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International Paper's Two Million Box Commitment Continues to Help Feed the Need in California

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Thursday, March 11, 2021 - members edition
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As quarantines and stay-at-home orders put people out of work and closed schools in the first few months of 2020, food banks around the world began to see a dramatic increase in need for food. International Paper, a leading producer of fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, quickly responded with a commitment to donate two million corrugated boxes to food banks in its communities.
 
Weekly Spotlight
MEPCO Signs With Toscotec
MEPCO and Toscotec signed a turnkey supply contract for a high efficiency AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine. Toscotec is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, specialized in turnkey projects, complete lines, rebuilds and single equipment for the tissue and paper & board industries.
 
Omya Introduces Omya PrimeFill 60 for Opacity and Strength Enhancement in Paper
Omya has launched Omya PrimeFill 60, an innovative ground calcium carbonate mineral filler specially designed for opacity and strength enhancement across all graphic paper and packaging grades.
 
Smurfit Kappa Announces Major Investment in Scotland
Smurfit Kappa UK & Ireland is investing in high quality print and conversion equipment in Tannochside, Scotland.  This investment further enhances the already unrivalled market offering of the Smurfit Kappa Print Division.
 
Paper Excellence Announces Restart Date of Powell River Machine
Paper Excellence plans to restart Number 11 Paper Machine at Catalyst Powell River, a Paper Excellence company, on or around May 1, 2021. The restart reflects the recent recovery in global paper markets and Paper Excellence’s long-term commitment to the Powell River facility.
 
Pasaban Focuses on Upgrades of Paper and Cardboard Sheeters and Winders
Pasaban Upgrades, the ideal solution to get the best out of paper and cardboard converting equipment. Upgrading sheeters and winders is essential to increase the life of old machines and improve their performance.
 
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
Regional U.S. Chip and Pulpwood Price Trends Diverge
Forest2Market reports that as global consumer trends and demands continue to shift at an escalating pace — especially given the events of 2020 — markets for wood fiber residuals have undergone both structural and temporal changes. A comprehensive Forest2Market report on this topic sought to understand the relationship between the supply and demand of wood residual materials over a 10-year period from 2007-2017.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Pulp & Paper
ABB’s Early Delivery of Drives Project for Sun Paper Enables First Modern Pulp and Paper Site in Laos
ABB and international producer Sun Paper have completed the successful activation of a major drives project at the first modern pulp and paper site in Laos as part of an investment towards reaching an output of 1.2 million tons of pulp and paper annually.
 
ANDRITZ Starts-up Tissue Production Line Delivered to Berli Jucker Cellox in Thailand
ANDRITZ said that it has successfully started up the tissue production line delivered to Berli Jucker Cellox's mill in Prachinburi, Thailand.
 
Valmet to Deliver Key Pulp Technology to Nine Dragons in China
Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons to its pulp mills in China. The deliveries include fiberlines and core components for recovery boilers and lime kilns. The deliveries will be done in phases and the start-ups are scheduled for 2022 and 2023.
 
HWK Produces Function Rolls for Palm's New Paper Machine
At the construction site of the Palm paper mill in Neukochen, the assembly of the world’s fastest and widest corrugated base paper machine is now in its final phase.
 
Kuraray America, Inc.
Containerboard/Packaging
New Openpack Platform for the Corrugated Board Industry
A new online platform, openpack, has recently been launched by German company, Cipa GmbH, to address corrugated board plant operators and all other participants and partners in the industry.
 
Heinz UK Launches Recyclable Paperboard Multipack from WestRock
WestRock (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, has announced it is partnering with Heinz UK to implement WestRock’s Cluster-Wing™ paperboard multipack design to continue to remove single-use plastic packaging from supermarket shelves.
 
Al-Medan To Add Two New BW Papersystems Lines
Martin McTigue, VP of International Customer Service at BW Papersystems, has confirmed that the company has now shipped two new converting lines to Al-Medan Project Factory For Carton, based in Saudi Arabia.
 
Maintenance: The hidden profit generator in Pulp & Paper
Bently Nevada LLC®
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New Products
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group Announces Bredel Heavy-Duty Hose Pumps
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG)  announces Bredel heavy-duty hose pumps to provide high metering accuracy and excellent resistance to the viscous and abrasive chemicals commonly used in the pulp and paper industry.
 
Graphic Packaging Launches Cap-It; an Alternative to Traditional Shrink Film Packaging
Graphic Packaging International is emphasizing its commitment to supporting beverage brands on their plastics reduction journey with its latest recyclable paperboard packaging solution, Cap-It™.
 
Toscotec Launches New YES-CONNECT-VISION AR System for Effective Remote Service
Toscotec upgraded its YES-CONNECT-VISION AR (Augmented Reality) system to provide faster and more effective remote services. After launching the first version in 2018, Toscotec perfected the system based on user feedback and practice in the field. With this improved tool, mill operators wearing an ergonomic helmet fitted with a high definition camera send out high-resolution images and audio in real time, becoming the eyes and the ears of Toscotec’s service team inside the mill.
 
Sustainability
Smurfit Kappa’s Vitop Plant the First to be Certified ISCC PLUS
Although Bag-in-Box is already a very sustainable packaging, by enabling considerable plastic and CO2 reduction, Smurfit Kappa is continuing to focus effort on raw material innovations, especially by incorporating recycled or bio-based resins to our taps and bags, where the food safety regulations allow it. One of the main steps of this initiative has been recently achieved with the ISCC PLUS certification.
 
Mainstream Pine Products to Build New Crude Tall Oil (CTO) Biorefinery in South Carolina
Mainstream Pine Products, LLC, announced plans for an estimated $90 million crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery at the Charleston International Manufacturing Center (CIMC) in Berkeley County. The biorefinery will be a highly advanced recycling facility with capacity to process 110,000 tons of CTO for use in a wide range of industrial applications.
 
Klabin Recognized Globally for its Sustainability
Klabin, Brazil’s largest exporter and producer of paper for packaging solutions, was include for the first time ever in the Sustainability Yearbook 2021 compiled by S&P Global, which is responsible for the ESG assessments of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
 
Omya Inc
People
Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss Named PaperAge's Executive Papermaker of the Year
PaperAge announced that Michael P. Doss, President and Chief Executive Officer of Graphic Packaging Holding Company is the recipient of PaperAge's 34th annual "Executive Papermaker of the Year" award.
 
BillerudKorsnäs' Executive Vice President Commercial Helene Biström to Leave Company During 2021
BillerudKorsnäs announced that Helene Biström, Executive Vice President Commercial, has decided to leave the company at her own request.
 
TAPPI News
TAPPI & PI Presents: Innovating Renewable Materials for the Future
Register today for TAPPI & PI’s first ever co-hosted webinar, “Innovating Renewable Materials for the Future” to be held on Monday, March 22nd 10AM - 11AM (EST).
 
Panel of Expert Instructors to Lead TAPPI’s Tissue 101 Virtual Course
Absorb the important fundamentals in tissue properties and processes.
 
Taking Responsibility for End of Life
Latest Better Together podcast examines “End of Life” factors in flexible packaging, the push for sustainability and its role in the circular economy
 
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TAPPI Industry Career Center: Loxim Americas LLC Seeks a Business Development Manager
Do you have what it takes to manage business development at Loxim Americas LLC? If so, a job application is waiting for you!
 
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