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OptiCept Enters Agreement with a Forestry Company in Brazil

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Thursday, October 12, 2023 - Member
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OptiCept Technologies has entered an agreement with a world-leading forestry company in Brazil. Cuttings will now be boosted with nutrients using a unique vacuum impregnation technology called OptiBoost. The focus is on treating high-yielding cutting clones and maximizing their use in production.
 
Toscotec to Supply a Complete Hood System Rebuild to Lucart
Lucart has selected Toscotec for the complete rebuild of PM14’s Yankee hoods and air system at their Aranguren tissue mill in Spain. The project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.
 
DS Smith Launches Its Global R&D and Innovation Centre, R8, in the UK
DS Smith announced the launch of its global Research & Development and Innovation Centre, "R8."
 
Andritz Plant to Prepare Date Palm Waste for Fiberboard Production
Andritz will supply a complete fiber preparation line for a greenfield plant in the Toshka area in the south of Egypt. The pioneering and eco-friendly plant will produce high-density and medium-density fiberboard (HDF/MDF) from date palm fronds, a material normally considered farm waste.
 
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From The Experts
Does the Smurfit WestRock Merger Signify a Trend for Global Packaging Markets?
On September 12, WestRock and Smurfit Kappa announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement. This followed the news that a merger to combine the second-largest containerboard producer in North America with the largest containerboard producer in Europe was under discussion earlier in September.
 
Market Roundup
Wood Market Dynamics and the Impact on Pulp and Paper: Current Trends
The decrease in pulp prices we’ve recently seen may not be a temporary occurrence. We anticipate an excess of market pulp capacity in the near future.
 
Pinnacle Packaging Cuts Price for Corrugated Boxes
Pinnacle Packaging announced that it would be dropping the prices on its corrugated boxes to address the challenging economic climate.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
RYAM to Temporarily Idle Production at its Paperboard and High-Yield Pulp Operations in Quebec
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE: RYAM) is announcing that in order to optimize inventory levels and address lower-than-anticipated demand, its Témiscaming Paperboard operation and one of its High-Yield Pulp lines will be idled for 3 weeks, beginning on October 7.
 
Fourstones Prepares for Q2 2024 Launch of New Paper Machine
Fourstones Paper Mill announces the installation of a new paper machine at their Sapphire Paper Mill site in Leslie, Scotland.
 
AB Grigeo Expands into Poland: Purchases a Tissue Paper Factory
AB Grigeo, one of the largest paper and wood industry company groups in the Baltic States, has signed a preliminary agreement for the purchase of shares regarding the acquisition of one of the factories of Głuchołaskie Zakłady Papiernicze sp. z o.o (GZP), a tissue paper and cardboard manufacturer in Poland.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Graphic Packaging to Permanently Decommission K3 CRB Machine at Kalamazoo Mill
Graphic Packaging announced it will permanently decommission the K3 coated recycled paperboard (CRB) machine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The K3 machine is one of three CRB machines at the Kalamazoo facility and is the company's longest-running machine.
 
Complete Design and Packaging Invests in Kolbus Autobox
The Concord, NC, based converter, Complete Design and Packaging, has installed the Kolbus MultiNova compact multi-point gluer to aid their business in providing an array of custom corrugated packaging and displays.
 
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New Products
Solvay Launches New PVDC Coating Solution for More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Blister Films
Solvay, a global market leader in specialty materials, has introduced Diofan® Ultra736, a new polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) coating solution with ultra-high water vapor barrier that allows carbon footprint reduction for pharmaceutical blister films.
 
Engraving Solutions Innovates the Embossing Market with Two Brand New Solutions
Engraving Solutions, part of the Körber Business Area Tissue, sets a new standard in the field of embossing technology with Warm-Up Ready and FLER, two exclusive solutions based on an electromagnetic induction heating system and an innovative texture concept, respectively.
 
A New Product Cutting CO2 Emissions up to 80% – Mester Grønn Hopes PureFiber™ Horti Tray Will Make a Difference
Mester Grønn has together with Stora Enso developed a plastic-free transportation tray for plants.
 
Augury Inc
Sustainability
Mondi Makes Mulching More Sustainable with Cotesi, Replacing Unnecessary Plastic with Paper
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is helping farmers grow their crops, having partnered with Cotesi, a producer of twine, nets and ropes made from synthetic and natural raw materials for the agricultural sector, to replace conventional plastic mulch film with a paper solution, Advantage Kraft Mulch.
 
Life Cycle Assessment Reinforces Corrugated Packaging Industry's Sustainability Leadership
The corrugated packaging industry has achieved substantial reductions in the environmental impacts of a corrugated cardboard box according to a new life cycle assessment (LCA) released [Oct. 3].
 
Cepi Says Pulp and Paper Manufacturers are Innovating Their Way Out of CO2 Emissions
The pulp and paper sector has already decoupled growth and CO2 emissions for several decades, but it remains energy-intensive. To go even further in its commitment to climate change mitigation it bets on breakthroughs in an array of technologies, which could reduce the sector's energy needs by as much as 80%, and on a formidable potential to install renewable energy directly on-site.
 
Sappi’s Galerie Paper Range Cuts Direct Fossil Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 90%
Sappi Europe’s Kirkniemi Mill in Lohja, Finland, has successfully made the switch from using fossil fuels to renewable energy to fuel the production of the Galerie paper range.
 
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ABB Inc.
People
Sofidel CEO Named 2023 Game Changer by Store Brands
Luigi Lazzareschi, the CEO of Sofidel, a leading global provider of paper for hygienic and domestic use, has been recognized as a 2023 Store Brands Game Changer.
 
Change in the Composition of Ahlstrom’s Board of Directors
Kristina Schauman has been appointed as a member of Ahlstrom’s Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee.
 
In Memoriam: Joe Harris of Harris Packaging and American Carton Company
It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of a remarkable individual, Mr. Joe Harris, the beloved founder and visionary leader of Harris Packaging and American Carton Company.
 
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2023 PEERS/IBBC Programs Offer Mills Insight on Improving Bottom-Line Performance
Industry leaders share their experience and expertise.
 
Subject Matter Experts Invited to Present at TAPPICon 2024
Abstracts are requested by November 10, 2023
 
Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Discussed at Fall Meeting
Industry professionals to gather in Neenah, Wisconsin on November 14-15, 2023
 
Learn a Methodology for Using Software Tools and Industry 4.0 Practices
Register today for the Using Industry 4.0 Tools to Maintain Maximum Sheet Consistency Out of the Press Section webinar, Friday, October 27 from 12 PM – 1 PM (ET).
 
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