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Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Member
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Tune in to the podcast on the importance of collaboration and the value of diversity within an organization
 
Weekly Spotlight
ABB Awards $58K in Scholarships Nationwide
ABB, the leading NEMA motor manufacturer in North America, awarded scholarships to 16 students for the 2024/2025 academic year. A total of $58,000 was awarded. This initiative supports the educational aspirations of upcoming professionals whose parents are employed by U.S. ABB Motor and Mechanical.
 
Unifor Supports Prioritization of Workers' Pensions in Northern Pulp Agreement
Unifor welcomes news that fully funding the workers' pension plan is part of the agreement reached between the Province of Nova Scotia and Paper Excellence, the parent company of the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
 
UPM to Permanently Reduce Graphic Paper Capacity in Germany by 610,000 Metric Tons
UPM Communication Papers said that it plans to permanently close its Hürth newsprint mill and to shut down one fine paper machine at Nordland Papier (PM 3) in Dörpen — both assets are located in Germany. If realized, the measures would result in annual reductions of 330,000 metric tons of newsprint paper capacity and 280,000 metric tons of uncoated fine paper capacity in UPM's portfolio.
 
Dryer Cylinder Bearing Failures? Beat the Heat with 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.
Learn more: NSKAmericas.com
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From The Experts
Richard Tremblay Discusses 2023 Pulp & Tissue Performance and 2024 Priorities
By The Resolute Blog
As Domtar, Resolute Forest Products and Paper Excellence continue integrating into one company within the Paper Excellence Group, our legacy businesses have restructured into three business units — Paper and Packaging, Pulp and Tissue and Wood Products.
 
Lubrication Engineers
Market Roundup
Paper Articles Imports in Hong Kong Soar to $24 Million in 2023
In 2023, overseas purchases of boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums of paper were finally on the rise to reach 4.2K tons after two years of decline.
 
EPIQ Advanced Dynamics Corp
Pulp & Paper
HEINZEL GROUP Successfully Starts Up Paper Machine Converted by ANDRITZ at Steyrermühl, Austria
International technology group ANDRITZ has completed the conversion of a graphic paper machine at HEINZEL GROUP’s Steyrermühl mill in Austria. After a successful start-up, the machine is now producing kraft papers for packaging which are marketed under HEINZEL GROUP’s well-established Starkraft brand.
 
Norske Skog Plans to Enter the Pulp Market with New Production Line at Saugbrugs
Norske Skog announced the start of a study to form the basis of building a bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line at its Saugbrugs mill in Halden, Norway.
 
Irving Pulp & Paper Announces Generational Upgrade Planned for Saint John Pulp Mill
Irving Pulp & Paper has submitted a preliminary application to undertake a major upgrade to its pulp mill in Saint John, New Brunswick, (Canada) representing a new long-term capital improvement plan and a potential $1.1-billion investment.
 
Papierfabrik Palm Signs Service/Performance Agreements with Valmet for Paper Machines in Germany
Valmet and Papierfabrik Palm have signed a three-year Service Agreement and a one-year Performance Agreement to further improve the performance of Palm's production lines Aalen PM5 and Wörth PM6. The value of the agreements was not disclosed.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
BoxWay Packaging Designs Cardboard Boxes for Plants
Design-led corrugated packaging company the BoxWay Packaging Group has used its in-house design capabilities to design cardboard boxes for UK online garden centre Ashridge Nurseries, which is based in Somerset.
 
Progroup Acquires Sappi Stockstadt Mill for Sustainable Containerboard Production
Progroup announced that it has taken over the Sappi Stockstadt mill site in Germany to create a new circular economy site for sustainable containerboard production.
 
Precision Green Liquor Heating with Hydro-Thermal
Hydro-Thermal Corp®
Read how Hydro-Thermal solved a bleached paper and board mill challenge in North Carolina, USA, that needed to provide consistent green liquor temperature to two causticizing lines in the recovery process. The mill operates two causticizing and lime kiln lines and heats green liquor to each line. Precise temperature control of the green liquor to the slaker is crucial to a smooth operation.
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New Products
Jujo Thermal and HP Indigo Join Forces to Create Recyclable Barrier Paper Pouch
Jujo Thermal and  HP Indigo announce that the recyclable barrier paper, SHIELDPLUS®, has been successfully printed on by HP Indigo 25K Digital Presses and processed into sustainable flexible pouch packaging.
 
Stora Enso's New Folding Boxboard: Performa Nova
Stora Enso is gearing up for a revolution in the packaging industry with the introduction of Performa Nova, a new folding boxboard (FBB).
 
Sustainability
DS Smith Replaces One Billion Pieces of Plastic Ahead of Schedule
In partnership with some of the world's most iconic FMCG brands, DS Smith been leading the plastic replacement fight. Since 2020, the company has replaced over 1 billion everyday plastic items from supermarket shelves, including fruit and vegetable punnets, plastic carriers, and shrink wrap found on soft drink bottles.
 
Life Cycle Assessment Finds 43% Reduced Climate Impact for Mondi’s Hug&Hold
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has commissioned and completed a life cycle assessment (LCA) for its ground-breaking paper-based Hug&Hold solution, to determine its environmental impact compared to that of conventional low-density polyethylene shrink wrap for six 1.5 litre PET beverage bottles.
 
West Fraser Releases 2023 Sustainability Report
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) released its 2023 Sustainability Report.
 
Laser Shaft Alignment Tool
LUDECA, INC.®
Maximize the performance of your rotating equipment with XT770. Align to ANSI tolerances, measure misalignment of horizontal and vertical machines including soft foot, track thermal growth and pipe strain, and document the results.
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People
Tolko Announces Leadership Transition
After 14 years as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tolko, and over 40 years with the company founded by his grandfather Harold, Brad Thorlakson has transitioned to the role of executive chair of the board. Further to Brad’s transition, Pino Pucci has assumed the role of president and CEO.
 
Mosaic Forest Management Welcomes Duncan Davies as New CEO
Mosaic Forest Management announced a leadership change, with Rob Gough stepping down as President and CEO for personal health reasons. Industry veteran Duncan Davies will assume the role, effective immediately.
 
Dow Silicones Corporation
TAPPI Career Wire
Engineering Manager
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Little Rock, Arkansas
 
Freelance Writer Needed for Technical Magazine on Plastics Engineering
Society of Plastics Engineers
Nationwide
 
Transportation Design Engineer
The City of Bellevue
Bellevue, Washington
 
Project Controls Engineers (Construction)
Administrative Controls Management, Inc.
Metro-Detroit, Michigan
 
MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY (ENERGY RESILIENCY)
LA METRO
los angeles, California
 
TAPPI News
 
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Eight Reasons to Attend TAPPI's 2024 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials
Attendees gain insight into the latest technologies and innovations
 
Five Days Left to Register: TAPPI’s Introduction to Wet End Chemistry Course is Next Week
Learn effective wet end chemistry practices at this one-of-a-kind course next week. Grab one of the last seats available!
 
Join TAPPI’s Popular Three-Day Extrusion Coating Course
Register now and discover cutting-edge knowledge and practical extrusion coating skills!
 
Corrugators: Get Ready to Unleash Your Inner Rock Star
Head to the SuperCorrExpo House of Blues Rock Star Experience to rock out and mingle with the legends of the corrugated world.
 
Fore! Calling All Golfers
Registration Open for Chicago TAPPI’s 24th Annual Golf Outing & Dinner