| Thursday, June 16, 2022 - Member
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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
The paper industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Rising material prices, high energy costs and changing framework conditions require new approaches and solutions.
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Valmet recently celebrated the grand opening of its new North American headquarters in Peachtree Corners, GA. More than 80 employees, guests and dignitaries gathered for the ceremony, ribbon cutting, champagne toast and cake cutting, including Valmet President and CEO Pasi Laine, who flew in from Finland, and Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason.
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Huhtamaki announced plans to expand its molded fiber product manufacturing capacity in Hammond, Indiana, as part of its investment in Fiber Solutions.
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From The Experts
VTT is piloting a new transparent cellulose film that reduces microplastic.
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Market Roundup
In the first six months (10/1/2021 to 3/31/2022) of the current fiscal year 2021/22, the Voith Group saw strong performance in a market environment characterized by global crises.
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In 2021, the world's shipments of wood chips reached almost 35 million m3, close to the highest on record. Significant expansion of pulp capacity in China combined with a lack of domestic wood fiber has driven the global increase in traded wood chips over the past decade.
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Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has announced price revisions for printing paper and business communication paper in the domestic market to all its agencies.
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Pulp & Paper
Runtech Systems has received a repeat order from DS Smith Paper Ltd, Kemsley Mill, for a RunEco vacuum system rebuild on PM4. In the rebuild, existing liquid ring pumps will be replaced by four EP600 Turbo Blowers. Delivery also includes detailed engineering, EcoDrop and EcoSep water separators.
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Smurfit Kappa has invested USD 23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Mexico to become a fully integrated corrugated plant. The investment includes a state-of-the-art corrugator and extension of the building.
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At the beginning of June, the XcelLine PM 6 supplied by Voith was successfully started up at the Jinzhong site in the central Chinese province of Shanxi by the paper manufacturer Shanxi Qiangwei Paper. As the leading full-line supplier, Voith delivered the entire production line.
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DJM will carry out the dryer section revamping for Rossano Veneto plant of Favini Group. The supply of several DJM Dryers to replace the existing cast iron cans will boost the drying capacity of the paper machine, helping the energy saving.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Metsä Spring, Metsä Group’s innovation company, has launched a new 3D fibre product called Muoto®. Muoto has been produced at Metsä Group’s and Valmet’s demo plant in Äänekoski since May 2022, and is made of Metsä Group’s wood fibres.
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New Products
Honeywell introduced the C300PM, a flexible and cost-effective solution designed to provide a unified process control platform. The new controller enables seamless technology evolution for customers seeking to utilize the features of the state-of-the-art C300 process controller while retaining a familiar hardware package.
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Sustainability
Since the beginning of fiscal year 2022, the Voith Group has left no carbon footprint at any of its worldwide locations. The company’s net zero concept comprises four fields of action: increasing the efficiency of its own processes, generating its own regenerative energy, using renewable energy sources, and offsetting the emissions that are currently still unavoidable.
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Smurfit Kappa has invested USD23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Mexico to become a fully integrated corrugated plant. The investment includes a state-of-the-art corrugator and extension of the building.
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People
Art Ragauskas, Governor’s Chair for Biorefining at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment Prize.
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Maximilian Heindl, son of the founder of the company and CEO of Progroup, Jürgen Heindl, will be taking on more responsibility in the company’s senior management team when he becomes deputy CEO from 1 July 2021.
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TAPPI honors member: Brian Herman
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TAPPI News
Register today for the “Cellulose Nanocrystals in Cementitious Systems – Pilot and Commercial Scale” webinar held Tuesday, June 28th 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (ET).
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Attend the Paper and Paperboard Coating Course and learn the latest developments in packaging, barrier materials, and curtain coating.
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Get a full view of the circular economy and broaden your knowledge of fiber recycling at this interactive course.
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TAPPI eLearning offers more than 40 eLearning Courses and 500 Modules for Continuing Education.
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New-Indy is looking for applications to fill the position of Production Manager in Ontario, California. Are you interested? If so, apply today.
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