Over the Wire

Shipments decreased 6% in June compared with June 2015. Total P&W paper inventory increased 2% from May levels.

 

Market pulp shipments increased 4.9% y/y in June 2016, according to data maintained by the PPPC.

 

While many May 2016 grade shipments were down, woodfree coated papers were up 1.5% and newsprint was up 1.0% vs. May 2015. SC-Magazine paper shipments were up 3.2% vs. May 2015 and are up 2.3% year-to-date.

 

Orders this year have been received on pulp, linerboard, corrugated medium, and coated containerboard machines ranging from 7 meters to 9 meters in width in North America, Europe, and Asia.

 

Company has successfully closed the asset purchase agreement entered into with LSQ Energy L.P. and LSQ Development L.P, previously announced on June 23, 2016.

 

Mill has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 60% during the past decade.

 

Andritz will deliver to Mantova, Italy, the OCC line for the top ply, mixed waste line for the back ply, paper machine approach system including Shortflow Deaeration, as well as the broke handling, fiber recovery, and reject handling systems. Startup is scheduled for September 2017.

 

SKF will provide bearings and housings to Chilean pulp and paper manufacturer CMPC in a two-year deal.

 

Pressure-sensitive labeling machinery company expands Accraply's products and markets.

 

Deku-Pack is a specialist in Point of Sale and display products and services for in- store marketing, located in Denmark.

 

Order for 11 new production lines involves equipment to be installed at existing Grupo Gondi facilities in Mexico, as well as at green field sites, over the next two years.

 

Iggesund’s flagship product, Invercote, will be the cornerstone of the new venture. The paperboard is well established in the highest quality segments in the more than 100 national markets where it is sold. It is made of virgin fiber and meets exacting standards of purity, so it should do well in Japan.

 

A range of folding boxboards will be produced under the brand name AEGLE and a range of food service boards under the brand name ISLA. BM 2 has capability to produce dispersion barrier coatings directly on the machine, producing barrier boards that can be recycled with normal paper waste due to having zero plastic content.

 

Schur Flexibles is a manufacturer of flexible packaging products in Europe across a range of end markets including meat and cheese, confectionary, pharmaceutical specialties, and tobacco.

 

Often, large cores must be disposed of after the paper product wound around them is used up in the production process, and this has repercussions on logistics and on industrial costs. With the installation of Extra[+]Core, A.Celli solves these issues.

 

Covers are now being made in the USA. 150-lb. is in stock now and available to order. 130-lb. will be a rolling transition – European-made 130 lb will be sold until depleted. European-made Premium Silk covers as well as Premium Ivory Silk in all basis weights are discontinued. New covers are pasted, not single-ply.

 

The new catalogs provide a unique, powerful single source for all of a printer’s digital and offset specialty substrate needs.

 

"We've expanded our Grand Format coated one side (C1S) PressDate Service program to include Productolith Pts. 9 pt., 10 pt. and 12 pt. C1S covers for single face lamination applications to create packaging, point-of-purchase displays and signage," said Verso SVP of Sales, Marketing and Product Development Mike Weinhold.

 

EnerSoft TS – a new generation polyurethane roll cover technology specifically engineered for demanding tissue pressure rolls positions, and ProGloss – a new advanced technology composite roll cover for calender applications.

 

Company will raise prices by £40 per metric ton on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the U.K, effective with shipments on or after Aug. 15, 2016.

 

When biorefineries use biomass/P&P raw pulp production waste, such as sawdust, they are still left with lignin as a byproduct just as it is in papermaking. New funding will help research and find ways to produce plastic-like bioproducts to make biofuel production a more sustainable process.

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input from industry, academia, national laboratories, and other biofuels and bioproducts stakeholders to identify existing capabilities to produce lignocellulosic sugars and lignin for use by the research community.

 

Michelle A. Cormier, Martin Couture, and Patrick Lemaire have all joined the company's board of directors.

 

Henrik A. Christensen is nominated to be elected the company's new chairman at the Extraordinary General Meeting on Aug. 10, 2016.

 

The election of William M. "Bill" Cook is effective immediately and he serves on the Company's Audit Committee, effective as of July 21.

 

Metsä Fibre is building a next-generation bioproduct mill in Finland. Gain insight into how Finnish industry leader, Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is meeting the increased demand for bioproducts and bioenergy made from renewable raw materials at IBBC 2016.

 

Don’t miss your chance to win the CorrPak Competition at SuperCorrExpo 2016.

 

Build skills and network with your peers in reliability and maintenance.

 

Two-Day Course in Sheet Structure Can Improve Performance.

 

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The batch process at the winder involves high safety risks for your personnel. How safe is safe enough? Learn that and more at this important webinar.

 

Andritz Pulp and Paper Inc. is currently seeking a Service Account Manager for its Western Louisiana/Eastern Texas territory.

 

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