Articles from Pixelle Specialty Solutions

Spring Grove, PA, April 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC (“Pixelle”), a leading high-end solutions provider in food and consumer packaging applications, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Stevens Point, Wisconsin facility to Ahlstrom Oyj (“Ahlstrom”), a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials. 

Pennsylvania-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle or the “Company”), a leading provider of specialty papers, announced today that it has secured significant new financing, positioning the company with ample liquidity for continued future growth.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle”), a leading manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, launched the PAPERVERSITY educational program at its Stevens Point, Wisconsin and Chillicothe, Ohio paper mills in April and May 2024. These exclusive on-site, invitation-only events brought together over 70 attendees representing more than 30 Pixelle customers from across the printing, publishing, packaging, and specialty paper industries.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle”), a leading manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, launched a new product portfolio of premium ballot papers tailored for local, state and federal elections across the United States. As the 2024 national and local elections draw near, Pixelle is positioned to support polling nationwide with a wide range of high-performance ballot papers that are made in the U.S.A.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle”), a leading manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, has improved safety and productivity at its Spring Grove, Pennsylvania facility by installing a smelt spout robot manufactured by Valmet. The smelt robot is essential for keeping recovery boiler spouts open and improving efficiencies in the liquor recovery cycle. The first smelt robot installation of its kind in North America, the robot regularly cleans the recovery boiler smelt spouts ensuring stable smelt flow, optimum cleaning and safer boiler operation, without manual intervention.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle”), a leading supplier of specialty papers, announced today that Timothy Hess has decided to step down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer for health reasons, effective August 7, 2023. In addition, the Company’s Board of Directors announced that following a comprehensive search process, it has selected Ross Bushnell to succeed Hess as Pixelle’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Bushnell has been appointed to the Board of Directors, and Hess will be available to support a smooth transition and will continue serving on the Board.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions (“Pixelle”) today announced the launch of its new ARMOR™ brand of barrier paper solutions, featuring FlexArmor™ for uncoated applications and SelectArmor™ with a coated surface for enhanced printability. The barrier papers portfolio features a wide range of capabilities from oxygen, aroma, and mineral oil barriers to chocolate, OGR and moisture vapor barriers among several others. Barriers can be applied individually or layered to enhance packaging performance.