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Travels with Larry
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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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Travels with Larry
Tune in to the podcast on the importance of collaboration and the value of diversity within an organization
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Weekly Spotlight
ABB, the leading NEMA motor manufacturer in North America, awarded scholarships to 16 students for the 2024/2025 academic year. A total of $58,000 was awarded. This initiative supports the educational aspirations of upcoming professionals whose parents are employed by U.S. ABB Motor and Mechanical.
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Unifor welcomes news that fully funding the workers' pension plan is part of the agreement reached between the Province of Nova Scotia and Paper Excellence, the parent company of the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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UPM Communication Papers said that it plans to permanently close its Hürth newsprint mill and to shut down one fine paper machine at Nordland Papier (PM 3) in Dörpen — both assets are located in Germany. If realized, the measures would result in annual reductions of 330,000 metric tons of newsprint paper capacity and 280,000 metric tons of uncoated fine paper capacity in UPM's portfolio.
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From The Experts
By The Resolute Blog
As Domtar, Resolute Forest Products and Paper Excellence continue integrating into one company within the Paper Excellence Group, our legacy businesses have restructured into three business units — Paper and Packaging, Pulp and Tissue and Wood Products.
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Market Roundup
In 2023, overseas purchases of boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums of paper were finally on the rise to reach 4.2K tons after two years of decline.
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Pulp & Paper
International technology group ANDRITZ has completed the conversion of a graphic paper machine at HEINZEL GROUP’s Steyrermühl mill in Austria. After a successful start-up, the machine is now producing kraft papers for packaging which are marketed under HEINZEL GROUP’s well-established Starkraft brand.
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Norske Skog announced the start of a study to form the basis of building a bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line at its Saugbrugs mill in Halden, Norway.
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Irving Pulp & Paper has submitted a preliminary application to undertake a major upgrade to its pulp mill in Saint John, New Brunswick, (Canada) representing a new long-term capital improvement plan and a potential $1.1-billion investment.
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Valmet and Papierfabrik Palm have signed a three-year Service Agreement and a one-year Performance Agreement to further improve the performance of Palm's production lines Aalen PM5 and Wörth PM6. The value of the agreements was not disclosed.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Design-led corrugated packaging company the BoxWay Packaging Group has used its in-house design capabilities to design cardboard boxes for UK online garden centre Ashridge Nurseries, which is based in Somerset.
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Progroup announced that it has taken over the Sappi Stockstadt mill site in Germany to create a new circular economy site for sustainable containerboard production.
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New Products
Jujo Thermal and HP Indigo announce that the recyclable barrier paper, SHIELDPLUS®, has been successfully printed on by HP Indigo 25K Digital Presses and processed into sustainable flexible pouch packaging.
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Stora Enso is gearing up for a revolution in the packaging industry with the introduction of Performa Nova, a new folding boxboard (FBB).
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Sustainability
In partnership with some of the world's most iconic FMCG brands, DS Smith been leading the plastic replacement fight. Since 2020, the company has replaced over 1 billion everyday plastic items from supermarket shelves, including fruit and vegetable punnets, plastic carriers, and shrink wrap found on soft drink bottles.
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Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has commissioned and completed a life cycle assessment (LCA) for its ground-breaking paper-based Hug&Hold solution, to determine its environmental impact compared to that of conventional low-density polyethylene shrink wrap for six 1.5 litre PET beverage bottles.
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) released its 2023 Sustainability Report.
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People
After 14 years as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tolko, and over 40 years with the company founded by his grandfather Harold, Brad Thorlakson has transitioned to the role of executive chair of the board. Further to Brad’s transition, Pino Pucci has assumed the role of president and CEO.
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Mosaic Forest Management announced a leadership change, with Rob Gough stepping down as President and CEO for personal health reasons. Industry veteran Duncan Davies will assume the role, effective immediately.
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TAPPI Career Wire
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority Little Rock, Arkansas
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Society of Plastics Engineers Nationwide
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The City of Bellevue Bellevue, Washington
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Administrative Controls Management, Inc. Metro-Detroit, Michigan
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LA METRO los angeles, California
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TAPPI News
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