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Thursday, December 10, 2020 - Member
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As we adjust to the new normal with packaging playing an ever-greater role in our lives, fears around packaging safety are front of mind.  Six in ten consumers now claim to wash their hands thoroughly after touching packaged groceries and household products.
 
Weekly Spotlight
AFRY Accelerates the Transition in Bioindustry
In response to industry developments driven by the international sustainability agenda as well as changing consumer behavior, AFRY is placing even greater strategic focus on Bioindustry as one of its core focus areas. With a strong forest industry heritage, AFRY will leverage its wide range of offerings to provide a holistic set of services across management consulting, engineering, projects, operations and digital solutions.
 
New RCP Orders and Claims Management Tool Improves Transactions and Buyer-Seller Communications
merQbiz ® releases a new Orders and Claims Management solution – another transformative digital tool for recovered paper (RCP) buyers and sellers. The industry-first offering is powered by the company’s BaleVision TM quality assessment and analytics platform and can also be used as a stand-alone service.
 
Cascades Tissue Group Wisconsin Wins Energy Award With Andritz Technology
Andritz recently completed successful replacement and start-up of the PM5 Yankee hood at Cascades Tissue Group’s tissue mill in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA.
 
Extended Uptime in Contaminated Environments: Molded-Oil™ Bearings.
NSK Americas®
Under conditions of liquid or dust contamination, even sealed conventional bearings will fail prematurely. Molded-Oil Bearings with DDU seals from NSK deliver continual, clean, no-leak lubrication for dramatically increased service life and maintenance intervals.
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Market Roundup
Recycled Paper Exports Continue Downward Trend, Pulp Exports On the Rise
Paper and plastic exports continue to trend lower than in previous years, even as shipments increase to certain countries, recent figures show.
 
JVIC
Pulp & Paper
Gridiron Capital Announces Royal Paper’s Acquisition of Sun Paper, Strengthening Royal Paper’s National Capabilities
Gridiron Capital, LLC (“Gridiron Capital”), an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, is pleased to announce that Royal Paper, a leading vertically integrated private label consumer packaged goods company focused on tissue manufacturing, has acquired Sun Paper Company (“Sun Paper”), a top supplier of high-quality bath, towel, napkin, and facial tissue in the Southeast.
 
ABB Unveils New Features with Upgrades to Felt Moisture and Permeability Meters for Paper Mills
ABB has upgraded its industry-leading L&W Felt Moisture and Felt Permeability Meters with new software, unlocking new features that improve their value for paper mill customers as a key process measurement solution to optimize press section performance.
 
Mondi to Open its First Paper Bags Plant in Colombia to Serve South American Customers
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, will open its new state-of-the-art paper bags plant in Cartagena, Colombia in January 2021. It will be Mondi’s first operation in South America, reinforcing the group’s strength as a global paper bags supplier with a wide local footprint.
 
ANDRITZ Successfully Starts Up Tissue Production Line Delivered to Xuan Mai Paper in Vietnam
ANDRITZ has successfully started up the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line delivered to Xuan Mai Paper Co. Ltd. for its mill in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The energy-efficient tissue machine has a design speed of 1,300 m/min and a paper width of 2.85 m and produces high-quality tissue grades made of either 100% virgin or 100% deinked pulp (DIP).
 
Kuraray America, Inc.
Containerboard/Packaging
New Corrugated Berry Packaging Complements Premium Strawberries with Top Quality Print
Corrugated board is traditionally used for packaging to protect berries and fruit throughout the production chain. However, the added value it can give to sales recognition and branding goes even further.
 
International Paper to Sharpen Focus on Industrial Packaging
International Paper announced a plan to pursue a spin-off of the Company's Printing Papers segment into a standalone, publicly traded company ("SpinCo"). The transaction will result in two streamlined, leading companies well positioned for long-term success.
 
SCA Changing the Name of Its Paper Business Unit to Containerboard
SCA announced that it is changing the name of its "Paper" business area to "Containerboard" as of January 1, 2021.
 
SupplyOne Acquires Florida Packaging Supplier
SupplyOne — which brands itself as the United States’ largest independent packaging company — announced that it has acquired Riverside Paper Co., a privately held paper supplier based in Miami, Florida.
 
Best-in-class in Paper Starch Cooking.
Hydro-Thermal Corp
Hydro-Thermal's proven and original Jetcooker™ technology, combined with instantaneous gelatinization of starch, optimized adjustable shear, and precise temperature control, make starch production issues a thing of the past. Our patented starch cooking solutions use steam to deliver instantaneous heating and consistent cook temperature while effectively providing adjustable shear in any installation.
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Legislative
FPA and PSI Reach Agreement on Legislative Elements of an EPR Bill for Packaging and Paper Products
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, and the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), a leader of the U.S. product stewardship movement, announced an agreement on eight legislative elements of an extended producer responsibility (EPR) bill for packaging and paper products (PPP).
 
New Products
BASF and BillerudKorsnäs Cooperate to Develop Unique Home-Compostable Paper Laminate for Flexible Packaging
BASF and the Swedish packaging manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs have cooperated to develop a unique home-compostable paper laminate for flexible packaging. The multi-layer film consists of three basic components: BillerudKorsnäs‘ paper ConFlex® Silk, a sealing layer made of BASF’s certified home compostable and partly bio-based biopolymer ecovio® and BASF’s water-based adhesive Epotal® Eco 3675 X which joins the film to the paper.
 
OraLock™: Introducing Flexibility in Rigid Doctoring
When it comes to doctoring solutions, the common concept design of creping blade holders has always narrowed down the choices to just two main possibilities: rigid or flexible, both with their strengths and weaknesses. But what if a rigid doctoring system could boast the profiling advantages of a flexible one?
 
Veolia Water Technologies
Sustainability
Wood Maps Out a Sustainable Future for Paper and Textile Production
Wood, the global engineering and consulting company, is transforming paper and textile production through innovative design and engineering on two of the most modern operating pulp mills of the 21st century.
 
ECOGRIP – The Corrugated Alternative to Plastic Shrink Wrap
Sustainable packaging is an important issue for our planet, especially when it comes to single-use plastics that are not biodegradable. Shrink wrap is a growing concern, and a new packaging concept called ECOGRIP has been developed by the combined expertise of Blue Box Partners, Klingele Paper and Packaging Group’s Pan-European alliance. 
 
People
WestRock Names Margaret Herndon to New Chief Marketing Officer Role
WestRock announced that Margaret Herndon has joined the company as chief marketing officer.
 
Sappi Appoints Marco Eikelenboom as CEO of Its European Operations
Sappi Limited announced that Marco Eikelenboom (53), currently Vice President Marketing & Sales, Graphic Papers at Sappi Europe, has been appointed as CEO of Sappi Europe as from 1 April 2021. Eikelenboom succeeds Berry Wiersum (65), a 40-year veteran of the industry in Europe, who will retire at the end of March 2021. Wiersum joined Sappi as CEO of Sappi Europe, a position he held for 14 years.
 
Case Paper Welcomes Denis Kovacevic as Its New Operations Manager for Philadelphia Facility
Case Paper is proud to welcome Denis Kovacevic as the new operations manager for the company's Philadelphia facility.
 
TAPPI News
Web Handling Handbook now Available from TAPPI Press
New Resource Co-Authored by Popular Author and Instructor David Roisum
 
Dec 14-18: Join the YP Division for a Live Takeover and Exclusive interview with TAPPI’s 2020 Gunnar Nicholson Awardee
Young Professionals of all ages: Log on to TAPPI Connect as Mark Lewis of Sustainable Fiber Technologies examines what it takes to run a company - plus advice for challenging the status quo.
 
TAPPI-PIMA Student Summit: Recruiting Made Easier
Meet the Best and Brightest Candidates at the 2021 Student Summit in February. Sponsor this student-focused event and get your company noticed, remembered, and pursued by the next generation.
 
Slate Announced for Election of 2021 TAPPI Board of Directors
TAPPI’s 2020 Nominating Committee presents the 2021 slate of candidates for Chair, Vice Chair, and three Directors on the TAPPI Board. 
 
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