| Thursday, April 22, 2021 - members edition
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#BetterTogether
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Weekly Spotlight
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Market Roundup
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Pulp & Paper
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Containerboard/Packaging
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Legislative
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New Products
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Sustainability
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People
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TAPPI News
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#BetterTogether
Creating sustainable, safe and pure medical and pharmaceutical packaging solutions that are compliant with good manufacturing practices and quality management is on the increase globally, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been increasing the need further.
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Weekly Spotlight
Lewisburg Printing Company (LPC) and its affiliate companies (Hawk Converting, LLC and LPC TX Visual), leading suppliers of high graphic printed materials and packaging announced today its new partnership with Radial Equity Partners (“Radial”). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Zhejiang Rongsheng Paper Industry Holding Co., Ltd. is one of the leading packaging board manufacturers in China. The company is located in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, China and was founded in 1980.
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Runtech Systems will deliver a RunEco vacuum system rebuild to Smurfit Kappa Ania PM2, Italy. The delivery includes a recently launched RunEco model EP500-RS-S1 Turbo Blower with ABB motor and EcoDrop water separator. The installation will take place in September.
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Market Roundup
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its March 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report.
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Sappi Europe has announced a price increase for all its mechanical coated paper grades by 10-12% for all European customers with immediate effect as contracts permit. This is in addition to the previously announced and implemented increases for other geographies.
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The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its March 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report.
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Pulp & Paper
Valmet will deliver a new evaporation line 3 for Södra Cell Mönsterås pulp mill in Sweden. The new line will replace the oldest evaporation line 1 at the mill.
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Paper Excellence on April 16 announced the permanent closure of the Mackenzie Pulp Mill located in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada. Production at the mill was originally curtailed in June 2020 due to market impacts caused by COVID-19 and lack of local economic fiber.
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North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) announces the arrival of a new state-of-the-art drum pulper that will help the company expand its production of lightweight recycled packaging papers and safeguard more than 400 mill jobs and support other indirect jobs in Cowlitz County.
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Containerboard/Packaging
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its March 2021 Containerboard Monthly report.
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Smurfit Kappa’s innovative three liter Bag-in-Box packaging design has received Amazon’s “Frustration-Free Packaging” (FFP) certification. This is a world first for a generic packaging design, applicable for a wide range of products. The company unveiled this unique Amazon FFP pre-certification to thousands of customers at its recent invite-only virtual Better Planet Packaging event.
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The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its March 2021 Boxboard Monthly report.
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Legislative
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in opposition to the Maryland General Assembly’s efforts to alter the state’s definition of qualifying biomass in the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS):
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New Products
When measuring press felts manually, there is often a risk of jamming, tripping and slipping. At some positions, the employee is additionally exposed to enormous heat and the constant danger of a felt break also represents a significant, permanent safety risk.
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ABB has released Sheet Break Performance, an ABB Ability™ Performance Service that automatically curates, calculates and contextualizes key data points into an intuitive user interface to reduce the time to identify the root cause of sheet breaks for swift corrective action, while also determining optimal operational parameters to help prevent unplanned downtime.
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Today, the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) launched a new interactive portal to make it easier for U.S. consumers to buy products sourced from responsibly managed forests, in line with strong and growing consumer demand for sustainability. The new portal, OneSimpleAction.org, gives consumers a simple way to do their part to help protect forests and biodiversity.
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Sustainability
BNN Bloomberg reports that Canada’s biggest toilet paper manufacturer aims to make some of its tissue from bamboo as an environmentally sustainable option for consumers.
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Domtar’s support of American Forest Foundation (AFF) biodiversity conservation initiatives is helping protect at-risk or endangered wildlife, especially in the Southeastern United States.
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People
BillerudKorsnäs announced the appointment of Matthew Hirst as new Executive Vice President Commercial. He will take office on 16 August and will be a member of the Executive Management Team.
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation today announced executive leadership changes in support of its global business strategy.
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Leipa Group appoints Mike Petersen as Head of Sales Packaging Paper, effective May 1, 2021. In this capacity, Mr. Petersen will report to Leipa Group’s Chief Sales Officer, Dr. Fabian Gaus.
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TAPPI News
Register today for Altum Technologies’ “Increase Process Uptime and Efficiency with Power Ultrasound Technology” webinar to be held on Thursday, May 13th 11AM - 12PM (EDT). Learn how to prevent and clean fouling without using toxic chemicals and reduce mechanical maintenance and unplanned production shutdowns.
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TAPPI’s Tissue 101: Properties and Processes Course is delivered by expert instructors with the convenience of a virtual format.
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Membership gives you unrivaled networking and access to education.
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Get Answers to Questions on Selection and Layout of Refractories for Lime Sludge Kilns at this live "Ask the Expert"
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How can lessons from this past year foster innovation and open new markets? Register for TAPPICon VIRTUAL and find out.
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The TAPPI Academy team offers a free, informational newsletter and you’re invited to sign up!
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Don’t forget to register today for the “2021 TAPPI Nano Webinar Series – Circular Packaging Products from Polysaccharides” webinar held on Tuesday, April 27th 9AM – 10AM (EST). This webinar will evaluate the strong drive to discover and develop alternatives to conventional plastics that offer the ability to be manufactured and used in a circular manner.
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Domino Amjet Inc. is looking for a new Demonstrator Trainer in their Gurnee, Illinois location. Do you have what it takes? If so, apply today.
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Do you have what it takes to become the new Corrugated Pre-press / Color Specialist and Trainer for Domino Amjet Inc.? If so, apply today.
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