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Thursday, August 26, 2021 - Members
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By Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA

With the new academic year just started in the United States, what type of face masks are needed?
 
Weekly Spotlight
ABB/Voith Alliance Helps SCA to Drive Bold Investment Program Forward
ABB has been contracted by machine supplier Voith to deliver drives and electrification to support the build of SCA’s new kraftliner machine PM2 at its Obbola mill in Umeå, Sweden.
 
Valmet to Upgrade a Recovery Boiler for Lee & Man Pulp Manufacturing Limited’s Chongqing mill in China
Valmet will offer recovery boiler upgrade service to Lee & Man Pulp Manufacturing Limited’s Chongqing mill in China. The project is scheduled to be finished in the second quarter of 2022.
 
CTI Paper USA in New, Exclusive Partnership with Italy's Gruppo Cordenons
CTI Paper USA announced a new partnership agreement with Milan-based Gruppo Cordenons to supply and serve merchants, converters and brand managers in the U.S. and Canada. The partnership takes effect September 1.
 
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
Total U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Increased Five Percent in July 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released its July 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments increased five percent in July compared to July 2020.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Pulp & Paper
Valmet to Deliver Dey Pulp Technology to Nine Dragons’ New Beihai Mill in China
Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons for their pulp, paper and board greenfield project in Beihai city, Guangxi autonomous region, in China. The order consists of two complete fiberlines, two bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) lines, a recovery boiler and DeNOx scrubbers. The deliveries will be done in phases and the start-ups are scheduled for 2023.
 
Russia’s Oldest PPM Pitkyaranta Pulp Mill to be Subject of Modernization This Year
 Pitkyaranta pulp mill, one of Russia’s largest pulp and paper mills, based in Karelia will significantly increase its output this year, due to the conducted modernization.
 
Toscotec to Supply a Turnkey Tissue Line to Vajda Papír in Hungary.
Toscotec will supply an AHEAD 2.2L tissue line on a turnkey basis to Vajda Papír at its Dunaföldvár mill, near Budapest, Hungary. The start-up is planned for the first half of 2022.
 
Kuraray America, Inc.
Containerboard/Packaging
Total U.S. Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Shipments Decreased One Percent in July 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released its July 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in July decreased one percent compared to July 2020.
 
Thimm Invests Euro 1.6 Million in its Alzey Corrugated Cardboard Plant in Germany
Thimm has further developed its corrugated cardboard plant in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a comprehensive expansion of the corrugator and the installation of a new conveyor system. This investment in Alzey means that F-flute can now be produced for the first time at a German Thimm site.
 
Sweden's Fiskeby Board to Acquire Baden Board in Germany
Fiskeby Board has agreed to acquire Baden Board GmbH, based in Gernsbach, Germany. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
 
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Legislative
Oregon Governor Signs Packaging EPR Bill
Oregon will overhaul components of its recycling system and will make packaging producers partially responsible for funding recycling of their products. It’s the second U.S. state to approve such a law.
 
New Products
Quality Control on Demand: emtec Electronic presents Tissue Softness Analyzer at TAPPICon 2021
Global consumption of tissue paper products is expected to grow at roughly 6.5 percent each year in the next five years to reach 52 million tons, according to market research provider RISI. Global production should reach levels of 44 million tons in this year alone — an increase of ten million tons compared to ten years ago.
 
Neenah Introduces RECYCOTAPE; 100% Recyclable Packaging Tape Backing
Neenah, Inc. has added the first of its kind, environmentally forward RECYCOTAPE™ tape backing to its sustainable product offering. Consumers can now recycle shipping or packaging boxes sealed with RECYCOTAPE, as this unique packaging tape backing will break down along with the box during the recycling process.
 
Stora Enso Brands Its Recyclable Cellulose Packaging Foam as Papira
Stora Enso has announced the brand name for the company's paper fiber-based and fully paper-recyclable cellulose foam for protective and cushioning material in packaging — Papira by Stora Enso.
 
Michelman Inc.
Sustainability
The Global Market for Bio-based Chemicals, Polymers and Materials 2021
Building new value chains through the utilisation of biobased and biomass components for the development of innovative products will accelerate the transition from traditional production technologies to the concept of biorefineries. Developing bio-based chemicals, polymers and products in a sustainable manner allows for substantial new business opportunities.
 
Case Paper Chicago Completes Massive Solar Panel Installation
Case Paper announced the completion of a massive solar panel installation on the roof of their converting and warehouse facility in Chicago, Illinois.
 
Promoting Sustainable Paper with City Forest Initiative in China
China is currently the largest paper and paperboard consumer in the world. A wide collaboration is needed to promote the use of sustainable tissue and copy papers in the Chinese offices.
 
Maintenance: The hidden profit generator in Pulp & Paper
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People
Norske Skog Appoints Per Ivar Berg as New Managing Director at Norske Skog Saugbrugs
Norske Skog announced that Per Ivar Berg (58) has been appointed the new Managing Director at Norske Skog Saugbrugs AS, effective February 1, 2022. He will replace Kjell-Arve Kure, who will leave the company on September 1, 2021. Patrik Axelsson will act as Managing Director of Norske Skog Saugbrugs until Berg takes over.
 
Kadant UK Appoints Karl Wilkinson as Managing Director
Kadant U.K. Limited, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., appoints Karl Wilkinson as Managing Director.
 
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders
Facing a crisis as experienced employees retire? Learn how to prepare your next generation of leaders at TAPPICon LIVE! 2021.
 
Specialty Papers Europe Industry Update
Paper industry to reap long-term benefits from Covid e-commerce shift.
 
Are Tissue Operations Making You Feel a Little Unraveled?
Attend TAPPI’sTissue 201: Operations and Runnability training for methods to improve the way things work and tissue roll performance.
 
One month to go until the start of TAPPI’s Paper Machine Operations Course
Register now for your seat. Discover what your paper machine is capable of doing!
 
TAPPI Industry Career Center: Kadant Black Clawson LLC Seeks a Regional Sales Manager (Northeastern US)
Kadant Black Clawson LLC is looking for applications to fill the position of Regional Sales Manager (RSM) for the Northeastern United States. Are you interested? If so, apply today.
 
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