| Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Member
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In This Issue |
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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
GranBio’s path to the Future
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Weekly Spotlight
Valmet and Körber closed the earlier announced agreement to further strengthen the digital solution FactoryPal, a unique software developed to improve shopfloor manufacturing performance and productivity.
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EPIQ Machinery recently announced that its Equipment Solutions for the pulp and paper industry has extended its reach to South America, starting with a focus on Brazil.
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Korean tobacco manufacturer Tae-A Industry Corporation has purchased a TT SYD MG Steel Yankee Dryer from Toscotec to replace their cast iron dryer on PM1 at their Daejeon mill in the Republic of Korea. The project is planned for start-up in 2025.
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Valmet has completed the acquisition of Demuth following the agreement that was announced on December 22, 2023. Demuth is a Brazilian company specializing in wood handling solutions for the pulp industry.
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From The Experts
By Two Sides North America
In the journey towards sustainable development, the concept of a circular economy has gained significant traction. At the heart of this concept is the idea of reducing waste and continually reusing resources. In the paper industry, circularity is transforming how paper, paper-based packaging, and related products are produced, used, and recycled.
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Market Roundup
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), (the "Company"), a leader in sustainable consumer packaging, today reported second quarter 2024 results.
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Metsä Group has published an updated Green Finance Framework enabling continuity in issuance of green debt instruments by further integrating Metsä Group’s sustainability targets into financing and by aligning with the latest market practices.
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The Altri Group achieved total revenues of € 240.0 M in 2Q24, an increase of 18.9% over the same period of last year. This change is due to a strong momentum of the global pulp market with prices in the second quarter 25% higher than the 2Q23.
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Pulp & Paper
The German company Bellmer has signed an agreement to acquire Metal Service, a specialist in stock preparation solutions and paper machines based in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina. The acquisition will strengthen Bellmer's supply of technology and service presence in Brazil.
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Radix, a global technology solutions company, announced a strategic partnership with Cognite, the globally recognized authority in Data and AI for industry. This partnership aims to accelerate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline and contextualize data management and asset performance across oil and gas, energy, petrochemicals, and manufacturing industries.
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The Adami Group has commissioned full-line supplier Voith to build a complete OCC BlueLine stock preparation plant with 4.0 technology for its factory in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The project includes a comprehensive Process Line Package (PLP), the supply and installation of all main components and detailed engineering. Commissioning is scheduled for October 2025.
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The Vietnamese company and the A.Celli team celebrates the startup of the A.Celli Tissue rewinder and the production of the first roll.
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Containerboard/Packaging
UK-based Cepac Ltd continues to enhance its business, having now completed the latest phase of a £20m, three-year investment plan. In the most recent part of the project, Cepac has not only added additional in-house corrugating capacity to its Darlington site, but it has also added new equipment specifically to produce its Flutepac portfolio – a range of direct-food contact, fully recyclable packaging.
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Welch Packaging, a family-owned manufacturer of custom corrugated packaging, has launched a corrugator startup in Wooster, Ohio. In effort to better serve local customers, the new facility, OHCorr, will expand the company’s sheet feeder system and overall supply chain capabilities.
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New Products
BW Flexible Systems, a global leader in flexible packaging solutions, announced today the launch of the SYMACH 3500S. This push-type palletizer combines the company’s focus on design, innovation and customer centricity with intuitive controls — delivering superior high-speed stacking and palletizing performance for bags, bales, crates and cases.
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Sustainability
The Navigator Company has committed to a sustainable future with a substantial investment in ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) projects totaling 164 million euros over the past 18 months.
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People
UPM Raflatac announced the appointment of Brinder Gill as the new Senior Vice President (SVP) of the Americas Region, effective August 1, 2024. Prior to this appointment, Gill served as Director of the Paper Laminates Business Unit at UPM Raflatac for the same region.
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Vanguard Companies founded in 1975, is a leading designer and manufacturer of retail point-of-purchase (POP) displays, retail packaging, industrial packaging, and fulfillment services. Today Vanguard announces the appointment of Zack Edelman, National Account Manager.
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Since July 15, 2024, Sunil Pandiri is part of the global Board of Management of Voith Hydro. As Chief Service Officer he will continue to strategically expand the company's service portfolio. The role was newly created in order to meet the requirements of customers and their hydropower plants in the best possible way; making service a priority on top level.
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TAPPI Career Wire
Flathead County Kalispell, Montana
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Atlantic Coast Consulting, Inc. Alpharetta, Georgia
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City of Menifee Menifee, California
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Applegate Group, Inc. Hotchkiss, Colorado
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TAPPI News
Get a 4-Day pass to see, touch and demo machinery for only $250 at SuperCorrExpo®
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Don’t Miss Chicago TAPPI’s 24th Annual Golf Outing & Dinner
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Reserve your spot now for the educational networking forum featuring an exclusive tour of the Johns Manville Technical Center
The Importance of the Impact TAPPI Standards Can Have on the Industry
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TAPPI will be performing its fiscal year-end inventory audit starting August 9.
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