Over the Wire

Total U.S. printing and writing (P&W) paper shipments decreased 8% in January compared with January 2013

 

Importation of logs and lumber to China reached a new record in 2013, with lumber imports being up 19% and log imports increasing 23% from 2012

 

Kraft paper shipments by U.S. producers in January totaled 128,200 tons, 2.2% higher than the prior month

 

Canfor Corp., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, has agreed to sell its Daaquam sawmill in Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Que., Canada, to Groupe Lebel Inc.

 

Cascades, Kingsey Falls, Que., Canada, has received a Walmart Canada's Vendor Sustainability Award that recognizes a company's sustainability program and efforts in helping Walmart achieve its sustainability goals

 

Fortress Paper Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, reports that its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill in Thurso, Québec, has restarted operations after taking market downtime of 10 weeks

 

Gould Paper Corp., New York, N.Y., USA, reports that a new division, Ocean Paper, commenced operations on Monday, March 3

 

Holmen Skog, Stockholm, Sweden, has agreed in principle to sell just more than 10 000 hectares of forest with a wealth of natural assets to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to create a nature reserve

 

Kemira, Finland, will acquire BASF's (Germany) global alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) emulsion business

 

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada, reports that it has confirmed a framework agreement with the Quebec government

 

Stora Enso’s Oulu mill, Northern Finland, reports that the Ambertec value of paper produced on its PM 6, with a basis weight of 250 gsm at a production speed of 710 m/min, has improved significantly since the installation of a Voith (Germany) DuoShake unit on the machine last year

 

Containerboard production in the U.S. increased 3.8% over December 2013 and was essentially flat compared with the same month last year

 

Total U.S. boxboard production increased 1.3% compared with January 2013 and increased 1.0% from last month

 

Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, is strengthening its partnership with International Finance Corp. (IFC) as part of developing its state-of-the-art plantation and board and pulp mill project in Guangxi, China

 

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., in North Charleston, S.C., USA, has successfully started up a PMT Italia (Italy) ÆGO™FLX SHOE press

 

Tetra Pak, Lausanne, Switzerland, has won a 2014 International Forum Packaging Design Award (the iF award) for Tetra Evero® Aseptic, the world's first aseptic carton bottle for ambient white milk

 

With the investment, the company is strengthening its global position in labeling materials

 

MeadWestvaco Corp., Richmond, Va., USA, has launched Evertain®, a hermetically sealable, airtight paperboard package for foods that require protection from oxygen and moisture

 

Force Control Industries Inc., Fairfield, Ohio, USA, manufacturer of Oil Shear Clutches and Brakes, will bring its traveling Roadshow to the western part of the U.S. and Canada from April through August of this year

 

Södra, Växjö, Sweden, has increased the price of its NBSK (northern bleached softwood kraft) market pulp in Europe to $940 per metric ton, effective March 1

 

Glatfelter, York, Pa., USA, has announced executive promotions for four of its corporate managers. The appointments became effective March 1

 

Harry E. Gould Jr., chairman and president of Gould Paper Corp., New York, N.Y., USA, announced this week that Bob Weill, previously EVP in charge of international operations for Gould Paper, will relinquish his management responsibilities but will continue to have account responsibility for significant sales volume

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp., Dallas, Texas, USA, this week announced executive changes that further enhance its focus on executing a global business plan and driving global expansion

 

Sappi Fine Paper Europe, Brussels, Belgium, has appointed Wayne Nablo as sales manager, Specialty Products, North America, to strengthen the company's specialties sales network

 

This March 24 webinar will provide an overview of the creping process and the chemicals used to enhance its effectiveness. A question and answer session will be included.

 

Advance your career by presenting at the 2014 PEERS Conference. The final deadline to submit abstracts is March 10.

 

TAPPI will hold an annual business meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, March 11. Any interested TAPPI member may join.

 

PaperCon announces three-part workshop as part of Tissue360° Forum in April

 

If at First You Succeed: Member records several career "firsts."

 

You’ll save $186 alone by purchasing a subscription to Standards, TIPS, and Useful Methods Online along with a TAPPI membership. This offer applies each year you renew your membership.

 

Pacific TAPPI and University of Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation will have a joint meeting at the university campus on March 13.

 

Time Inc. SVP to Keynote; Event relocated to New Orleans; Program Announced.

 

Locate pulp and paper mills all over the world using this map containing all the information you need to plan your next trip.

 

TAPPI "gears-up" for this May 13-15 course, back by popular demand.

 

This two and half day conference on June 22-25 will feature topics on individual commitment and the importance of developing a caring culture, new control methods celebrating safety innovations, and the consequence of life changing injuries and the importance of a focus on a critical few risk areas.

 

No other event offers more learning, more networking and more technical programming than PaperCon, April 27-30, in Nashville, Tenn., USA.

 

A call for papers has been issued for IPBC, with a deadline of March 31.