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Economic growth in the U.S. will continue in 2011, according to the nation's purchasing and supply management executives in their Semiannual Economic Forecast this month. The projections are part of a forecast issued by the Business Survey Committee of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Tempe, Ariz., USA. Expectations are for a continuation of the economic recovery that began in mid-2009. The manufacturing sector continues to outpace the non-manufacturing sector.
The manufacturing sector, overall, is positive about prospects in 2011 with revenues expected to increase in 16 of 18 industries, including pulp and paper, while the non-manufacturing sector appears slightly less positive about the year ahead, with 12 of 18 industries expecting higher revenues. Business investment, a major driver in the U.S. economy, will increase substantially in the manufacturing sector, while investment in the non-manufacturing sector will increase at a lower level. In the manufacturing sector, 6% of survey respondents expect revenues to be greater next year than this year. The panel of purchasing and supply executives expects a 5.6% net increase in overall revenues for 2011, compared with a 7.9% increase reported for this year. In the manufacturing sector, respondents report operating at 80.2 % of normal capacity, up from 72.8% reported in April 2010. Purchasing and supply executives predict that capital expenditures will increase by 14.5% in 2011, compared with a 5.9% increase in 2010. Survey respondents also forecast that they will reduce inventories in an effort to improve their purchased inventory-to-sales ratio in 2011. Manufacturers have an expectation that employment in the sector will increase by 1.8%, while labor and benefits costs are expected to increase an average of 1.9% in 2011. Manufacturing purchasers are predicting strength in exports and imports in 2011. They also expect the U.S. dollar to weaken on average against the currencies of major trading partners. The panel also predicts the prices they pay will increase 2.7% during the first four months of 2011, and will increase an additional 1.3% during the balance of the year, with an overall increase of 4% for 2011. Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives report their companies are currently operating at 80.2% of normal capacity. This is a significant increase when compared with April 2010 (72.8%) and December 2009 (70.1%). Paper products are among 11 industries operating above the average rate of 80.2%, Surprisingly, the paper industry was also among those reporting an overall increase in production capacity in 2010. Some 14.5% of respondents, not including pulp and paper, expect to increase capital expenditures next year, and 50% of those indicate an average increase of 35%. More detailed information on this extensive survey is available online. ##SHARELINKS##
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed for an extension in the current court-ordered schedule for issuing its Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule for large and small industrial boilers and solid waste incinerators. EPA noted that additional time is needed for it to re-propose the rules based on a full assessment of information received since the rules were proposed. The EPA request would extend the deadline for issuing the final rules from January 16, 2011, to April 2012. "After receiving additional data through the extensive public comment period, EPA is requesting more time to develop these important rules," said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. "We want to ensure these rules are practical to implement and protect all Americans from dangerous pollutants such as mercury and soot, which affect kids' development, aggravate asthma and cause heart attacks," she added. To meet a court order requiring EPA to issue final rules in January 2011, the agency proposed standards this past April. The agency said that while it requested and received some information from industry before the proposal, the comments it received following the proposal shed new light on a number of key areas, including the scope and coverage of the rules and the way to categorize the various boiler-types. Industry groups and others offered this information during the public comment period after EPA proposed the rule. After review of the data and the more than 4,800 public comments, the agency said that it believes it is appropriate to issue a revised proposal that reflects the new data and allows for additional public comment. ##SHARELINKS##
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Specialty papers will experience strongest growth in the emerging markets of India, China, Brazil, Turkey, and Poland during the next five years, according to a new report by Pira International. India is predicted to lead the field with a growth of 5.5% during the period 2010-2015. The report, titled The Future of Global Markets for Specialty Papers to 2015, quantifies and segments the market for specialty papers across 14 countries and identifies opportunities and threats facing suppliers in the industry. It includes key trends and technical developments for 38 end-use applications.
Specialty paper markets, the report notes, tend to be niche segments that have the potential for higher average margins than commodity markets, and have fairly stable pricing over time. They are also defined as markets for products that are made in smaller quantities, with their rarity or greater difficulty in manufacture allowing a premium price. The Pira study covers specialties in the following segments: décor, flexible packaging, printing, filtration, electrical, security, and others. According to the study, there are signs of continued saturation and stagnation in Western Europe, Japan, and the U.S. In some developed markets such as Spain and the UK, some serious falls in tonnage have been evident. Pira predicts continued expansion of the Chinese, Indian, Russian and Brazilian economies as well as in Turkey and Poland. "Per capita consumption of most specialty papers is relatively low in each of these major emerging markets and as their needs develop, there is no reason to doubt that their economies will absorb more of the specialty papers, which facilitate commerce and industry in the developed world," explains Adam Page, head of editorial at Pira. ##SHARELINKS##
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The October global pulp shipments data recently released by PPPC suggest that the underlying demand for market pulp continues trending lower, according to Mark Wilde, senior analyst with Deutsche Bank. Shipments fell 7.5% m/m and 3.5% y/y, and inventories rose by 2 days to 34 days of supply, Wilde reports. Softwood markets, he says, remain relatively snug (shipments flat m/m and +3.8% y/y, inventories fell by 1 day to 26 days). Hardwood markets appear much weaker—shipments were down 16.1% m/m and 10.5% y/y in October and inventories rose by 5 days of supply to 43 days. List prices are off $30 - $50/metric ton in the domestic market and down more sharply in markets such as China. With reports of more supply coming online in Indonesia and China, prices are apt to come under some additional pressure, Wilde points out. ##SHARELINKS##
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Newsprint list prices on the U.S. West coast rose $5/metric ton to $625/metric ton, while prices in the East were flat, according to Wilde. "With this, the East/West gap is now down to a mere $15/metric ton."
Discussions with trade contacts suggest that producers are unlikely to announce any further price increase this year. Domestic demand has stabilized and inventories are falling. But the key element has been a surge in exports, particularly to Asian markets such as India. In October, N.A. shipments were +1.2% y/y with domestic shipments -5.4% y/y and exports +20% y/y (below the ˜50% average monthly growth posted in the first 10 months). N.A. mills are also benefiting from the sharp rise in ONP costs around the globe. Also, N.A. mills are less dependent on recovered paper for their fiber supply, Wilde notes. ##SHARELINKS##
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Fraser Papers Inc., Toronto, Ont., Canada, this week reported that it has received necessary court approvals to complete the sale of its paper mill in Gorham, N.H. to Counsel RB Capital, LLC. Fraser signed an agreement with Counsel this past November 27.
The transaction was approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) on December 3. The company and Counsel have agreed that the transaction will be completed on December 16. Prior to it being closed indefinitely on October 13, 2010, the Gorham mill operated three paper machines and employed approximately 240 people. During 2009, it produced 80,000 tons of uncoated freesheet papers and 37,000 tons of towel products. Fraser Papers remains under creditor protection pursuant to the provisions of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) of Canada, with its stay of proceedings having been extended most recently to February 28. ##SHARELINKS##
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Fraser Papers Inc., Toronto, Ont., Canada, earlier this week announced that it has filed a consolidated plan of compromise or arrangement with the Ontario Court overseeing its restructuring proceedings under the CCAA. These materials will also be filed with the U.S. Court in Delaware, which oversees the company's ancillary proceeding under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
On December 3, 2010, Fraser Papers will seek an order authorizing it to hold a meeting of creditors on December 20, at which time the creditors will vote on the plan. If the plan is approved by creditors, the company intends to appear before the Ontario Court on December 22 and the U.S. Court on December 23 to seek the necessary court approvals to implement the plan. A key component of the plan is a commitment from the company's largest shareholder, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., to serve as sponsor of the plan by purchasing the company's remaining operating assets through the acquisition of its U.S. subsidiaries and by continuing to provide debtor-in-possession financing to the company during plan implementation. The plan sponsor has agreed to acquire the Fraser Papers companies through which the company carries on its U.S. operations for cash proceeds of $15.0 million. In addition, the U.S. companies of Fraser Papers that are being sold to the plan sponsor will continue to be responsible for certain specified liabilities. All unsecured liabilities or claims that existed at the time the Company filed for protection under the CCAA (pre-filing claims) will be compromised against all of the Fraser Papers companies under the Plan. The Company's U.S. operations consist of two lumber mills in northern Maine (one of which is currently not operating) and a paper mill in northern New Hampshire (the Gorham Mill) which has been closed indefinitely. The company has entered into a separate agreement with a third party to sell the Gorham Mill (see news item above). If that separate transaction or any other sale of the Gorham Mill is completed prior to the time of the closing of the transaction, the cash proceeds payable on closing will be reduced by the proceeds received on the sale of the Gorham Mill, up to a maximum of $2.65 million. If the Gorham Mill is not sold to another party prior to the closing of the Transaction, it will be purchased by the plan sponsor as part of the Transaction. The full text of the plan documents and all related documents are located on the on the monitor's website. ##SHARELINKS##
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Hinton Pulp, Hinton, Alberta, Canada, has ordered from Metso, Finland, a rebuild of its market pulp machine. The project will be delivered and installed in late 2011. The value of the order exceeds EUR 10 million.
Metso's delivery will include a new top wire former, press section modifications, air borne dryer rebuild, dry end pulper rebuild, and a new high-capacity cutter layboy. The rebuild will significantly increase the pulp machine's capacity. Brian Grantham, GM, Hinton Pulp, noted that "the upgrade to the pulp machine will allow the mill to produce more green power, reduce its natural gas consumption, and lower its carbon footprint." Hinton Pulp is a division of West Fraser Timber Co., an integrated wood products company producing lumber, wood chips, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, and newsprint. The company has operations in western Canada and the southern U.S. ##SHARELINKS##
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Kruger Products, Canada, has started up a new heat recovery technology at its Gatineau mill that manufactures a wide range of tissue products for consumer and industrial use. This technology will lower the mill's total energy consumption by 11% and CO2 emissions by 14.5% (10,000 metric tpy), a reduction equivalent to removing 2,500 cars from the road or planting 1.3 million trees.
The project, which represents a $4.8 million investment, is one of several initiatives that Kruger Products has implemented as part of Sustainability 2015, the company's five-year plan to reduce its environmental footprint. "Kruger Products is taking a leadership role in incorporating green technology in our business practices," said Mario Gosselin, COO of Kruger Products. "Our goal is to be North America's foremost provider of quality tissue products that embrace a commitment to sustainability for future generations and with innovations such as Gatineau's new heat recovery technology, we are well positioned to continue to lead the way in the future." Kruger Products partnered with Thermal Energy International to develop and install the heat recovery technology and the project was financed in part by Québec's Agence de l'efficacité énergétique, which granted $1.9 million in financial assistance through its Heavy Oil Consumption Reduction Program. The central heat recovery system will capture hot, humid air from two of the mill's three paper machines and reuse it to heat process water as well as the facility itself during the winter. Through the technology, the hot exhaust is pulled from the two paper machines and forced through an energy recuperation tower, into which water is sprayed. The energy is drawn from the exhausted air to the water. This water is filtered and circulated through separate heat exchangers to transfer the energy to the process. The third paper machine is already using heat recovery technology. ##SHARELINKS##
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NewPage Corp., Miamisburg, Ohio, USA, announced this week that it will close its Whiting, Wis., mill at the end of February 2011. The Whiting mill currently operates two paper machines that produce approximately 250,000 tpy of coated paper used by the publishing and printing industry, with a primary focus on mail-order catalog, magazine, and retailer end uses.
"This remains a difficult time for the paper industry, for NewPage, and for many of our customers," said George Martin, NewPage president and CEO. "While we have seen modest recovery in our coated markets, we continue to monitor the supply and demand balance and make the difficult choices needed to avoid oversupplying those markets. NewPage has the capacity and operational flexibility to produce both coated groundwood and coated freesheet on the same machines at other facilities. Therefore, we do not expect any interruptions in service to our customers while closing the Whiting mill, which is our highest cost-per-ton coated groundwood mill." Approximately 360 employees will be affected by the shutdown of the Whiting mill. ##SHARELINKS##
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SCA, Sweden, this week was awarded the Institute for the Accounting Profession in Sweden's (FAR) prestigious prize for the Best Sustainability Report 2009 in the Large Companies category. The award was presented at Finforum 2010, an international market communications conference in Stockholm.
The FAR jury's citation stated that "the SCA Board of Directors discloses relevant sustainability information in the Annual Report as well as in a separate Sustainability Report for 2009, and by this demonstrates that sustainability issues are well established and highly integrated in the company's business model." Jan Johansson, President and CEO of SCA, noted that "a systematic account with clear sustainability targets enables open and transparent dialogue with our stakeholders. SCA's sustainability programs constitute a strategically important and integrated part of the operations that we conduct to generate growth and value. Also, our sustainability activities enhance our competitiveness, reduce our costs, and lower our risk level." In addition, SCA recently received a citation for the Best Corporate Governance Report within the framework of a competition organized by PwC to highlight leading examples in the application of the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance. SCA received the citation for "a precise and coherent presentation with the theme of ‘Governance' as the common thread throughout the report." ##SHARELINKS##
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Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc., a diversified producer of specialty papers to the tobacco sector, reports that Batangas mill in the Philippines will produce a specialty product that helps cigarette manufacturers to recycle their by-products. The new paper machine to be installed will have a capacity of 30,000 metric tpy and is scheduled to be operational by November of next year.
ABB was awarded the contract to provide automation and electrification systems for the greenfield machine. The electrification delivery includes air insulated switchgear, transformers, and low voltage motor control centers with drives, softstarters, and low voltage motors. The automation scope of supply includes a comprehensive DCS based on ABB's system 800xA. ABB's local operations in Singapore and the Philippines will execute the project. ##SHARELINKS##
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Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, this week said the company is investing EUR 30 million in its newsprint machine at Sachsen Mill in Germany. This project to improve paper quality is scheduled to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2012.
"This investment will enable Sachsen Mill to satisfy its customers' increasing quality demands, especially for lower grammage grades. The paper quality and productivity improvement will further enhance the mill's overall competitiveness in the challenging newsprint market situation in Europe," says Juha Vanhainen, EVP, Publication Paper Business Area. ##SHARELINKS##
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Caraustar Industries, Atlanta, Ga., USA, reportedly intends to close its paperboard plant in Versailles and lay off 79 workers by the end of January. According to theday.com, Dave O'Hagan, VP and regional GM for Caraustar, said in a letter to the state Department of Labor that 13 salaried and 66 hourly employees would be affected by the shutdown.
"Affected employees do not have bumping rights to other locations," O'Hagan said in his letter. "It is expected that the closing will be completed on or about Jan. 30." Hourly employees at the plant are represented by the United Steel Workers Union. According to a history of the company, Caraustar acquired the Versailles plant in 1997 when it purchased the common stock of Oak Tree Packaging Corporation. Caraustar reorganized last year as a private company after filing for Chapter 11 protection. In 2008, it reported sales of more than $800 million. ##SHARELINKS##
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Kadant Inc., Westford, Mass., USDA, reports that it has received orders totaling $17.6 million for eight stock-preparation systems from four containerboard producers in China since the beginning of the fourth quarter. Included in the total were $14.1 million of pending orders that were previously disclosed. All of the systems are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2011.
Kadant also announced that it has been awarded additional contracts from three containerboard producers in China for four approach flow systems and two recycling systems for linerboard production with a combined value of $7.6 million. These pending orders will be recorded as orders when the down payments are received. "The recycling systems integrate Kadant's latest technology to reduce energy consumption and improve fiber yield, while the deinking systems, included with two of the orders, will provide deinked pulp to serve the rapidly growing white top linerboard market in China." said Jonathan W. Painter, president and CEO of Kadant. ##SHARELINKS##
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Saica Containerboard has ordered a new paper machine and winder sectional drive systems from ABB, Switzerland, for the PM 11 production line at its new mill located in Manchester, England. The same ABB technology is used on Saica's PM 10 production line. PM 11 will startup in January 2012.
ABB's PMC800 Direct Drive solution reportedly will reduce overall equipment investment costs by eliminating gear boxes, encoders, primary couplings, gear lubrication. ABB's unique Direct Torque Control (DTC), combined with AC800 drives control system, will enable encoderless motor control and operation. In addition to eliminating the external gears boxes, the Direct Drive solution provides energy savings throughout the system lifecycle. Its 16 installed permanent magnet motors are mostly located at the dryer, representing less than 20% of the total drive power. Dryer section electrical energy losses are 17% lower than that of a traditional drive system, with estimated energy savings over 20 years projected at more than $400,000. ABB's solution requires less maintenance and minimizes downtime, as well as reduces initial construction costs, resulting in lower overall system lifetime costs. ##SHARELINKS##
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M-real, Finland, part of the Metsäliitto Group, will rebuild two board machines t its Simpele and Kemiart Liners mills in Finland to increase capacity and improve quality. Metso, Finland, will rebuild the cartonboard machine at the Simpele mill and the kraftliner machine at the Kemiart Liners mill in Kemi. Startup of the rebuilt Simpele machine is scheduled for the second quarter of 2011, and the rebuilt Kemiart Liners machine is planned to come online in the third quarter of 2011. The combined value of the orders is below EUR 20 million. Metso's delivery to the Simpele mill will include a rebuild of the forming section and press section, including a new shoe press, and the dryer section. After the rebuild, the annual capacity of the Simpele mill will be approximately 300,000 metric tons, making the Simpele machine the biggest folding boxboard machine in Europe. Metso's delivery to the Kemiart Liners mill will include a coating section rebuild. Additionally, a coating drying rebuild will replace the machine's old gas infrared dryers with energy efficient high-drying-capacity air dryers. The rebuild will further improve the coated white top liner quality produced.
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Stora Enso's Fors Mill in Sweden, one of the world's largest producers of cartonboard for consumer packaging and for printing purposes, has ordered an upgrade of its BM 2 coating section from UMV Coating Systems in Sweden. UMV Coating Systems is a business unit within the Swedish Mattssongruppen. ##SHARELINKS##
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Vantage Dragon Ltd. in China has ordered from Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery, Finland, five new headboxes for two packaging board production lines. The New headboxes will be built in Matou Industry Park, located in the Jianqxi area. They will be started up at the end of 2011. The market value of this kind of delivery is approximately EUR 5-6 million. The main portion of the line will be manufactured in Vaahto's workshop in Hollola, Finland. Vantage Dragon Ltd. belongs to the same Group with Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co., one of the largest board producers in China.
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BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, reports that it will increase kaolin prices globally for paper applications, effective immediately, or as contracts allow. The increase will depend on the product, with increases up to 7% on hydrous and calcined products. The company additionally noted that its energy surcharge policy remains unchanged with the threshold at $5/mmbtu. ##SHARELINKS##
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DuPont Titanium Technologies, Wilmington, Del., USA, this week announced a net price increase of EUR 150 per metric ton, or as permitted by contract, for all its Ti-Pure titanium dioxide grades sold in the Euro markets of Western and Central Europe and the North African region, effective January 1. DuPont also announced a net price increase of $200 per metric ton, or as permitted by contract, for all of its Ti-Pure grades sold in the U.S. dollar markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East, and the Sub-Saharan African region, effective the first of the year.
Also this week, the company announced a net price increase of $100 per metric ton, or as permitted by contract, for all of its Ti-Pure titanium dioxide grades sold in Latin America. The increase, which becomes effective January 1, is in addition to the $100 per metric ton announced on November 5. DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, serving customers globally in the coatings, paper, and plastics industries. The company operates U.S. plants at DeLisle, Miss., New Johnsonville, Tenn., and Edge Moor, Del., and in Altamira, Mexico, and Kuan Yin, Taiwan; all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a mine in Starke, Fla. ##SHARELINKS##
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Nalco, Naperville, Ill., USA, is implementing a price increase to the paper industry effective January 1, or as contracts permit. Pricing for most Nalco programs will increase between 5% and 15%. Nalco notes that the price increases are driven by increased energy and raw material costs, tightening availability of some raw materials, and rising freight costs. The company adds that its Paper Services account managers will contact individual customers to discuss these increases. ##SHARELINKS##
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Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C.,USA, has named M. Jack Sanders president and COO officer, effective immediately. Sanders will report to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., chairman and CEO of the company.
In his new role, Sanders will have global operating responsibility for Sonoco's businesses serving consumer markets, including Global Rigid Paper and Closures, Global Rigid Plastics, Global Flexible Packaging, and Global Services. He also will have responsibility for the company's businesses serving industrial markets, including its vertically integrated global industrial converting and paperboard operations. Combined, these businesses operate more than 300 plants in 35 countries. A 1976 graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.S. in finance, Sanders joined Sonoco in 1987 as national sales and marketing manager, Wire and Cable Reels. In 1991, he was named GM for Sonoco's Protective Packaging division and was promoted to division VP and GM of Protective Packaging in 1998. He was elected a corporate officer and named VP, Industrial Products, North America in 2001. He was subsequently named VP, Global Industrial Products in 2005, SVP in 2006, and EVP in 2008. Prior to this promotion, Sanders served as EVP, Global Consumer, since January 2010. ##SHARELINKS##
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Let's talk about a company made up from nearly 15 other companies through acquisitions and mergers, who has been going Green (or even Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Pink or just about any color for that matter), for nearly 60 years. That company is Greenville Colorants. Last month, Eric Fletty and I were invited by Mark Crable, a long-time TAPPI member, to visit his new place of employment, Greenville Colorants in Greenville, S.C. In addition to Mark, we met with Peter and Joseph Lynch, Larry Rosen, Raymond O'Connor and Ronald Weiss. The following information is from our meeting with the aforementioned group: Greenville Colorant's history goes back to 1951, with basically the same core management, according to Ron Weiss. As other companies began to exit the colorant market we were able to absorb some very talented people. Since 1951 we have acquired or merged with approximately 15 companies. As a result, we have a very deep bench of experience within our company. In 2004 we began doing business as Greenville Colorants. The corporate office and customer service group is located in Jersey City, N.J., while our technical services, laboratory and manufacturing plant are in Greenville, S.C. In today's marketplace Greenville Colorants is experiencing substantial growth in supply to the industry. Not many companies can make this claim today. While the big companies focus on their core strengths, we pick up the pieces. From day one, we have always been focused on color in the nearly 60 years that we have been in business. What separates us from the others? It's our ability to source product. We are committed to the color industry. This is our business. We add value to our customer's process. Half of our business is sourcing and the other half is manufacturing. We look for and hire experts in their field. While Paper-Linerboard, Tissue, Newsprint, Fine Paper, Molded products is their bread and butter industry, they also service the following industries: For more information on Greenville Colorants please visit their website or give them a call at 201-595-0200. For more information about TAPPI, please go to our website at www.tappi.org There are two types of people in this industry; TAPPI members and those who should be. Until next time...Larry ##SHARELINKS##
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Do you know a fellow TAPPI member whose work in the pulp and paper industry deserves a moment in the spotlight? If so, why not help them get the recognition they deserve by nominating them today for TAPPI's special online feature, Member Spotlight. This unique and popular monthly website segment profiles individual members, their career highlights and contributions to our profession, and offers otherwise unknown tidbits about their personal interests and accomplishments. Members featured thus far include Chuck Klass, Rick Croker, Richard Olsen, Max Moskal, Sandy Sharp, Dick Target, Jeff Smith and Andy Jones. Isn't it time for that special member to shine? Nomination forms are available via the TAPPI website and can be emailed to MemberSpotlight@tappi.org for consideration. Have questions? Simply use the same email address and we will get back to you promptly. ##SHARELINKS##
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He has written articles for TAPPI JOURNAL, Pulp and Paper Canada, and the Journal of Pulp and Paper Science. An active volunteer throughout his membership, he served as Chair of this year's highly successful EPE/PEERS Conference and will start his first term as Engineering Division Chair in 2011-2012. Spotlight participants are recommended by fellow members and staff. If you would like to nominate a member (or even yourself!) just send their name (or names) to MemberSpotlight@tappi.org. We will forward a Spotlight Questionnaire to fill out and return. We look forward to seeing you in the Spotlight! ##SHARELINKS##
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This December, get to know TAPPI member Andrew "Andy" Jones, Ph.D., as he stars in the |
It's never too early to begin planning for a 100th anniversary, and we're pulling out all the stops. TAPPI will celebrate its 100-year anniversary in 2015 and it is time to start planning for it now. If you are interested in participating on a committee to plan this historic occasion, please contact David Bell at dbell@tappi.org.
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Join your colleagues one day prior to the start of the ICE SHOW for the 2011 TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Symposium, April 5, 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., USA. This is the only PLACE event in North America for 2011! Featuring presenters from companies like European Bioplastics, Allied Development, Optex Process Solutions and the Flexible Packaging Association, this symposium will cover: • New Developments in Renewable Source Resins and Films Learn more about the event. ##SHARELINKS##
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Make your plans now to join professionals from industry, universities and research institutes at the 13th TAPPI European PLACE Conference, which will be held 30 May to 1 June 2011 at the Festspiel- und Kongresshaus in Bregenz, Austria. The technical program for this biennial conference will have a special emphasis on the latest trends and technologies relating to extrusion, coating, and lamination of web-based materials. Topics to be covered include: • Developments in web materials, polymers and adhesives - their behavior and processing Register online or download the faxable registration form. ##SHARELINKS##
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