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      Valmet to deliver quality                                                                DS Smith gets
                                                                                               new president

      control system for corrugator                                                            announced changes to its
                                                                                                International Paper
                                                                                               executive leadership team.
                                                                                               Tim Nicholls has been
        Valmet is to deliver an IQ                                        The delivery will include a   named Executive Vice
      Quality Control System for                                         Va l m e t   I Q   Wa r p   President and President of
      corrugator for optimizing                                          Measurement System for   DS Smith, an International
      sheet quality to Grupo                                             two stackers, two Valmet IQ   Paper company, reporting to
      Penha S.A.’s packaging plant                                       Single-Sided Scanners with   Chairman and Chief
      in Itapira, Sao Paulo state,                                       IR Moisture Measurements,   Executive Officer Andy
      Brazil. The Penha packaging                                        a Valmet IQ Scanner S with   Silvernail.
      plant produces corrugated                                          IR Moisture, and MW Total   Tim has  more  than 30
      cardboard packaging for                                            Moisture sensors. IQ
      various industries.                                                Moisturizer with four spray   years of industry experience
        The order includes a com-                                        beams will be utilized   including a variety of busi-
      prehensive package featur-                                         according to measurement   ness and finance leadership
      ing quality control systems                                        systems for IQ Warp control   roles. He has served as the
      with three scanners, a mois-                                                             CFO of International Paper
      turizer system, and auto-                                          and moisture CD profiling   since 2018 and also held the
      matic warp control and                                             automatically after unwind-  CFO role from 2007 to 2011.
      moisture profiling for corru-  Quality control system for corrugator to Penha in Brazil  ers. The automation system   From 2014 to 2018, Tim led
      gated sheets, enabling the                                         also includes IQ Reporting   IP’s Packaging business in
      mill to improve productivity   roll,” explained Rodrigo   us solve, once and for all, the   for data collection.  North and South America
      and end-product quality.  Godoy, Project Manager at   chronic problem of paper-  The start-up of the new   and earlier in his career he
        “In Brazil, climate condi-  Grupo Penha. “We will be   board sheet warping and   system is scheduled for the
      tions vary greatly from one   installing this Valmet sys-  paper roll moisture profiles   third quarter 2025.  was based in Europe as the
      region to another, making it   tem on our brand-new cor-  that we have been facing.   The Penha Group is one of   VP and CFO for IP Europe.
      impossible to effectively   rugator machine, and we   We are confident that this   Brazil’s largest producers of   He led IP side of the integra-
      control the moisture profile   hope that Valmet’s technol-  will allow us to maximize   corrugated cardboard pack-  tion planning for combina-
      when we receive a paper   ogy and know-how will help   our production efficiency.”  aging.  tion with DS Smith.
      Fedrigoni acquires minority                                        Voith Paper to


      stake in Papkot                                                    expand center


        The Fedrigoni Group has                                           Voith announced that it is
      acquired a minority stake in                                       modernizing and expanding
      Papkot, a start-up that has                                        its roll service center in West
      developed surface treatment                                        Monroe, Louisiana. The
      technology for paper through                                       expansion  will  be  Voith
      a cellulose molecular coating
      to replace plastic films.                                          Paper’s largest, most recent
      Fedrigoni did not disclose                                         investment in North
      the amount of the invest-                                          America, underscoring its
      ment.                                                              firm commitment to the   Roll Service Center expansion
        Fedrigoni’s investment is                                        future of the paper industry.
      in line with its venture capi-                                     The roll service facility first   training areas for employ-
      tal program launched to                                            opened in 1991.       ees.  The expansion project is
      identify industry-changing                                                               expected to begin in mid-
      startups that are a proven,                                         The investment will add   2025 and continue through-
      industrially scalable reality.                                     needed workspace for con-
        Papkot was founded in                                            tinued growth in addition to   out the year. The facility will
      2020 by Manuel Milliery,   Its barrier technology has high resistance to water, grease & oil  adding jobs to support the   remain fully operational dur-
      who is also the company’s                                          local West Monroe econ-  ing this time.
      CEO. Papkot has research   achieves high resistance to   recyclable. Founded in 1888   omy. The project will result   Voith Paper, part of the
      and development hubs in   water, grease, oil, or even   in Verona, Italy, Fedrigoni is   in a faster and more seam-  Voith Group, provides a wide
      France and China and con-  glycerol, and also provides   a manufacturer of labels and   less service experience,   range of technologies, ser-
      tract manufacturing part-  properties such as transpar-  self-adhesive materials, spe-   vices, components and prod-
      nerships in France, the U.S.,   ency or other tailored surface     expand capacity and
      and China.            properties. Treated paper   cialty papers for packaging   enhance logistics processes.   ucts, and offers paper
        According to Fedrigoni,   remains fully biodegradable,   and creative communication,   The increased space will   manufacturers solutions
      Papkot’s barrier technology   fully compostable, and fully   and RFID solutions.  also provide additional   from a single source.
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