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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 Career Wire
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TAPPI News
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Weekly Spotlight
Cascades is proud to announce that it will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding in 2024. Under the theme Together, the organization will be highlighting its history, culture, values and employees throughout the year thanks to a festivity-filled calendar.
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The forest industry, technology companies, research organizations, and universities have joined forces to revolutionize the traditional pulping processes under the joint leadership of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.
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Voith and Schumacher Packaging have successfully started up PM 2 in Myszków, Poland. Except for a few existing components, the entire production line was modernized to achieve the highest sustainability and efficiency standards.
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Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has brought together industry leaders in an expert round table to discuss how to improve the circularity of used paper bags in the construction industry.
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From The Experts
By Pasaban
If there are obsolete devices in your paper and boar sheeting or winding machine, they could be at risk of permanent shutdown. To ensure this does not happen, and based on experience, we have put together these recommendations that could help you.
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Market Roundup
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the December 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report.
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The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) announced the release of its 2023-2024 Trends Industry Outlook & Market Data Report, the only comprehensive market outlook for folding cartons.
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Pulp & Paper
RunEco vacuum system with EP500-D2 Turbo Blower, EcoDrop water separator and EcoFlow dewatering measurement with seven measurement points has started up at Smurfit Kappa Bento PM1 in Brazil. RunEco system replaced four liquid ring pumps at mill, making the vacuum system water free. The energy consumption is now approx. half of the old system, depending on the grade produced.
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Soundview Vermont Holdings LLC, a division of Marcal Paper but known by its historical and well-known name of Putney Paper, is closing.
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UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of sustainable self-adhesive paper and film products, plans to open a new state-of-the-art slitting and distribution terminal in the Toronto, Canada, metropolitan area.
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Containerboard/Packaging
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its December 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report.
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Voith and Schumacher Packaging have successfully started up PM 2 in Myszków, Poland.
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New Products
Preventing contamination is a crucial element in the design of hygienic processing lines. Yet manufacturers often face uncertainty when cleaning ducts, tanks and other confined spaces with hard-to-reach shadow areas.
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Genpak, a leading food service packaging manufacturer and innovator, recently launched its new, sustainable molded fiber packaging line without intentionally added PFAS. The company's revamped Harvest® Fiber line consists of hinged food service containers, trays, and tableware.
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Sustainability
The leading full-line supplier Voith is intensifying its commitment to the 4evergreen alliance with a number of pioneering projects. Among other things, the focus is on innovative processes for dissolving barrier papers on an industrial scale. The alliance consists of over 110 members representing the entire life cycle of fiber-based packaging – from forest owners to producers, designers, brand owners and recyclers.
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Thanks to the strong support from the forest industry and public funding, 10 research organizations, universities, and companies are establishing a groundbreaking research program with around 20 full-time researchers. The Emission Free Pulping program aims to significantly reduce biomass burning and increase the product yield of wood material used for pulping from approximately 50% to around 70%.
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Hygiene and health company Essity has once again been recognized as one of the world’s most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights. The list was announced today during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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People
Willamette Falls Paper Company recently appointed David M. Diekelman to the role of Vice President of Sales, effective January 1. Diekelman takes over the position from Mark Sterry, who will continue with the company as its National Sales Director West to ensure the continuation of the strategies he helped shape.
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TAPPI Career Wire
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC New York, New York
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Kelvix Lake Oswego, Oregon
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City of Killeen, TX Killeen, Texas
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Aetos Systems Cocoa Beach, Florida
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TMEIC CORPORATION AMERICAS Roanoke, Virginia
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TAPPI News
Explore Professor Belgacem’s fascinating career journey and gain valuable insights.
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First-ever historical recounting of hydrofoil development contains a wealth of information
on the state-of-the-art technology that changed an industry.
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Final days to save. Register before January 29 to save over $200
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TAPPI honors the legacy of David Dyer
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Increase your value as a business owner or supervisor by using TAPPI to help find new hires and train your workforce.
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Early-bird registration is open for the 2024 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, happening 10 – 14 June 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia
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