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Thursday, November 07, 2013 - members edition
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
We had a wonderful CorrExpo2013 in the great city of Indianapolis, Ind., USA, last month. More than 900 of the corrugated industry’s best attended this gathering. I tried to speak to most of them. Those I happen to miss, I thought I would make a special effort to see "the next time." One of those individuals that I was able to spend some time with was John Kohl of Harper Love Adhesives.
 
Weekly Spotlight
Appvion CEO Recognized for Commitment to Employee Health
Appvion Inc. (Appleton, Wis., USA) CEO Mark Richards has joined top executives of more than 130 health-minded companies in signing the CEO Pledge for the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA), Washington, D.C.
 
Agenda 2020, Forest Products Lab Review Nanocellulose Research Progress
Researchers reported significant progress in understanding the makeup, structure, and potential applications of nanocellulose last week during a review meeting hosted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tenn., USA
 
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary
Cosmo Specialty Fibers recently marked the third anniversary of its reborn pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Wash., USA
 
Snyder to Retire as CEO of Orchids, Schoen Appointed Successor
Orchids Paper Products Co., Pryor, Okla., USA, this week announced that Robert A. Snyder, president, CEO, and director of Orchids, will be retiring from the company upon expiration of the current term of his employment agreement on December 31
 
2013 Sustainability Award Winners Announced
The AF&PA, Washington, D.C., USA, presented its 2013 Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Awards at its annual meeting last Friday, November 1, in Charleston, S.C.
 
Coating Superintendent, Paper Operations Manager, Process Engineers, Design Assistant Needed
Below is the latest listing of job openings in the TAPPI Career Center.
 
GapCon
Market Roundup
Radical Transformation of Cut-Size Markets Projected for Next 10 Years
The copy paper market has remained consistent and profitable in recent years. It has remained largely unaffected by the recession compared with other graphic paper grades such as newsprint and coated papers
 
Survey Shows Stable Italian Printing, Converting, Paper Machinery Industry
Performance of the Italian printing, converting, and paper machinery manufacturing industry shows overall stability, according to a quarterly qualitative survey carried out by Italy-based Acimga
 
Pulp & Paper
BSC to Modernize Dissolving Pulp Drying Machine in Brazil
Brazil's only dissolving pulp producer, Bahia Specialty Cellulose (BSC), has just signed a contract with Voith (Germany) to supply a package of solutions for the modernization of its pulp drying machine
 
Central National-Gottesman to Acquire Bradner Central's U.S. Distribution Business
Central National-Gottesman Inc (CNG), Purchase, N.Y., USA, reports that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division will acquire the assets and business of Bradner Central Co., one of the oldest family-owned paper merchants in the U.S.
 
Fortress Responds to Chinese Anti-Dumping Duties, Implements Swing Mill Strategy
Fortress Paper Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, reports that China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has made a preliminary determination to impose an interim duty on the import of Canadian dissolving pulp into China
 
Kadant to Acquire Carmanah
Kadant Inc., Westford, Mass., USA, has agreed to acquire Carmanah Design and Manufacturing Inc., Surrey, B.C., Canada, for C$54 million in cash (approximately $52 million), subject to a post-closing adjustment
 
Kemira, Wilmar Form JV to Produce AKD Wax in China
Kemira Oyj, Finland, and Wilmar International Limited, Singapore, through their subsidiaries have agreed to manufacture alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) wax in China in two joint ventures
 
Nippon Paper to Install Solar Power Facility at Otake Mill Site
Nippon Paper Industries, Japan, reports that it will install a photovoltaic facility/solar power facility (approximately 826 KW capacity) by effectively using part of its Otake Mill site (Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
 
Recovery Boiler Explosion Rocks Lincoln Paper and Tissue Mill
A smelt water explosion in a chemical recovery boiler at Lincoln Paper and Tissue, Lincoln, Maine, USA, this past Saturday morning temporarily shut down the mill, but no injuries were reported, according to an article in the Bangor Daily News
 
Rottneros Moves Head office to Vallvik
Rottneros Group, Sweden, has relocated its head office from Stockholm to its Vallvik Mill (photo) in the Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden
 
Stora Enso Orders Recovery Boiler Single-Drum Conversion for Veitsiluoto Mill
Stora Enso, Finland, has ordered from Metso’s Pulp, Paper, and Power business (the future Valmet) a single-drum conversion of its Veitsiluoto Mill’s (Finland) recovery boiler
 
Weyerhaeuser Joins International Voices in Support of Forest Certification
Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., USA, this week joined 25 of the world's leading forest products companies in announcing the need to significantly scale up sustainable forest management
 
Containerboard/Packaging
Dairy Shoppers Want Packaging That Provides Freshness, Sustainability
Evergreen Packaging, Memphis, Tenn., USA, and EcoFocus Worldwide, St. Petersburg, Fla., this week presented key insights at the International Dairy Show in Chicago, Ill., regarding sustainability drivers for dairy shopper purchase decisions
 
Metsä Board Renews Management, Reporting Structure
Metsä Board Corp., part of Metsä Group, Finland, has renewed its management and reporting structure to better reflect the company’s strategy and to create a better platform for growth in the folding boxboard and kraftliner businesses
 
Mpact Installs New Winder on Packaging Paper Machine in Record Time
Mpact Ltd. installed a new Voith (Germany) VariFlex winder on its No. 3 corrugated base paper machine in Felixton, South Africa, in just eight days
 
Report Details MWV Efforts to Reduce Enviro Footprint, Invest in Workforce, Promote Communities
MeadWestvaco Corp., Richmond, Va., USA, this week released its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report
 
New Products
Appleton Coated Enters Lightweight Opaque Market with Pharma Insert Product
Appleton Coated, Combined Locks, Wis., USA, is expanding its technical and specialty papers business with the launch of Appleton Coated Pharma Insert Opaque
 
Published Pricing
BASF Raises Kaolin Prices Globally
BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, reportedly will increase global prices for paper grades of kaolin, effective immediately or as contracts allow
 
People
Kusar Elected Chairman of SFPA
Joe Kusar, VP of Tolleson Lumber Co., Perry, Ga., USA, an Ilim Timber company (Russia), has been elected chairman of the Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) Board of Directors, Kenner, La.
 
Newark’s Kam Named 2013 CFO of the Year
Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions, Cranford, N.J., USA, this week announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Gregg Kam was named 2013 CFO of the Year
 
TAPPI News
2014 TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference Submissions Extended to November 22
For next year's conference, abstracts focused on additive manufacturing, 3D printing, and other industrial manufacturing applications are preferred.
 
Introduction to Pulp & Paper Course Opens for Registration
The Introduction to Pulp & Paper Technology Course, returning January 2014, has delivered a comprehensive overview of the entire pulping and papermaking process for 40 years.
 
Still Time to Submit Papers For Nonwovens Conference
The Call for Papers deadline for the NETInc 2014 Conference is November 10. Authors interested in presenting on these or related topics should submit an abstract electronically at speakermanagement.tappi.org.
 
Presentation Abstracts Due for Tissue360° at PaperCon 2014
Interested speakers should submit an abstract electronically to TAPPI's Speaker Management System no later than November 10.
 
In the Spotlight: Ted Wegner, Ph.D - Don’t Guard the Past, Inspire the Future
TAPPI member reinvents himself using TAPPI resources.
 
Southeastern TAPPI Chapter Restarting Activities
A meeting planned for November 14 will discuss revitalizing local chapter activities for Southeastern TAPPI beginning in 2014. The meeting will be held at The Westin Atlanta North Perimeter Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., USA.
 
In Memoriam: Kedwick Martin
A TAPPI member for the past 58 years, Martin began his distinguished career in the forest industry with Fort Wayne Paper Co. as a quality control engineer, working there until he began service in the Korean War in 1950.
 
Kraft Recovery Course Returns January 2014
This intermediate-level course combines the skills and knowledge from 14 internationally recognized kraft experts who will help you improve efficiency, minimize operating costs, and reduce environmental impact. Save more than $900 if you register by December 7.
 
In Memoriam: Ralph Buscarello
Ralph Buscarello developed and taught courses on selling capital equipment and on vibration analysis, writing the textbooks from his practical experience. Leaving sales training to a former partner, he focused on vibration analysis, emphasizing practical techniques for use in the pulp and paper industry.
 
TAPPI NET Presents Introduction to Nonwovens Processes Webinar
The TAPPI NET division has announced the Introduction to Nonwovens Processes webinar, to be held December 12 at 12:00 p.m. EST. This webinar, the first in a series on nonwovens processes, will be presented by two of the NET division's highly accomplished volunteers - Christina Ruiz and Sneha Swaminathan of Hollingsworth & Vose.
 
TAPPI Press: 'How Boxes Are Made - More Than A Box' Video Coming Fall 2013
TAPPI PRESS in conjunction with Green Bay Packaging, is pleased to announce a new and improved training application on How Boxes Are Made.