Cascades Tissue Group, Kingsley Falls, QC, Canada will see some changes as Suzanne Blanchet, president and CEO for more than 17 years, announces she is passing the torch and leaving the Tissue Group to join the corporate ranks of the Cascades management team as SVP, Corporate Development.

 

Two Sides, Chicago, Ill., USA, this week published an article in its newsletter that explores five reasons why going paperless won’t work.

 

The Department of Forest Biomaterials, part of NC State University's College of Natural Resources, is seeking applicants for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track faculty position.

 

TAPPI has issued an invitation to present at the third annual Tissue360° Forum to be held at PaperCon and TAPPI’s Centennial Celebration in Atlanta, Ga., USA, on April 19-22, 2015.

 

TAPPI’s Tissue 201—Operations and Runnabilitry course is set for August 19-20 in Neenah, Wis., USA.

 

TAPPI’s newly redesigned introductory course is being offered this fall, November 6-7, in Neenah Wis., USA.

 

Forisk Consulting, Athens, Ga., USA, has announced the availability of Wood Bioenergy US (WBUS), a publication that tracks, screens, and analyzes the U.S. wood bioenergy sector.

 

The value of Finnish forest industry exports was up 1.6% and total production increased slightly from the corresponding period of 2013, according to a report this past week by the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.

 

German pulp and paper manufacturers produced 11.3 million metric tons of products in the first half of 2014, according to the German Pulp and Paper Association.

 

The Canadian Market Research Group has produced The Future of the Food Packaging Market in Canada to 2018, a data-only report providing extensive and highly detailed time series consumption data on primary and outer packaging in the nation’s retail market.

 

Company has successfully commissioned a new ABB Quality Control System at its Mohawk Valley Paper Mill in Little Falls, N.Y.

 

Ipel (Indaial Papel Embalagens), Brazil, has again delayed startup of its new PM 4 tissue machine until sometime this month.

 

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd., Hong Kong, China, has commissioned a new paper machine for recycled corrugated case material at its site in Chongqing, Sichuan province.

 

Minerals Technologies Inc., New York, N.Y., USA, this week announced the signing of an agreement with Sun Paper Group, Yanzhou City, Shandong Provice, China, to install the newly introduced NewYield Integrated Process Technology at Sun Paper’s mill operations in Shandong.

 

Pratt Industries, Conyers, Ga., USA, reports that its new paper recycling mill in Valparaiso, Ind., is officially underway.

 

Research and Markets, Dublin, Ireland, has announced the addition of the Prefeasibility Report on a Paper Towel Manufacturing Plant prefeasibility to its offering

 

RockTenn Co., Norcross, Ga., USA, will soon award a contract to install and erect a new bubbling fluidized-bed biomass (BFB) boiler at its pulp and paper mill in Demopolis, Ala.

 

Suzano Papel E Celulose, Salvador, Brazil, reports it has closed the deal for acquisition of all shares of Vale Florestar Fundo de Investimento em Participações ("Fundo Vale Florestar").

 

Niagara Worldwide of St. Louis, Mo., USA, and Niagara, Wis., has purchased the Columbia and Greylock mills in Lee and the Niagara mill in Lenox Dale, Wis.

 

CCL Industries Inc., Toronto, Ont., Canada, a specialty label and packaging solutions provider, this week announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Bandfix AG, located near Zurich, Switzerland

 

The Kingston Carton Co., U.K., reports that it has increased plant capacity by more than 50 million sheets a year following the installation of two new BOBST lines.

 

AkzoNobel reports that "thanks to its new pioneering coatings technology EvCote Water Barrier 3000, restaurants can now select a more sustainable paper cup in which to serve their cold drinks."

 

Charmin (Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) this week announced the launch of new Charmin plus the scent of Chamomile.

 

Bonomi North America, Charlotte, N.C., USA, reports that its new "true" wafer stainless steel, full-port ball valves are a flow-enhancing alternative to high-performance butterfly valves in OEM applications, skid-mounted systems, or any tightly-confined area.

 

Konecranes, Hyvinkää, Finland, has a new specialized rebuild process that takes worn-out crane parts of any brand and restores them to OEM specifications.

 

Xerium Technology, Inc., Youngsville, N.C, USA, has introduced EnerVent venting technology.

 

Voith, Germany, is bringing innovative dryer fabrics onto the market that translate reduced contamination to increased drying capacity due to their special design.

 

A professional baseball player who left the major leagues in 2006 is finally beginning his dream of becoming a successful businessman, thanks to some contracts from International Paper.

 

Learn new ways to make your mill more efficient. Register before August 15 and save!

 

The 2014 seminar program is designed to attract a broad group of researchers and industrialists to connect fundamental science with real world applications. This four-day seminar will run from September 8-11, in Raleigh, N.C., USA.

 

This definitive book on the science of winding written by noted experts Dr. David Roisum and Dr. J.K. Good is now available to TAPPI Members for a $75 discount.

 

TAPPI Press orders will not be filled during August 26-29.

 

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Did you know safety seriously affects your bottom line? This August 19-20 course is designed for anyone who takes a leadership role in safety. TAPPI will award 1.3 CEUs to participants.

 

This TAPPI member models Einstein.

 

TAPPI and IDCON partner for three courses in August offering expert training in best practices. Get better reliability and maintenance results.

 

This free webinar will be presented on August 19.

 

TAPPI members will save nearly $70 off list price. Used as a stand-alone training resource for all levels of professional and operations personnel working in the plastics film industry.

 

TAPPI’s Building Sciences Committee will feature a Predictive Maintenance Training Program September 17-19 in Charleston, S.C., USA. Registration cut off date is August 22.

 

Product developers, researchers, and academics who have a scientific interest in the field of coating paper and paperboard substrates should attend this October 7-9 event in Minneapolis, Minn., USA.