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Türkiye’s Largest Wood Panel Producer Starts Up Third ANDRITZ MDF Production Line

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Thursday, June 1, 2023 - Member
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Kastamonu Entegre Ağaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (KEAS) started up its new fiber preparation line for MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) production at its mill in Balikesir, Türkiye. KEAS is the largest wood panel producer in Türkiye and now successfully operates three production lines supplied by ANDRITZ.
 
Voith Strengthens Best-In-Class Mechanical Roll Service with Sophisticated Sensor Technology and Digital Upgrades
With a worldwide network of 22 Mechanical Roll Service Centers, unrivalled domain expertise and sophisticated digital solutions, Voith is uniquely positioned as a full-line supplier to provide best-in-class customized roll maintenance to papermakers around the globe.
 
Mactac Acquires Canadian Roll Label Distributor, Label Supply
Mactac is acquiring Label Supply, headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Label Supply has been servicing the Canadian roll label market for more than three decades.
 
Domtar Celebrates Engineered Absorbent Materials Expansion in Jesup, Georgia
Domtar's Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) facility in Jesup, Georgia, recently celebrated the completion of a $90 million project that added a large-scale airlaid production line to the facility as well as 75 new jobs. The EAM expansion makes Domtar a leading nonwovens provider.
 
Beat the Heat: TL-Series Bearings from NSK.
NSK Americas®
Under the high temperatures and thermal stresses of dryer rolls in paper making machines, conventional bearings can experience cracking damage and fail prematurely. NSK’s Tough and Long Life (TL) Spherical Roller Bearings dramatically increase MTBF and significantly reduce maintenance costs and machine downtime.
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From The Experts
It's Not the Same Day Every Day
By Sören Back
In my last blog contribution I described the series of large investments that forest industry companies are doing in Sweden and Finland. This time I highlight some examples of closures of large mills and that it can be the beginning of a new era for the industrial site where printing paper of various kinds was previously produced.
 
Lubrizol, Inc.
Market Roundup
Brazil's Production and Export of Pulp Increased in Q1 2023, China Remains Top Destination
According to the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá), Brazil's pulp production for the first quarter of 2023 increased by 2.6%, while the volume of exports grew by 12.9% compared to the same period in 2022. Paper production hit 2.7 million tons in the first quarter.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
Södra Explores Combining Agricultural Residue with Wood for New Grade of Pulp
Södra is exploring the possibilities for a new pulp that will combine wood from Södra's sustainably managed forests in southern Sweden with agricultural residue from sources close to its pulp mills.
 
Silbo Upgrades All Its Pallet Wrapping to Paper With Mondi
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has collaborated with Silbo to upgrade its pallet wrapping from plastic stretch film to Mondi’s kraft paper Advantage StretchWrap. Silbo has installed the first EW Technology PaperWrap machine at its plant in Zory, Poland and provides more sustainable flexible packaging for its broad range of customers, including those supplying fruits and vegetables.
 
Kadant and Indevco Collaborate to Produce Enhanced Paper
Kadant Lamort SAS, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., and Unikpakhellas S.A., an affiliate of Invdeco Group, are implementing a new stock preparation system that yields high-quality paper from a wide range of materials while reducing fiber loss and freshwater consumption.
 
ANDRITZ Receives Follow-Up Order to Supply Woodyard Equipment for Liansheng’s Zhangzhou Pulp Mill in China
ANDRITZ has received an order from Liansheng Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. to supply two debarking and chipping lines for the new pulp mill being built in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China. The company had already entrusted ANDRITZ with major supplies for the pulp mill last year.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Russian Packaging Sector Faced with the Deepest Crisis in its Modern History
The Russian packaging sector is facing the deepest crisis in its modern history, as the ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia and unprecedented sanctions, imposed on the country have resulted in the massive exodus of global packaging producers from the local market and posed a threat of the shortage of packaging in the country.
 
E-commerce Packaging Offers Theft Protection for Valuable Lightweights Through Tamper Protection
Clothing and underwear are among the booming groups of goods in e-commerce. The corresponding shipping packaging must take various factors into account and therefore place high demands on its design.
 
Colorado’s Fastest Corrugated Box Maker
Colorado Springs based Packaging Express is a leading custom corrugated box manufacturer with an employee-centric approach to providing their customers a world class experience. And with the add of a state-of-the-art EMBA 175 QS ULTIMA™ box making machine to their line-up, they’re doing it faster than anyone in the state can at a lower cost, higher quality, using less energy and preserving jobs.
 
Optimize Your Starch Cooking Capabilities
Hydro-Thermal Corp®
Starch cooking is a vital component in successful paper production. Hydro-Thermal’s original Jetcooker™ ensures that producers have a reliable supply of consistently cooked starch for improving wet end sheet strength, size press surface properties, and overall coating quality.  Learn more about how Hydro-Thermal is the right pick in Starch Makedown, Starch Cooking, and Cooked Starch Handling.
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New Products
Trinseo and RWDC Industries Announce PHA Dispersion Partnership
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE) and RWDC Industries LLC announced a partnership to further the development of sustainably advantaged paper and board packaging solutions by bringing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) dispersion technology to target markets.
 
Kite Packaging Launches M Spec Mailers
The leading online UK packaging supplier has launched an expandable m spec mailer ideal for shipping various small goods. The corrugated mailer can be used as a flat letterbox-friendly envelope or it can be converted into a small parcel box depending on the goods packaged inside.
 
Holz-Bauer and Mondi Introduce PelletBag: Replacing Plastic with Paper
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has created new paper bags for Holz-Bauer’s wooden pellets replacing unnecessary plastic.
 
Augury Inc
Sustainability
Stora Enso Details Path to Food System Sustainability Supported by Better Packaging in New Research
New research from the renewable materials company Stora Enso sheds light on the importance of packaging in achieving greater food systems sustainability.
 
New Facility Opens at ND Paper Going 100% Recyclable
A Biron paper mill that's been standing for nearly 100 years is looking towards the future with a new facility. 
 
Keit Spectrometers
Prevent Costly Wear in Rotary Kilns & Dryers
Lubrication Engineers®
High-quality, easy-to-apply melting lube bars placed between rotary kiln and dryer components will extend filler bar, shell and refractory life; reduce friction, wear, scoring and weld fractures; and fill microscopic imperfections. LE’s Easy Bar with Almasol has an auto-ignition point of 538°C (1,000°F) – the highest of any lubricant bar in the market – ensuring worker safety with no flame-ups.
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People
AF&PA Promotes Julie Landry as Vice President of Government Affairs
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced Julie Landry as Vice President of Government Affairs.
 
Sylvamo Names Tatiana Kalman as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Latin America
Sylvamo is announcing a senior leadership change for its Latin America division.
 
Geo Martin: D’Angelo Retires, Smith Promoted
After a career in the corrugated industry spanning nearly four decades, Dan D’Angleo, Vice President of Sales at the Geo. M. Martin Company will retire effective May 26, 2023. Jason R. Smith, National Sales Manager is promoted to VP of Sales assuming D’Angleo’s position and responsibilities.
 
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Final Days to Register for 2023 TAPPI Nano Conference
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PPSA’s Annual Conference is Right Around the Corner
Did you forget to register? There’s still time.
 
Register Today and Tune in to Spray Transfer Efficiency Webinar!
Only one week left to register for the Spray Transfer Efficiency webinar being held Thursday, June 8th 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET).
 
Paper360 Better Together Podcast Series
Live from TAPPICon 2023: Episode 1.
 
Don’t Miss Out! Join us for the Interactive Fiber Recycling Course
Register today for the Fiber Recycling Course, held Tuesday, August 15 – Thursday, August 17 at Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, MI.
 
 
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