By replacing plastics and reducing carbon dioxide emissions we can do good for the planet and create


superior shareholder value.” Lars Völkel is currently at Ambibox GmbH, a renewable energy & electronic vehicle charging company in Germany. Previously he was chief executive at Swiss-based Franke Kitchen Systems, and chief executive of Poggenpohl at the European kitchen group Nobia. He has also held various managerial positions at Electrolux. Stora Enso’s chief executive Annica Bresky said: “Lars will bring us valuable commercial experience with his solid international background in leadership and experience in operations. I also appreciate his proven track record in business transformation, in leading businesses to profitable growth through business model innovation and digitalisation.”


Pulp Paper & Logistics


New appointments at Stora Enso


From the beginning of 2020 Stora Enso merged its containerboard business with the Consumer Board division, creating a new Packaging Materials division. The remaining business in Packaging Solutions, together with the recently created Formed Fiber unit, constitute a more focused Packaging Solutions division.


David Ekberg, new head of Stora Enso’s Packaging Solutions division


Bengt Åkerblom wins this year’s Arne Asplund award


The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award for 2020 has been granted to Bengt Åkerblom, from Vårby in Sweden, the owner and founder of Dametric AB. The award is endowed every


second year by The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award Foundation to promote the development of new technology for the manufacture of high-yield pulp. Presentation of the award


Pulping Conference which is hosted by The University of British Columbia at Vancouver in Canada this year. This event has now been postponed and the prize will be presented on a later occasion. Åkerblom has devoted his


Award winner Bengt Åkerblom


was planned for 9 June, at the International Mechanical


professional life to developing, constructing and providing the pulp market with equipment for process measurement and control, particularly for the mechanical and chemi-


mechanical pulping industry. He is the principal owner and chairman of Dametric, which produces and markets his various inventions. Founded in 1985, the Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award promotes the development of new technology for the manufacture of high-yield pulp, and commemorates the contributions made by Dr Arne Asplund to the pulp and paper industry worldwide.


Dedicated Service to Forestry Award for Martin Gale


Martin Gale, chairman of BSW Timber, was the winner of the Dedicated Service to Forestry Award at Confor’s annual dinner held earlier this year in Edinburgh, Scotland. The award, seen as the most


prestigious in the forestry and wood processing industry, was


May/June 2020


presented by Fergus Ewing MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism in the Scottish Government. After accepting the Award, a


large wooden bowl hand-crafted by Angus Clyne, Gale said the industry had a very bright future because “wood was the raw


material of the 21st century and the 21st century needs more trees”.


A series of senior appointments


followed after Martin was made Managing Director of Shotton Paper in 1998, the same year he joined the BSW Board as a Non- Executive Director.


Martin Gale awarded for service to the forestry industry


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