The final Paper Check-off rule was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this past week, formally establishing the program and stating that the assessment of $0.35 per short ton on printing and writing, containerboard, paperboard, and kraft paper will begin on March 1

 

Rayonier Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., USA, this week reported that it will separate its Performance Fibers business from its Forest Resources and Real Estate businesses

 

The Agenda 2020 (Washington, D.C., USA) Reuse of Process Effluents team hosted a webinar this past Tuesday, January 28, on technologies to enable reductions in fresh water consumption in pulping and papermaking

 

Two Sides U.S. Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA, this past week announced that more than 20 leading U.S. companies have removed their "anti-paper" green claims being used to promote electronic billing and other e-services as a more environmentally-friendly solution than paper

 

Consumers for Paper Options (CPO), Washington, D.C., USA, a coalition of individuals and organizations advocating for access to paper-based services and information, this week applauded congressional action to restore the paper delivery of annual Social Security Statements

 

The 2014 Alf de Ruvo scholarship, worth SEK 500,000, has been awarded to Dr. Christina Dahlström for her fundamental study of coating uniformity in coated paper

 

PulPaper 2014, the 8th international exhibition for suppliers to the pulp, paper, board, and converting industries, will be held in the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland, on June 3-5, 2014

 

Tissue makers should mark their calendar for Tissue360° Forum http://www.papercon.org/tissue.asp, TAPPI’s second annual program scheduled for April 28-30 in downtown Nashville, Tenn., USA.

 

This introductory course, covering the basic manufacturing methods and chemistry, is being offered April 30-May 1, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., USA.

 

Formerly known as TAPPI’s Tissue Runnabiility Course, this new offering is being redesigned and will be offered in August 2014.

 

Global trade of both logs and softwood lumber was higher in 2013 than it was in 2012, with both products reaching their highest levels traded since before the global financial crises in 2008

 

December 2013 containerboard production in the U.S. increased 4% over November 2013 and was 2.7% lower than the same month last year

 

AIRTHERM Corp., Longview, Wash., and Southport, N.C., USA, reports that it has been awarded a wet scrubber dust collection project at a United States Gypsum Co. (USG), Chicago, Ill., facility

 

BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, is implementing a series of measures in its paper chemicals business to further strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment

 

Burrows Paper Corp., Little Falls, N.Y., USA, has announced another step in its "Innovate and Invest" global strategy

 

U.K.-based DS Smith has equipped most of the wire, breast, and drive rolls in the forming section of PM 1 at its Aschaffenburg, Germany, mill with the CeraGuide B full plasma ceramic coating from Voith (Germany)

 

Fibria, Brazil, reports that plans for a new fiberline at its Três Lagoas mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, will be submitted to the company’s board of directors for approval before the end of June

 

Great Northern Paper (GNP), East Millinocket, Maine, USA, has temporarily halted manufacturing due to the current high costs of production combined with lower market prices for its products

 

Sappi Ltd's Kirkniemi Mill in Lohja, Finland, has ordered a complete multi-fuel boiler from Valmet Corp., Finland

 

Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, this week reported that it is starting co-determination negotiations with employees at its Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland regarding a plan to permanently shut down No. 1 paper machine by the end of the first quarter due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe

 

Yuen Foong Yu Corp. (YFY), China, and PMP Group, Poland, have been working together for the past six years in the tissue business

 

Distribution solutions businesses Unisource Worldwide Inc., Norcross, Ga., USA, and xpedx, Loveland, Ohio, will merge under an agreement that creates a new publicly traded company

 

Mondi Świecie, Poland, has ordered from Andritz, Austria, a new High Energy Recovery Boiler (HERB) to replace the existing recovery boiler (supplied by Andritz in the 1980s) at the Świecie mill

 

Canadians can no longer say they’d love to recycle their old paperboard boxes but can’t do it where they live

 

MWV Rigesa, Brazil, reports that it has launched HyPerform, a new generation of lighter and stronger materials for corrugated packaging

 

Protecting smaller, yet critical items of a rotating plant is becoming increasingly important as the focus for industry is to continually improve efficiencies, reduce energy consumption, and eliminate downtime

 

Sonoco ThermoSafe®, Mallow, Ireland, a unit of Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, and a global provider of temperature assurance packaging, has launched controlled room temperature (CRT) versions of its Envoy® Series of pre-qualified shippers

 

Finch Paper LLC, Glens Falls, N.Y., USA, a producer of uncoated papers, this week announced the addition of Richard Oelkers as business development manager

 

This March 10-12 course is designed for operators, engineers, supervisors, and pulp mill managers engaged in pulp mill recovery operations.

 

Candidates should have made an outstanding contribution to the research into and/or the industrial development of high yield pulping, i.e. mechanical or chemi-mechanical pulping, utilizing mechanical defibration techniques and/or new applications using high yield pulps.

 

Be a part of the future as IBBC explores the technology and economics of commercializing biorefineries.

 

Keeping you "In Tune for Sustainability, Agility, and Profitability," the PaperCon program should not be missed.

 

Advance your career by presenting at the 2014 TAPPI PEERS Conference in Tacoma, Wash., USA. Deadline for abstracts is March 3, 2014.

 

The Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) Course is coming February 17-21 to the TAPPI Training Facility in Metro Atlanta, Ga., USA.

 

A call for papers has been issued for IPBC, with a deadline of March 31, 2014.

 

This comprehensive textbook describes the entire process of manufacturing corrugated containers. TAPPI members save more than $145 on this purchase.

 

Member benefits from TAPPI Networking, Library.

 

This best-selling text provides an introduction to the entire technology of pulp and paper manufacture and features 27 chapters covering all aspects of pulping and papermaking.