| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - Member
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In This Issue |
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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
Valmet will supply a press section rebuild to Papeles y Conversiones de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (PCM)’s mill in Guadalupe, Mexico.
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Domtar announced it will indefinitely idle the pulp and paper operations at its Espanola, Ontario, facility for an expected period greater than one year.
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Metsä Group's Kemi mills are getting ready for a maintenance and connection shutdown to prepare for the deployment of the largest ever investment of the forest industry in Finland — the new bioproduct mill and paperboard mill expansion in Kemi.
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From The Experts
Since young children went back to school across Sweden recently, many of their teachers have been putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice, and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills.
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Market Roundup
Smurfit Kappa is in discussions to merge with U.S. rival WestRock (WRK.N), the Irish firm said on Thursday, in a tie-up of two of the world's largest paper and packaging producers.
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Pulp & Paper
Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, is investing in world-leading environmental and operational performance in tissue paper production by modernizing and expanding its paper mill in Mariestad. AFRY has been involved in the pre-project and is now a selected partner to deliver several services in the construction phase.
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Runtech Systems delivers a RunEco vacuum system to DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE in Lachendorf, Germany. The delivery includes an EP600 Turbo Blower, EcoDrop water separator and EcoFlow dewatering measurement. The Turbo Blower will replace all existing liquid ring pumps on PM2.
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Shawano Specialty Papers, a division of Little Rapids Corporation, started up a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer supplied by Toscotec at their paper mill in Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. It replaced an existing cast iron dryer on PM3.
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Glatfelter has entered into an agreement with Ekman & Co. to market Glatfelter's high quality, specialty Abaca pulp exclusively through Ekman's global sales agency platform.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced that Pratt Industries will build a new corrugated box plant in Warner Robins, which is located in central Georgia. The new plant will create more than 125 jobs and over $120 million in investment.
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Sonoco Products Company announced the completion of its acquisition of the remaining equity interest in RTS Packaging, LLC from joint venture partner WestRock and one WestRock paper mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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New Products
Georgia-Pacific, LLC announced it has expanded its EarthKraft™ line of curbside recyclable mailers to include an unpadded mailer for e-commerce shipments.
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Sappi, a leading manufacturer of speciality papers, is expanding its portfolio of wet-glue label papers with the new wet-strength, alkali-resistant Parade Label Pro WS, produced at the Gratkorn site in Austria.
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ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces the launch of its patent-pending ProActive Recyclable® RP-1000 High Barrier (HB) paper-based technology.
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Sustainability
Valmet will deliver an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) for the recovery boiler in Shandong Huatai Paper’s 700,000 metric tons chemical pulp project in Shandong province, China. The delivery is scheduled for January 2025.
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Two Sides, the print and paper advocacy group, is excited to announce its newest member, the Sheet Plant Association (SPA), the UK trade association that promotes the interests of the corrugated sheet plant sector.
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The Brampton, Ontario, Canada-based Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) says its most recent survey results indicate Canada’s containerboard packaging producers used recovered paper at an 81 percent rate in 2022.
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People
International Paper announced that Chairman and CEO Mark Sutton has requested that the Board of Directors move forward with the next phase of the company's CEO succession plan. This phase in the process will include a comprehensive evaluation of internal and external candidates for Sutton's successor.
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Stora Enso announced that Minna Björkman will assume a business leadership role in Stora Enso's Packaging Materials division during the fourth quarter of 2023. Until Björkman starts in her new role, she will remain a member of the Group Leadership Team (GLT).
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Pankaboard CEO Sampo Antti’s service relationship at the company has ended. Current Deputy CEO Pasi Piiparinen will act as an interim CEO until a new CEO has been appointed and started.
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Visa Moilanen has been appointed as Head of Pulp & Paper, Process Industries Division at AFRY.
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TAPPI News
Present at TAPPICon 2024.
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Share your memories and well wishes with Introduction to Pulp and Paper Technology Course Chair Michael Kocurek.
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