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Thursday, December 14, 2023 - Member In This Issue
Weekly Spotlight
From The Experts
Market Roundup
Pulp & Paper
Containerboard/Packaging
New Products
Sustainability
People
TAPPI Career Wire
TAPPI News
Cristini
Weekly Spotlight
International technology group ANDRITZ has started up a state-of-the-art, highly efficient fiberline and lime kiln plant at Nanning Sun Paper’s pulp and paper mill in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China.
 
Wisdome Stockholm is a new scientific experiential arena situated in the courtyard of Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. The Wisdome Stockholm building encompasses a wooden architectural design creating an arched-shaped room of 1,325 square meters.
 
Signode, a leading global manufacturer of a broad range of automated transit packaging equipment, tools, consumables, automation and support solutions, is highlighting industry-leading technologies at MODEX 2024 in Atlanta.
 
Holmen Paper Braviken and Hallsta have once again achieved the prestigious EcoVadis platinum medal, making it seven consecutive years of recognition.
 
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From The Experts
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Printed receipts are important for consumers and retailers alike. Here's why.
 
Dow Silicones Corporation
Market Roundup
Nippon Paper Industries Co has announced price revision for liquid-packaging cartons for milk and beverages.
 
ABB and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, have signed a €500 million financing agreement to support ABB’s research and development in its Electrification business area.
 
Mativ Holdings, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of its Engineered Papers business to Evergreen Hill Enterprise, Pte. Ltd.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Rondo Ganahl AG to supply dewatering and dispersing equipment to be installed in its paper mill in Frastanz, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for end of 2024.
 
Georgia-Pacific announced a $150 million investment in its retail consumer tissue business at its mill in Halsey, Oregon.
 
South African tissue producer Jumbo Centre has started up an AHEAD 1.8 tissue line supplied by Toscotec at their Johannesburg facility. This is a repeat order for Toscotec after the successful installation in 2020 of another complete tissue machine at the same mill.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Sonoco announced the expansion of its flexible packaging service operations with the acquisition of Inapel Embalagens Ltda. in Brazil.
 
New DS Smith research reveals two in five pieces (44%) of paper and cardboard packaging are set to end up in landfill or incineration by 2030 if declining recycling rates aren’t reversed.
 
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New Products
PulPac, a leader in dry molding technology, announces the latest addition to its “Highway Products”: the Dry Molded Fiber Phone Tray Insert. It is now offered to producers and represents another stride towards PulPac’s commitment to providing cost-effective, environmentally responsibly produced packaging alternatives.
 
Elopak has announced plans to build its first U.S. production plant with the latest state-of-the-art technology for the production of Pure-Pak® cartons for liquid dairy, juices, plant-based products and liquid eggs.
 
Sustainability
Cellulotech, the Canadian material science startup, has received an award from Packaging Europe in the Pre-Commercialized Renewable Material Sustainability category.
 
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, announces the launch of its 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which details its commitment to sustainability and visions for the future.
 
Cepi, representing pulp and paper manufacturers, with the support of partners from across the clean energy sector published today a list of EU policies needed to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050, from an industrial perspective.
 
Clearwater Paper has released its 2023 Sustainability Report, an annual update on the company's progress against its multi-year sustainability goals. The report also announces Clearwater Paper's new strategic sustainability framework, Everyday Responsibility.
 
Keit Spectrometers
ABB Inc.
People
The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) announces four new board members appointed by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.
 
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, is pleased to announce Daniel J. Burke as the new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Dan will be assuming the role following the upcoming retirement of Andrew Manns in the new year.
 
Lucart announced that Michele Noera has joined the company as Sustainability and Energy Transition Manager.
 
TAPPI Career Wire
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Washington DC, D.C.
 
Kissimmee Utility Authority
Kissimmee, Florida
 
The City of Bellevue
Bellevue, Washington
 
ResourceWise (Fisher International, Inc.)
Nationwide
 
TAPPI News
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TAPPI is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.  
 
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