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ANDRITZ to Relocate and Upgrade Fiberline for Yueyang Forest & Paper, China

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TAPPI

Thursday, October 26, 2023 - Member
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International technology group ANDRITZ will relocate and upgrade a fiberline for Yueyang Forest & Paper to produce premium quality fibers for its new paper machine.
 
One Equity Partners Agrees to Sell Walki to Japan's Oji Group
One Equity Partners ("OEP") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Walki Holding Oy ("Walki" or the "Company"), a pan-European supplier of sustainable and high-performing packaging and engineered materials solutions, to Oji Holdings Corporation ("Oji Group"), a Japanese paper products technology company.
 
Paper Excellence Extends Paper Production Downtime at Its Crofton Mill in BC
Paper Excellence announced that it is again extending the production downtime of paper operations at its pulp and paper mill located on Vancouver Island in Crofton, British Columbia, Canada, to the end of November.
 
A.Celli Paper’s "SMARNIP® T Tissue Shoe Press" Open House a Resounding Success
A.Celli Paper is delighted to announce the positive conclusion of its “SMARNIP® T Tissue Shoe Press” Open House event, held from October 11 to 13, 2023. The event garnered widespread attention and was attended by over one hundred guests from some of the world’s most prominent tissue and paper manufacturers.
 
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From The Experts
Burning Questions Surround Biomass-Based Removals
By Angeli Mehta, Reuters
As part of developing a biomass strategy, the UK government asked a group of experts to look at whether using forest biomass for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could deliver net permanent removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
 
Market Roundup
AF&PA Releases September 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly Report
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the September 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
Toscotec Starts Up a Complete Press Section Rebuild at Cartiera Pirinoli in Italy
Toscotec started up a packaging paper machine at Cartiera Pirinoli after the complete rebuild of the press section at their Roccavione facility in Italy.
 
UPM to Close Plattling Paper Mill in Germany by Late-November
UPM Communication Papers announced plans to permanently close its Plattling mill in Germany to align graphic paper capacity to the customer demand.
 
Zain Paper Industry to Implement a New Complete Tissue Production Park Supplied by Overmade
Overmade has been committed by Zain Paper Industry, an important player in the Middle East, to realize the new tissue production park in Doha, Qatar. The first phase of the project encompassed the installation of two complete tissue plants for the production of high-quality facial tissue.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Voith Receives Major Order for Rebuild to State-of-the-Art Packaging Paper Mill
A global packaging and paper manufacturer has commissioned Voith to rebuild its production line into a state-of-the-art production facility for recycled packaging papers. Commissioning of the rebuilt production line is scheduled for 2025.
 
Metsä Group Exploring Construction of Mill to Produce Muoto Packaging in Rauma
Metsä Group is conducting a pre-study related to the construction of a first commercial mill for producing Muoto™ packaging products on its Rauma mill site in Finland. The goal is to determine the mill's technical feasibility and economic profitability.
 
International Paper to Close Containerboard Mill in Texas; Reduce Fluff and Softwood Pulp Capacity
International Paper announced a series of actions to further strengthen and optimize its manufacturing system to meet customers' needs. The company will permanently close its containerboard mill in Orange, Texas, and will permanently cease production on two of its pulp machines --- the #20 machine in Riegelwood, North Carolina, and the #4 machine in Pensacola, Florida.
 
VPK Group Buys Majority Stake in Corrugated Packaging Company Zetacarton in Italy
VPK Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Zetacarton, an Italian corrugated cardboard company based near Como. With this new step, VPK Group is setting foot in Italy for the first time.
 
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New Products
Ahlstrom Promotes Plastic-Free Packaging by Offering Paper Tape Solutions
Ahlstrom is extending its product range of pressure-sensitive adhesive packaging tape applications. MasterTape® Pack supplements the fiber-based product offering supporting megatrends like e-commerce and the global need for more sustainable packaging solutions.
 
ISRI Launches New Fiber Recycling Readiness Tool
ISRI, the Voice of the Recycled Materials Industry™, has launched a new tool to help recycle more packaging in the United States. The new Fiber Recycling Readiness Tool is a research-based online resource developed by ISRI that assesses the compatibility of typical consumer fiber-based packaging we use every day with the U.S. residential recycling system.
 
Augury Inc
Sustainability
ANDRITZ to Supply Environmentally Leading Chemical Recovery Technologies to The Navigator Company in Setúbal, Portugal
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from the pulp and paper producer The Navigator Company to supply a new recovery boiler, new ash leaching system and an upgrade of the non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system for its pulp mill in Setúbal, Portugal.
 
Essity Reuses More Than Half of France's Recycled Food and Beverage Packaging
The hygiene and health company Essity has inaugurated the world's first production line for professional hygiene tissue products where the raw material consists of used food and milk packaging. The facility recycles 25,000 tons per year, equivalent to 60% of all collected, sorted and recycled food and beverage cartons in France.
 
4evergreen Announces its first Circularity Success Stories Initiative
The 4evergreen Alliance unveiled five selected projects from its first "Circularity Success Stories" initiative, which showcases members' remarkable efforts to increase the recycling rate of fibre-based packaging to 90% by 2030.
 
Keit Spectrometers
ABB Inc.
People
Resolute's Claudia Roberge Recognized at the Globee Awards for Women in Business
Resolute's Claudia Roberge, superintendent, Health and Safety - Lac-Saint-Jean and Mauricie (Quebec) woodlands operations, has been recognized at the 2023 Globee® Awards for Women in Business.
 
Jan Gurander Proposed as New Chairman of Essity
The Nomination Committee of Essity Aktiebolag (publ) proposes that Jan Gurander be appointed Chairman and member of Essity's Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting in March 2024.
 
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Become an Industry Influencer: Present at TAPPI Nano 2024 | 10 — 14 June 2024
TAPPI Nano 2024 Call for Presentations is now open! Submit your abstracts by Monday, 08 January 2024
 
Lime Kiln and Recaust Professionals: Get Your Burning Questions Answered at KILNCON 2023
Registration is open for the popular technical and networking event taking place December 14-15 in Williamsburg, VA.
 
In Memoriam: TAPPI Member and Fellow, Dr. Torbjorn Helle
TAPPI honors the legacy of Dr. Torbjorn Helle
 
Diverse Program Helps Professionals Stay Ahead of the Curve
Co-located conferences create a unique synergy of expertise and innovation. Register for PEERS and IBBC 2023 today.
 
Build Your Financial Fluency to Connect with Industry Decision-Makers
Don’t miss your final opportunity of 2023 to register for the Basic Financial Training & Strategic Market Analysis Workshop for the Pulp & Paper and Related Industries.
 
Roll-to-Roll Processing of Nanocellulose into Barrier Coatings Webinar Happening on November 14
Learn strategies for processing nanocellulose suspensions as a barrier coating on paper-based substrates.