Weekly Spotlight
Two Sides Welcomes European Manufacturers Paper Honeycomb Association as New Member

Over the Wire

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Thursday, January 11, 2024 - Member
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Two Sides announced its newest member, the European Manufacturers Paper Honeycomb Association (EMPHA), the pan-European association for manufacturers of paper honeycomb core and paper honeycomb board products.
 
PIF Completes Investment in the Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO)
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced the completion of a deal to invest in the Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO), a leading manufacturer specialized in producing and recycling paper-based products in the Middle East and North Africa. PIF has acquired a 23.08% stake in MEPCO by way of a capital increase and subscription to new shares.
 
Sofidel Acquires a New Production Plant in the United States
Sofidel, the world’s leading manufacturer of paper for hygienic and domestic use, is once again accelerating its growth path in the United States.
 
Quinnesec Re-Certified as MVPP Star Facility
The Quinnesec mill has been re-certified as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration Star facility under the Michigan Voluntary Protection Program (MVPP), a status that has been held by the mill since 2001.
 
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From The Experts
Recycling Markets Trend Up, Down and Sideways: A Year in Review and What's in Store for 2024
By Chaz Miller, Waste 360
Markets have been quite quirky this year as I noted in my last column. Paper prices continue to go up in most parts of the country. Even though plastic prices are showing some signs of life, the four curbside plastics, PET, both HDPEs and polypropylene, remain in the doldrums. Recycling prices normally weaken in winter s demand slows down.
 
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Market Roundup
Ox Industries to Increase Price for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard and Tube and Core and Protective Packaging
Ox Industries announced a price increase of $50 per ton for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) and a minimum price increase of 6% on all tube and core and protective packaging products.
 
Greif to Increase Price for Uncoated Recycled Paperboard, Tube and Core and Protective Packaging Products
Greif, Inc. announced it is implementing a $40 to $70 per short ton increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) and a minimum 6.0 percent increase on all tube and core and protective packaging products.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
BTG Group to Acquire FITNIR Analyzers, Expanding its Product Portfolio
BTG Group shared in a recent press statement that it is set to acquire FITNIR Analyzers.
 
Sofidel Acquires ST Paper's Tissue Mill in Duluth, Minnesota
Sofidel announced the acquisition of ST Paper's tissue mill in Duluth, Minnesota.
 
AV Terrace Bay Pulp Mill in Ontario, Canada, Temporarily Idled
AV Terrace Bay announced the temporary idling of its pulp operations in Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada, with immediate effect.
 
Fiber Excellence to Lease Chapelle-Darblay Paper Mill
The ecological transformation project of the Grand-Couronne paper manufacturing site in France, formerly Chapelle-Darblay, has reached a new stage in its implementation with the takeover of the operational management of the site by Fiber Excellence.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Green Bay Packaging Celebrates Company's 90th Anniversary
Green Bay Packaging's paper mill on Quincy Street in Green Bay. It's the first new mill built in Wisconsin in decades.
 
Hood Container Acquires Sumter Packaging in South Carolina
Hood Container Corporation announced that it has acquired the corrugated packaging business of Sumter Packaging Corporation based in Sumter, South Carolina. This includes all of Sumter's design, manufacturing, assembly and fulfillment operations in Sumter, SC, as well as the business manufactured and serviced from the Statesville, North Carolina facility.
 
Green Bay Packaging Pledges Additional $100,000 to International Corrugated Packaging Foundation
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) announced that Green Bay Packaging, longtime supporter, has pledged an additional $100,000 to support the foundation's programs and services.
 
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New Products
PulPac Reveals Phone Tray Insert and Broadens its Lineup of Standardized Dry Molded Fiber Products
PulPac, a leader in dry molding technology, announces the latest addition to its “Highway Products”: the Dry Molded Fiber Phone Tray Insert. It is now offered to producers and represents another stride towards PulPac’s commitment to providing cost-effective, environmentally responsibly produced packaging alternatives.
 
Sustainability
Pulp Mill Waste Could Find New Use as Fertilizer
Pulp mill waste heading for a landfill could have a second life as an organic fertilizer.
 
Kemira and IFF Partnership Expands to Production of Renewable Materials
Kemira and IFF announced the next step towards the commercialization of the Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial (“DEB”) platform, a cutting-edge biotechnology process that enables production of new renewable polymers with enzymatic polymerization.
 
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People
Metsä Group Appoints Pekka Kittilä as VP, Mill Manager at Kemi; Tomi Seppä as Project Director
Metsä Group announced that Pekka Kittilä has been appointed VP, Mill Manager of Metsä Fibre's new Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland, effective 1 February 2024. Kittilä previously served as Technical Director of the bioproduct mill project.
 
Graphic Packaging Names Mark Connelly as New SVP, Investor Strategy and Development
Graphic Packaging Holding Company has named Mark Connelly as Senior Vice President, Investor Strategy and Development. This new role augments Graphic Packaging's outreach capability with an aim to expand and diversify the company's investor network globally.
 
Paperboard Packaging Council Names Emily Leonczyk Executive Director and Vice President
The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has promoted Emily Leonczyk to Executive Director and Vice President. A servant leader with a strong business and nonprofit association management career — including five years in the paperboard industry — Leonczyk will oversee PPC's operations while facilitating stakeholder collaboration and driving strategic initiatives.
 
TAPPI Career Wire
Civil Engineer
City of Castle Pines, Colorado
Castle Pines, Colorado
Visit https://careers.tappi.org/jobs/19610454/civil-engineer to view the full article online.
 
Substation Design Engineer
Knoxville Utilities Board
Knoxville, Tennessee
 
Aquatics Project Manager
Lamp Rynearson
Kansas City, Missouri
 
Commercial Director, Americas
The Baker Company
Sanford, Maine
 
Bridge Engineer Indianapolis, IN
V3 Companies
Indianapolis, Indiana
 
TAPPI News
 
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Slate Announced for Election of 2024 TAPPI Board of Directors
TAPPI’s 2023 Nominating Committee presents the 2024 slate of candidates for Directors on the TAPPI Board.
 
Attend a Free OSHA Updates Webinar on Wednesday, January 16
Hear from Ogletree Deakins Attorney Eric Hobbs on planned OSHA implementations in 2024
 
Enhance Your Expertise: Join TAPPI’s Blown & Cast Film Extrusion Course Today
Early bird registration ends in January
 
Flexible Packaging Professionals: Is Professional Development a Goal for 2024?
Check out these relevant topics and the opportunity to apply for $8,000 in scholarships
 
Make Your Mark - TAPPI Nano 2024 Call for Presentations Deadline Extended
Submit your abstracts by Tuesday 16, January 2024!