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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
Pizza Hut, LLC has partnered with Smurfit Westrock, one of the brand's primary pizza box suppliers, to raise awareness with customers in Louisville, Kentucky, that their pizza boxes can be recycled.
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Monadnock Paper Mills announced the release of its updated Fine Printing Papers Swatchbook. Tailored for designers, brand owners and printers, this swatchbook provides an immersive, tactile experience that brings the qualities of Monadnock's fine papers to life.
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Arctic Paper S.A. has signed an agreement for the acquisition of an existing solar park close to Warsaw. The plant in Garwolin in the Masovian area has an output of 4 MW.
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Koehler Paper, a Koehler Group company, has made paper packaging for wet food blends a reality for the first time ever together with pet food startup Wynn Petfood.
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From The Experts
by AF & PA
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced that 65-69% of paper available for recovery in the United States was recycled in 2023. That amounts to about 46 million tons of paper or 126,000 tons per day.
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Market Roundup
103.5 pounds (47 kilograms) – that’s the average amount of textile waste each American produced in 2018. Things like clothing, footwear, sheets, towels, and pillowcases, even furniture, carpets, and tires contain textiles. What becomes of these textiles when we’re finished with them?
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Sylvamo (NYSE: SLVM) reported third quarter 2024 earnings.
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Pulp & Paper
Valmet will supply a complete papermaking line from stock preparation to reel and winders with services and a comprehensive automation solution package to one of its major customers in Asia-Pacific. The papermaking line will produce uncoated woodfree grades. The start-up is scheduled for 2026.
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Voith successfully installed three CleanLine Extract4D cleaning systems for fabrics in the dryer section of a Canadian manufacturer for lightweight packaging and bogus paper. The implementation of the precise technology represents a major step forward in enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of the customer’s production processes.
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Metsä Board, a part of Metsä Group, is advancing with its significant investment to modernise the Simpele folding boxboard mill, focused on further enhancing product quality, production efficiency, and reducing the carbon footprint of its operations and products.
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Valmet will deliver a Valmet Exergy Pre-evaporator for the Mercer Rosenthal mill in Germany. The solution increases the mill’s energy efficiency and brings savings in the feedwater treatment. The new system is planned to be taken into operation during the fourth quarter of 2025.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Listen in to the newest Better Together episodes to hear candid conversations from twelve industry leaders as they reveal their expertise and excitement on the SuperCorrExpo® 2024 floor.
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Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has opened a ground-breaking hub in Germany for co-creating flexible packaging solutions that will shape the future.
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Mondi recently completed an EUR 90 million investment upgrade of its Mszczonów plant near Warsaw, which doubled its capacity, making it the largest corrugated solutions plant in Poland, and one of the biggest in Europe.
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New Products
This fiber-based solution replaces traditional metal wires, addressing longstanding safety concerns and simplifying handling processes for pulp manufacturers and users.
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IntegoBag serves as an alternative to traditional paper bags that use a separate film barrier. By integrating barrier coatings directly into the bag, Mondi’s IntegoBag simplifies recycling while effectively transporting building materials and extending product shelf life.
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Sustainability
Listen in live to this free webinar Tuesday, December 3, as a panel of industry experts from manufacturing and supplier companies share actionable insights and proven strategies to drive real change in the industry. Bring your questions for the Q&A session.
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Oy Keskuslaboratorio Ab (KCL) in Espoo, Finland, together with Fiber-X Finland Oy in Lappeenranta, Finland, will combine their service offerings and expertise. At the heart of the collaboration is a vision to promote sustainable development and provide a competitive advantage in the paper, board and biofibre markets.
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. ("RYAM") has raised EUR 67 million in green capital. The financing includes EUR 37 million in secured term loans from French banks Crédit Lyonnais, Arkéa Banque, and BNP Paribas at an initial floating rate of approximately 5 percent, maturing in seven years.
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Mondi officially opened a new hub in Germany — FlexStudios — for co-creating flexible packaging solutions.
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People
SCA appoints Petteri Kalela as the new head of the Containerboard and Pulp business areas and member of the executive management team.
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Christian Dietershagen will become the new Head of Operations Paper (OPP) at Progroup on 1 January 2025. He will be responsible for the operational management and strategic development of the Paper division at the Landau-based family business.
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Motion Industries, Inc. has promoted Eric Gonzalez to senior vice president of Mexico, Canada, industry segments and business development, effective immediately.
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TAPPI Career Wire
CONSOLIDATED ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Riverside, California
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University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts
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Advanced Chemical Systems Madison/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ivy Tech Community College Columbus, Indiana
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COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
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TAPPI News
Don’t miss out on the premier technical and networking event for lime kiln and recaust professionals
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Shine the spotlight on your colleagues for their contributions to TAPPI and the industry by nominating them for a TAPPI Division Award.
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Learn how integrating ISRA VISION’s new NovaCore Web Inspection System can help you reduce costs, improve documentation and transform production
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Explore the sustainability and carbon footprint of plant-based fibers used for hygiene tissue, packaging, textiles, and nonwoven applications
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Explore recent advances in the field of wood optics and photonics, with a special focus on light-emitting wood composites and their relevance for the energy and building sectors.
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New resource provides the latest insights on pigments, improved recyclability options and their impact on the evolving paper industry.
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Learn how predictive analytics and advanced technologies can streamline maintenance workflows and improve inter-team communication and work towards boosting efficiency and reliability.
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