Thursday, February 9, 2023 - Member
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#BetterTogether
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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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#BetterTogether
International Paper is donating $100,000 to support its workers and others in Alabama who were impacted by the tornados that tore through the state on Jan. 12.
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Weekly Spotlight
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, completed the acquisition of the stock of the Grand Invest Group on February 6, 2023. As part of the acquisition, Solenis will acquire all Grand Invest Group operating assets, including key strategic production and warehousing facilities.
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Runtech will deliver two vacuum system rebuilds to Satia Industries Ltd. in India. Delivery includes two RunEco EP600 Turbo Blowers with EcoDrop water separators.
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Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of a manufacturing and sales subsidiary in Budapest, Hungary, for CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose), which is one of the materials used for lithium-ion battery (LiB) anodes in electric vehicles (EV), to join its rapidly growing supply chain system in Europe.
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From The Experts
By Robert Lilienfeld The key to success for recycled-content packaging lies in meeting various state regulatory demands, along with sustainability initiatives such as those developed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF).
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Market Roundup
WestRock Company announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022.
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UPM's president and CEO, Jussi Pesonen, provided the following comments on UPM's fourth quarter and annual 2022 results.
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Pulp & Paper
Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group that operates in international markets, has been awarded as Finland’s most startup-friendly company in 2022, receiving the award for the second year running.
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International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Klingele Paper & Packaging Group in Nova Campina, Brazil, to supply automated threading systems for paper machines PM1 and PM3 producing various paper packaging grades. The systems will be installed in 2023.
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Valmet will deliver bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP), evaporation and non-condensable gas (NCG) technology as well as an extensive automation solutions package for Stora Enso’s Oulu mill in Finland.
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The Land and Environment Court in Vänersborg communicated its decision to grant a permit for increased production output at the Nordic Paper plant in Bäckhammar, Sweden. The new permit allows for Nordic Paper to, after investments, increase its production of paper pulp in Bäckhammar by more than 20% and of kraft papers by more than 10%.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Stora Enso has entrusted the leading full-line supplier Voith with the conversion of a former paper machine. The machine at the northern Finnish site in Oulu previously produced coated graphic papers.
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Cascades announced that it has purchased a new EVOL press for its Piscataway, New Jersey, corrugated packaging converting facility.
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Voith will convert an idled paper machine at Stora Enso's Oulu Mill in northern Finland to the production of high-volume consumer board. The machine, paper machine 6, which previously produced coated graphic papers, will have the capacity to produce 750,000 tons per year of folding boxboard (FBB) and coated kraft back (CKB). Start-up is scheduled for early 2025.
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New Products
Along with a wide-ranging, varied portfolio, Item Products, Europe's largest designer and producer of reusable and recyclable components for the packaging and point-of-sale industry, will be showcasing Box Latch™ products’ Clip & Stack device, on stand H12 at Packaging Innovations, NEC Birmingham on 15 & 16 February 2023.
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Sustainability
OneCharge Inc., Garden Grove, CA, and Bluewater Battery Logistics, Santa Barbara, CA, have entered into a strategic partnership to recycle and repurpose advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries at the end of useful life.
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The global interest of papermakers in water-saving solutions has steadily increased, with the effective use of water as a resource is an essential lever for sustainable paper production.
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People
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced the election of Global CEO of Pratt Industries, Inc. Brian McPheely as AF&PA Board Chair and released its 2023 slate of AF&PA Board Officers.
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TAPPI News
Share your knowledge and expertise at the industry’s foremost technical event for pulp manufacturers. Abstract deadline is March 17, 2023.
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Your support as a sponsor or exhibitor is your ticket into the program’s New Technology Showcase.
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Register today for the “A Foray into Feedforward Control” webinar held Wednesday, March 08th 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (ET).
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New program helps organizations showcase their commitment to industry innovation.
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Please view the list of Upcoming February Webinars and Events.
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