DS Smith and Ipsos MORI, a global leader in market research, have conducted a new study that reveals despite the global health crisis, shoppers still have their eye on the environment; with 85% of buyers wanting to buy products that use as little packaging as possible, and almost a third (29%) disclosing that they have stopped purchasing specific brands on the grounds that their packaging was not sustainable.

Republic Paperboard recently installed and commissioned a new curtain coater system, which was built by Voith and will allow Republic to produce coated Gypsum Linerboard for the first time.

Progroup announced that construction is starting for its "PW14" corrugated sheetfeeder facility located at the company's paper mill in Stryków, Poland. Progroup is investing about 72 million euros in the facility which will be powered by a combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) plant.

Governor Marco Mena recently inaugurated Blue Tissue, a company dedicated to the industrial production of paper located in the municipality of Yauhquemehcan.

Domtar has been honored as one of the winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge, led by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag — a collaboration convened by Closed Loop Partners with leading retailers, environmental partners, global design firm IDEO and others.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its January 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report. 

The Navigator Company announced today that it would increase paper prices in USA by 6-8%. This measure involves all cut size office papers, including Navigator, Pioneer, and Discovery and all rolls, including Navigator Premium Inkjet and Soporset Premium Opaque Offset Printing Papers (Text & Cover & Digital), Navigator Copier, and Express Offset rolls.

Monadnock Paper Mills has entered into a new distribution partnership with Digital Color Ink, LLC, a leading wide format graphic specialist supplying hardware, consumables and media for customers across the Mid-Atlantic and Upper Southeast Region in the U.S.

Oji Fibre Solutions, a leading producer of market pulp, paperboard and fiber-based packaging, has appointed ABB to supply a specially-designed winder safety system – the first of its kind in New Zealand – as well as a winder drive control system and DCS880 drives.

Mill Rock Capital, a private investment firm, announced that its portfolio company Mill Rock Packaging Partners LLC has acquired All Packaging Company, a leading specialty paper packaging company focused on various consumer end markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) are sustainable materials with high mechanical strength and stiffness (stronger than steel), high aspect ratios, high transparency, high chemical resistance and impressive rheological, optical and film-forming properties.

Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi is launching a range of new paper-based release liners which are created using recycled and light-weight materials and provide a more sustainable solution for a range of applications.

ABB is closing the gap between factory floor electric motors and smart factories. The company’s new Novolink smart device modules for AF contactors are fully compatible with B&R PLCs and automation system, the integrated software environment used by many advanced machine builders.

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the investment decision to build a new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. The value of the investment is EUR 1.6 billion and it is the largest investment ever made by the Finnish forest industry in Finland.

Production at UPM sawmills is now running completely on renewable energy. Since the beginning of 2020, no fossil energy sources have been used in production at any of the company’s four sawmills.  

Mauro Luna has been appointed Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Körbers Business Area Tissue and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Oswaldo Cruz. He joined the company in 2019 as Global Head of Sales at the Körber Business Area Tissue, and will now also be in charge of marketing.

Nordic Paper has appointed Henrik Essén to a position as Head of IR and Strategy. He will assume his position on March 1st 2021 and will be part of the executive management team of the company.

Packaging Corporation of America’s (PCA) Benjamin Frank has been awarded the TAPPI 2021 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award.

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Spotlight shines on 2020 recipients for their accomplishments in the industry

Web Handling Handbook now Available from TAPPI Press.

Mentor Match, TAPPI’s popular networking platform, connects students, young professionals, and experienced professionals to share resources and experiences, and work together to achieve professional and personal goals. 

TAPPI announces 10 new Fellows and five recipients of the 2021 Young Professional of the Year award.

Meet the winners.

Have something to say about bioenergy and bioproducts? Say it at IBBC 2021 as an expert speaker.

International Paper is accepting applications for Process, Reliability, Process Control, Project, and Environmental Engineers and Health & Safety Professionals at multiple U.S. Pulp & Paper Manufacturing sites.