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Oji Holdings to Acquire Carter Holt Harvey’s Pulp, Paper, Packaging Businesses for JPY 92.3 Billion

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TAPPI

Thursday, May 01, 2014 - members edition
GapCon
The two companies have executed a share purchase agreement for the transaction
 
Burandt Appointed Chairman, CEO of Wausau Paper
Burandt joined the company as a director in 2012 and has served as Interim CEO since April 2 of this year
 
Domtar Premieres Paper Fun Truck Film
At its Annual Meeting of Stockholders yesterday (April 30), Domtar Corp., Montreal, Que., Canada, presented the world premiere of a short film that shows what happens when the company’s Paper Fun Truck pulls into a neighborhood
 
FPAC Welcomes B.C. Support for Biomaterials Innovation
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), Ottawa, Ont., Canada, this week applauded the British Columbia government for supporting an FPInnovations research project aimed at developing innovative biomaterials from wood fiber
 
Stora Enso to Convert Varkaus Fine Paper Machine to Light-Weight Containerboard
Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, will invest approximately EUR 110 million in converting the Varkaus Mill fine paper machine in Finland to produce virgin-fiber-based containerboard
 
Domtar Sponsors World Book Night U.S.
Domtar Corp., Montreal, Que., Canada, for the second year in a row sponsored World Book Night U.S., an ambitious campaign to encourage reading
 
Naylor, LLC
Market Roundup
U.S. Paper Recovery Rate at 63.5% in 2013
The annual paper recovery rate has nearly doubled since 1990
 
Paper Coating Materials Market Worth $6.5 Billion by 2019
The report Paper Coating Materials Market by Type, Application, and Geography - Regional Trends & Forecast to 2019, being distributed by MarketsandMarkets, Dallas, Texas, USA, defines and segments the paper coating materials market with an analysis and forecast
 
U.S. Containerboard Output Rises
U.S. containerboard production in March increased 8.7% from February and was 3.8% higher than the same month last year
 
Wood Pellet Exports from N.A. to Europe Reach $500 Million
With no slowdown in sight, North American wood pellet exporting companies keep building new facilities to manufacture pellets for the European market
 
Naylor, LLC
Pulp & Paper
Eldorado Brasil Sets New Pulp Production World Record
After a little more than one year of operation, the greenfield pulp mill of Eldorado Brasil in Três Lagoas, Brazil, has set three consecutive world records for daily pulp production
 
Domtar’s Fort Mill Corporate Operations Center Earns Energy Star Certification
Domtar Corp., Montreal, Que., Canada, reports that its corporate operations center in Fort Mill, S.C., USA, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Energy Star certification, signifying that the building performs in the top 25% of similar facilities nationwide
 
Ecopaper.com to Continue Marketing, Distributing Hemp Paper Products
Ecopaper.com, Ventura, Calif., USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGD Holdings Ltd., this week said that it fully intends to continue its involvement in the marketing and distribution of hemp paper products in the U.S. and around the globe
 
Irving Pulp & Paper Begins Construction of $450 Modernization Project at Saint John
Construction work is now underway for the largest pulp mill investment in Canada since 1993
 
Lincoln P&T to Invest $7.8 Million in Energy-Efficiency Plan
Lincoln Paper and Tissue, Lincoln, Maine, USA, will spend $7.8 million to improve energy of its tissue production line
 
Norske Skog Starts Process of Selling Walsum PM 4
Norske Skog, Norway, has appointed Van Tek, Vancouver, Wash., USA, as the exclusive broker for the sale and liquidation of the complete PM 4 production line at its mill in Walsum, Germany
 
Separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials on Track for Mid-2014
Rayonier Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., USA, this week announced updates on the planned separation of its performance fibers business from its forest resources and real estate businesses
 
Tembec to Sell 49,500 Hectares of Land in British Columbia
Tembec, Montreal, Que., Canada, has agreed to sell approximately 49,500 hectares of land within the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, to Jemi Fibre Corp. for $35 million
 
Containerboard/Packaging
BillerudKorsnäs to Upgrade Containerboard Machine at Gruvön
The BillerudKorsnäs Board of Directors, Sweden, has approved a SEK 180 million investment for Paper Machine No. 6 at its Gruvön, Sweden, production unit
 
Kruger Invests in Ecologic Paper Bottles
Ecologic Brands, Oakland, Calif., USA, makers of America’s first recycled paper bottle and the eco.bottle® line, this week announced that it has completed the first close of a $7 million round of financing
 
MEPCO to Upgrade Three Packaging Paper Machines in Saudi Arabia
Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO), Saudi Arabia, has placed an order with Andritz, Austria, to upgrade three paper machines
 
SinoCPMC Orders Key PM Sections for New Machine at Zhejiang Chuancheng in China
SinoCPMC, China,has signed a cooperative agreement with PMT Italia, Italy, for a 500,000 metric tpy high quality packaging grades machine to be installed at its mill in the Zhejiang Chuancheng Industrial Project
 
New Products
Appvion Launches Appleton Digital PVC
Appvion, Inc., Appleton, Wis., USA, has expanded its product offering of specialty substrates
 
Konecranes Introduces CXT Electric Wire Rope Hoist
Konecranes, Springfield, Ohio, USA, has introduced its CXT Electric Wire Rope Hoist for overhead cranes, which, according to the company, provides precise and customizable lifting to meet the needs of industrial plants and assembly workshops
 
People
Greif Appoints Lloyd VP, Corporate Financial Controller
Packaging giant Greif, Delaware, Ohio, USA, reports that David Lloyd has joined the company as VP, corporate financial controller
 
Weyerhaeuser Announces Changes to Timberlands Leadership Team
All changes are effective immediately
 
TAPPI News
Cullison Scholarship Deadline: Today
TAPPI's William L. Cullison scholarship is available for graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in the pulp, paper, converting, and packaging industries
 
PPSA: Can You Afford to Miss the Safety Conference of the Year?
PPSA, partially sponsored by TAPPI, will hold this three day conference June 22-25 in St. Petersburg, Fla., USA.
 
Leverage Chemistry to Create New Products
Innovation is the focus of TAPPI’s Introduction to Wet End Chemistry Course taking place June 10-12 in Metro Atlanta, Ga., USA. Learn more about the May 12 early-registration rates
 
Lock in June 9-13 for Pulp and Paper Workshop
TAPPI and NCSU are partnered to offer this second of three introductory courses for industry professionals that cover the entire pulping and papermaking process
 
Learn How to Make Better Financial Decisions
Through a partnership with North Carolina State University and TAPPI, this three-day workshop, July 30 - August 1, helps you estimate financial outcomes and supports your decision making
 
PPSA Opens Registration for Upcoming Safety Conference
This two and half day conference on June 22-25 will feature topics on individual commitment and the importance of developing a caring culture, new control methods celebrating safety innovations, and the consequence of life changing injuries and the importance of a focus on a critical few risk areas
 
TAPPI Press: Extrusion Coating Manual - 4th Edition
This comprehensive volume details all aspects of extrusion coating and is available to TAPPI members for a $47 dollar discount off the list price
 
In Memoriam: Dr. Alan Lucier
Al Lucier achieved an international reputation as a thoughtful and effective leader and spokesperson on numerous forest management and sustainability topics, most notably the role of forest carbon in greenhouse gas accounting
 
TAPPI Press: Paper Machine Quality Control Systems Vol. 1 E-Book
This e-book describes in detail the measurement technology used in quality controls systems and is available to TAPPI members for a $70 discount
 
Digital Courses Offer Effective Training for Your Workforce
Get employees updated and better qualified with the most up-to-date, in-depth industry e-Learning Courses available
 
TAPPI Press: Production and Applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials
This book is a collection of two to three page summaries on recently completed and on-going research with high strength nanomaterials. It identifies a who’s-who of research as well as leads on successful applications
 
Registration Opens for Paper Machine Operations Course
TAPPI "gears-up" for this May 13-15 course, back by popular demand
 
TAPPI Press: Kraft Pulping
Includes more than 130 diagrams and a glossary of frequently used terms. TAPPI members save $30 off the listed price