| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 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 Career Wire
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Your Opinion Matters
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TAPPI News
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Weekly Spotlight
The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is seeking nominees for three open board seats in the following regions: one from the South* and two from the Rest of the U.S. Each of the board seats has a three-year term that begins on January 1, 2025, and ends on December 31, 2027.
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In the fall of 2024, SCA takes the next step in sustainable timber transports by inaugurating another electric timber truck from Scania. The new electric timber truck will be equipped with a crane and will collect timber from the forest for transport to a timber terminal.
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The European Commission approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the merger between Smurfit Kappa and WestRock.
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The crush strength of the core refers to the capacity of a material to withstand pressure. In the context of paperboard cores, crush strength indicates how much load the cylindrical structure can bear before collapsing or becoming compressed. This characteristic ensures the functionality of the core for specific applications and usage in the industry.
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From The Experts
Announced by Commission President von der Leyen and chaired by Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, the Clean Transition Dialogues’ core aim is to support industry in building a business model fit for a decarbonised economy. With the right priorities now clearly identified, the collaborative approach now more than ever needs to be continued.
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Market Roundup
Heinzel Group announced its performance for 2023, showcasing resilience in a complex market environment. The company reports a healthy EUR 135 million of operating cash flow and a simultaneous 6% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to the previous year, underscoring its dedication to both economic performance and sustainability.
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Spanish packaging specialist Hinojosa Packaging Group has announced that it closed last year with a turnover of some €739 million euros. This represented a 10 percent decrease compared with 2022.
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Pulp & Paper
The new TM2 featuring a RunEco vacuum system has started up at Papelera Reyes in Callao, Peru. Runtech delivered an EP600 Turbo Blower and an EcoDrop water separator as part of the tissue machine package. The tissue machine, supplied by RePlus Tissue, can produce 130 tons/day, and operates at a speed of 2,000 meters/minute.
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Georgia-Pacific has announced an investment of more than $150 million to rebuild a paper machine at its mill in Wauna, Oregon.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring has decided to start a pre-engineering project for the first commercial factory producing the new packaging solution, Muoto™. Muoto products are wood-based alternatives to plastic packaging.
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The organizers of SuperCorrExpo® have excitedly announced that registration for SuperCorrExpo® 2024, the largest event in the corrugated packaging industry, is now open. The much-anticipated event will take place September 8-12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
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Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, inaugurated its upgraded folding boxboard machine in Husum, Sweden, on the 11th of April. Invited to the inauguration ceremony were, among others, project partners and representatives of Örnsköldsvik municipality, Swedish parliament and the forest industry.
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New Products
To streamline process development initiatives and empower the green transition in industrial manufacturing, Sulzer introduces a comprehensive range of rental test equipment to support the development of bio-based products.
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After promising results from the ongoing demonstration phase, Metsä Spring — a part of Metsä Group — has decided to start a pre-engineering project for the first commercial factory producing the new packaging solution, Muoto™.
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Sustainability
The Pulp & Beyond Award Startup Competition brings forth new and significant solutions in the field of forest bioeconomy. The winner of the competition is Aisti Corporation, which has developed a patented ultra-low density fire-retardant foam material, suitable for production of board-like products for many different applications such as acoustic tiles, thermal insulation products, windshield panels and package cushions.
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Seventeen organizations, including global manufacturing giants, universities, and innovation experts, are working together in the unprecedented collaboration Flue2chem to examine the potential for using biogenic carbon emissions as an alternative source of carbon in the manufacture of household products.
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Valmet renews its sustainability reporting practices. Since 2013 the company has published an annual sustainability report in line with the international GRI framework and reported to several leading sustainability ratings.
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The 4evergreen alliance sets out to increase the recycling rate of fibre-based packaging to 90% by 2030. Accessing industrial packaging such as paper sacks as new fibre source can be part of the solution. The European sack kraft paper and paper sack industry commissioned independent research in the recyclability of paper sacks.
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People
Fedrigoni announced the appointment of Gary Bernstein as the new Executive Vice President of Fedrigoni Special Paper North America. Bernstein will lead the Commercial Team and utilize his extensive experience and network to drive significant growth across mature and emerging markets in North America.
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Green Bay Packaging announced that Tom Short has been promoted to the position of Business Development Manager for National Account Sales.
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The Printing Industries Association, Inc. (PIA) announces the selection of Jan Gottesman, President of Kelly Spicers, as the PIA 2024 Executive of the Year. Kelly Spicers is a major West Coast distributor of paper, packaging, digital media, graphics supplies and other items used by the printing industry.
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TAPPI Career Wire
Vermont Department of Health Waterbury, Vermont
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University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma
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Lamp Rynearson Omaha, Nebraska
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Seattle, Washington
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TAPPI News
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