Over the Wire

Total U.S. printing and writing (P&W) paper shipments in February decreased 3% compared with February 2013, with total inventories decreasing 3% from January levels

 

Increases in Russian lumber exports have not compensated for the decline in log exports that came as the result of the implementation of higher log export tariffs by Russia in 2007

 

Total U.S. boxboard production in February decreased 1.3% compared with February 2013 and decreased 8% from last month

 

Total U.S. kraft paper shipments in February were 121,600 tons, 5.1% lower than for the prior month

 

Assets of the shuttered Bowater Mersey Paper mill in Nova Scotia, shut down in June 2012 by Resolute Forest Products, were sold off in 3,200 separate lots this past week

 

CMPC Tissue S.A., Santiago, Chile, has ordered from Valmet, Finland, a complete new tissue production line to be installed at the mill of its subsidiary Absormex CMPC Tissue S.A. de CV in Mexico

 

Following successful deliveries of 29 hydraulic headboxes and 10 tissue machines within the past eight years to China, PMP Group, Poland, reports that this week it started up a new PMP Intelli-Nip® shoe press at one of China’s leading paper producers

 

Mercury Paper, Strasburg, Va., USA, will invest $25 million to expand its tissue converting operations, creating 96 additional jobs by early 2015

 

Samjung Pulp Co., a South Korean tissue producer, has started up its new Toscotec, Italy, Ahead tissue machine, with production aimed at the conventional tissue products segment

 

U.S. containerboard production in February decreased 8% from January, but was 2% higher than the same month last year

 

PMT Italia, Italy, will provide key sections for the new Hiang Seng Fibre Container Co PM 5 to be installed at the company’s mill in Samut Sakorn, Thailand

 

Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, plans to reorganize its Renewable Packaging Division that is comprised of Consumer Board, Packaging Solutions, and Packaging Asia, into three separate businesses reporting to the CEO

 

The Indian paper manufacturer Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) has ordered from Voith, Germany, a new board machine (BM 4) to expand the company’s existing product portfolio at a new mill that will be located in Tiruchirappalli District, approximately 100 km from the existing plant in Karur District of Tamil Nadu state

 

Huhtamaki, DeSoto, Kan., USA, has redesigned its range of compostable BioWare paper cups to give the products a fresh, modern appearance while placing further emphasis on their green credentials

 

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada, reports that it continues to expand its Align™ brand of environmentally-responsible and budget-friendly papers by adding two more superbrite grades, Hybrid and Alternative

 

Metsä Tissue, Finland, this week announced that it will increase the prices of its tissue paper products by 8% during the second quarter

 

Glatfelter, York, Pa., USA, this week announced that Brian Janki, VP and GM of its Specialty Papers Business Unit, has been appointed to serve on the first national Paper and Paper-based Packaging Board

 

At its annual general meeting this past week, Kemira Oyj, Finland, announced that Wolfgang Büchele will leave his position as president and CEO as of April 30, and will begin as Linde AG`s president and CEO on May 20

 

PaperWorks Industries Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., USA, reports that, effective immediately, Kevin Kwilinski has been appointed president and CEO

 

Suzano Pulp and Paper, Brazil, reports that at the end of this month Alberto Monteiro will resign his position as CFO and investor relations officer

 

Dr. Hans-Peter Sollinger, a member of the Voith GmbH (Germany) Corporate Board of Management and chairman of the Voith Paper Management Board, will leave Voith on July 1, after serving the company for 32 years

 

Wang will be based in Xerium's Asia headquarters office in Shanghai, China, and will have full responsibility for the fast-growing Asia region

 

This webinar provides a proactive approach for CD alignment monitoring and identification -- detecting misalignment long before appearance of misalignment symptoms, and then identifying and deploying the correct CD alignment in closed-loop.

 

Search for your favorite company in the TAPPI Buyers Guide and contribute a review. The sweepstakes for winning an iPad Mini ends this Sunday, March 31.

 

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

 

This e-book describes in detail the measurement technology used in quality controls systems and is available to TAPPI members for a $70 discount.

 

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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.

 

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