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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
Toscotec will supply several TT SteelDryer cylinders for two paper machines at the facilities of two confidential manufacturers in North America. The projects are slated for completion in 2022.
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The BlueLine OCC stock preparation unit customized by Voith for paper manufacturer Papierfabrik Palm recently started operation. The facility in Aalen in the southwest of Germany is regarded as one of the largest and most advanced systems worldwide.
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Emtec Electronic GmbH will present a wide product range of specialized measuring and testing instruments for the pulp, paper, and board industries at the Paper & Biorefinery Conference from May 18-19, 2022 in Graz, Austria.
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In the 1st week of April ’22, ProJet has completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of two new Forming Fabric Cleaners and four Dryer Fabric Cleaners for Domtar, Kingsport, TN, USA. Installation and start-up of the systems is expected in Q3 and Q4, ’22.
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From The Experts
Just like in virtually every other industrial segment, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are helping paperboard producers like Metsä Board to crunch data and identify how to optimise production processes to achieve the best possible result.
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Market Roundup
The fluff pulp industry is set for a boom year in 2022, with record prices and recovering demand pushing global consumption to 6.90 million air dried metric tonnes (ADMTs). This will yield a to market value of $8.31 billion, up from $6.88 billion in 2021, according to exclusive forecasting in the new Smithers market study, The Future of Fluff Pulp to 2027.
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According to preliminary data for 2021 published by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), the export value of forest industry products was a little more than EUR 13 billion. As a result of the global rising demand and prices for sawn goods, the export value of the wood-products industries accounted for as much as 29 per cent of forest industry exports.
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Pulp & Paper
Replus Tissue has ordered a RunEco vacuum system for a new tissue machine, which will be delivered to a customer in South America. Runtech delivery consists of a RunEco EP650 Turbo Blower with EcoDrop water separator.
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that it will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta, Canada by the end of this year. One of Hinton Pulp's two production lines will shut, and the remaining line will produce Unbleached Kraft Pulp ("UKP") rather than Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp ("NBSK").
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Caverion will implement process electrification at the Metsä Fibre bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Metsä Fibre is part of the Metsä Group.
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Containerboard/Packaging
WestRock Company announced it will permanently cease operations at its mill in Panama City, Florida, by June 6, 2022.
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Bay Cities, North America’s most innovative packaging and design company and provider of retail displace campaign programs (RDCP), retail packaging, and industrial packaging, announced the purchase of an HP PageWide C500 digital corrugated press to its facility in Los Angeles, California. With this new addition, Bay Cities expands its sustainable packaging offerings as well as POP displays and subscription boxes to its brands and retailers.
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New Products
The results are clear: Just a few months after Voith's comprehensive digitalization solutions were commissioned at PM 9 in El Burgo, Saica Group's investment in the Papermaking 4.0 package has already paid off.
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Valmet has launched a new additional option for both new and existing users of the Valmet Fiber Image Analyzer. The new option, called Option C, makes it easier for pulp and paper mills to unlock the true potential value of their raw material by calculating and displaying correlations between measured fiber properties and their effect on end product quality.
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Sustainability
During the spring, a completely new type of tracked forestry machine will be tested, which will result in fewer driving damages and a better working environment. Behind the project are Holmen, seven other forestry companies and a machine manufacturer.
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People
TAPPI honors member of 55 years: Wally Z. Walters.
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Monadnock Paper Mills announced that Frank Shaffer has joined the company as Technical Services Manager. In this newly developed role, Shaffer will act as liaison between Monadnock and its vendors and customers relative to new product development, quality, sales and marketing.
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CellMark announced the appointment of Pernilla Jordan as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective April 6, 2022.
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Kari Saarinen has decided to resign from his position as Valmet’s CFO due to his share trades in Neles during the merger process and to minimize the negative impacts of this on Valmet’s reputation. All Executive Team members should have used good judgement and refrained from trading in shares while merger discussions and preparations were ongoing.
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TAPPI News
What is the ultimate driver of success in the workplace? Performance? Trust? Get answers on April 30th.
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Register today for the “HCl Gas: A Versatile Catalyst for Retrieving Nanocellulose and Sugars form Biomass” webinar (free) held Tuesday, April 26th 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (ET).
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Are you looking for proven ideas to solve issues in your kiln or recaust areas, improve efficiency &/or reliability, or just want to learn more about these critical but often forgotten parts of the mill? You should be at KILNCON 2022!
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Membership gives you unrivaled networking and access to education.
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The free newsletter from TAPPI Academy is designed to keep you connected to events, news and opportunities.
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TAPPI’s Tissue 101 is ideal for anyone new to tissue or those who want to fill any gaps in knowledge.
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This training offers classroom instruction from experts, plus hands-on workshops in a pilot plant.
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New-Indy is looking for applications to fill the position of Sr. Project Engineer Electrical-Maintenance in Ontario, California. Are you interested? If so, apply today.
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