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Weekly Spotlight
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From The Experts
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Market Roundup
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Pulp & Paper
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Containerboard/Packaging
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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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Weekly Spotlight
Stora Enso announced that they will stop all production and sales in Russia until further notice due to the ongoing invasion in Ukraine.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is likely to impact global trade in the coming months. Increased sanctions against trading with Russia and difficulty with financial transactions will probably interrupt and re-direct shipments of forest products throughout the world. As a result, trade with Russia will likely decline, impacting long-established international trade flows of forest products.
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Willamette Falls Paper Company (WFPC) completed participation in Energy Trust of Oregon's First Year Strategic Energy Management program (First Year SEM) and looks forward to participating in another year.
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Sappi announced that it will invest nearly EUR 6 million in an extensive modernization of the current steam generation boiler at its Maastricht Mill in the Netherlands.
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Valmet acquired North American-based Coldwater Seals, Inc., a global provider of consumables and services to the pulp and paper industry. Coldwater operates manufacturing facilities in the United States and Sweden. The value of the acquisition will not be disclosed.
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From The Experts
By AF&PA You’ve heard the saying “take a walk in someone else’s shoes” when it comes to seeing a different perspective.
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Market Roundup
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2021.
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Cascades Inc. reports its unaudited financial results for the three-month period and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
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Pulp & Paper
Columbia Pulp, LLC has idled its Lyons Ferry pulp production facility in Starbuck, Washington. The pulp plant, which has the capacity to produce 140,000 tons per year of wet lap pulp from wheat straw, was idled on Feb. 18.
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ANDRITZ will deliver drying, air and energy technology to Essity's PM3 and PM4 tissue machines at its mill in Menasha, Wisconsin (USA).
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Runtech Systems delivers RunEco vacuum system rebuilds to two Doruk Paper sites in Turkey. RunEco systems with EP650 and EP315 Turbo Blowers will provide vacuum for the Doruk Paper and Packaging Industry Inc. Kayabasi site paper machines PM1, PM2 and PM4.
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Toscotec will supply an AHEAD 2.2 tissue line on a turnkey basis to the Bangladeshi consumer goods manufacturer City Group who sets out to enter the tissue market. The new tissue mill will be erected in Hoshendi Economic Zone near Dhaka, and it is planned to start production in 2023.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Antalis Packaging has extended its range of ecommerce solutions to include efficient, easy-to-use and eco-friendly packaging options.
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Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and Avantium have agreed to further explore the potential of Avantium’s 100% plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate), as a sustainable packaging solution for LVMH beauty brands.
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New Products
Web breaks and paper jams are among the rare but real problems in paper production. With each such incident, invisible damage can arise inside the press sleeve.
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Sustainability
Stora Enso is starting a feasibility study for the possible conversion of an idle paper machine at its Oulu site in Finland for a high-volume consumer board line. On a successful completion of the feasibility study, an investment decision could be made by the end of 2022 with start-up in 2025.
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In just four months, Tetra Pak has co-invested over €11.5 million with recyclers and industry players, to help set up four completely new recycling solutions for carton packages in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Australia.
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The short answer is yes. The bulk calculator shows how you can buy fewer tonnes without losing paper thickness. The long answer is, well, long ... Read the whole thing below.
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MM Group successfully signed a syndicated loan contract in the amount of EUR 65 mn classified as sustainable according to the Green Loan Framework. Based on the strict rules of Deutsche Industriebank AG and KfW (German state funding bank) MM received this certificate for its sustainability investment at Neuss for the rebuilt of the board machine.
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People
TAPPI is pleased to announce that Peter Hart, Ph.D., Director-Research and Innovation, WestRock, has been named winner of the prestigious Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award.
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Stora Enso announced that Teemu Salmi, CIO, Head of IT & Digitalisation and a member of the Group Leadership Team, has decided to leave the company. After five years with Stora Enso, Salmi will assume the position of CEO at Finnish cyber security company Nixu.
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TAPPI News
Please view the list of Upcoming March Webinars and Events.
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Register today for the “Four Ways Packaging Manufacturers Use IIoT to Solve Their Biggest Challenges” webinar held Tuesday, March 22nd 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM (EDT).
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Exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at TAPPI Nano 2022 are designed to showcase your commitment to nanotechnology and renewable materials.
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Mark the dates for TAPPI’s upcoming interactive Q&A discussion with a PM expert, technical training and an exclusive mill tour.
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