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Shandong Tranlin Paper to Invest $2 billion in Greenfield Virginia Operations

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Thursday, June 19, 2014 - members edition
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced yesterday (June 18) that Shandong Tranlin Paper Co., Liaocheng, China, will invest $2 billion over five years to establish its first U.S. advanced manufacturing operation in Chesterfield County.
 
Kruger, FPInnovations Dedicate Cellulose Filament Demo Plant
Canada-based FPInnovations and Kruger Inc. this week dedicated the world's first cellulose filament (CF) demonstration plant at Kruger's Trois-Rivières Mill.
 
Södra Plans Major Investment to Boost Mörrum Pulp Production
Södra, Sweden, reports that its board has decided to invest approximately SEK 700 million (approximately $105,045,957) to increase pulp production at the Södra Cell Mörrum mill in Sweden.
 
Sappi Confirms Sale of Nijmegen Mill
Sappi, Johannesburg, South Africa, this week confirmed that it has reached an agreement to dispose of the Sappi Nijmegen Mill in the Netherlands to an affiliate of American Industrial Acquisition Corp. (AIAC).
 
FPAC Issues First Report Card for Vision2020
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), Ottawa, Ont., Canada, this week released its first report card on Vision2020, Pathways to Prosperity, showing progress on three parameters—products, environmental performance, and people—and issues a call to action to build on the momentum to date.
 
Nalco, an Ecolab Company
Market Roundup
Global Fiber Trade up, Prices down
During the 1Q/14, trade of logs was up in all major markets of the world compared with the 1Q/13. For the four largest exporting countries, the increase was 17%, with the biggest rise in shipments coming out of Russia.
 
Biopolymers Consumption Market Worth $3,668.6 Million by 2018
The report "Global Biopolymers/Bioplastics Market by Type (Bio PET, Bio PE, PLA, PHA, Bio PBS, Starch Blends, and Regenerated Cellulose), by Application (Packaging, Bottles, Fibers, Agriculture, Automotive, and Others), by Geography - Trends & Forecasts to 2018", defines and segments the global biopolymers market with an analysis and forecasting of the global consumption volume and value.
 
Pulp & Paper
Norske Skog Upgrades Tasmania Mill to Counter Decline in Print Industry
Norske Skog, Norway, has upgraded its southern Tasmanian mill to counter a decline in the industry, it says.
 
Port Hawkesbury Paper Moves Forward with Sugar Extraction Plant
Port Hawkesbury Paper, Port Hawkesbury, N.S., is moving forward with a demonstration sugar extraction plant that would "sweeten" its potential for business growth, according to a report this week by The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S.
 
Portucel Soporcel Upgrading Cacia Mill in Portugal
Portucel Soporcel, Portugal, has ordered from Valmet, Finland, upgrades for its Cacia mill in Portugal.
 
Separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials to Close June 27
Rayonier Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. USA, reports significant progress toward completing the planned separation of its Performance Fibers business from its Forest Resources and Real Estate businesses.
 
Södra, James Cropper Collaborate to Commercialize DuraPulp
Together with U.K. based specialty paper producer James Cropper PLC, Södra, Sweden, is taking the first commercial step into the international market for bio-composite material DuraPulp.
 
UPM Completes Production Permitting for Fray Bentos Mill in Uruguay
UPM, Helsinki, Finland, reports that its Fray Bentos pulp mill in Uruguay has now complied with all requirements set forth by the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Land Planning of Uruguay and has been authorized to increase its production level to meet the mill capacity as per the company's request in 2011.
 
Verso Achieves Early Compliance with NYSE Continued Listing Standard
Verso Paper Corp., Memphis, Tenn., USA, reports that the New York Stock Exchange notified the company that it has achieved early compliance with the NYSE's market capitalization continued listing standard.
 
Containerboard/Packaging
Coveris Acquires St. Neots Packaging
Coveris, Chicago, Ill., USA, has acquired U.K.-based St. Neots packaging as part of a strategic move to support their continued growth in cartonboard.
 
Mondi Štětí Starts up PM 7 Packaging Paper Machine
Mondi Štětí, Czech Republic, and Andritz, Austria, have successfully started up the new PM 7.
 
Nicol-Pack Imperial to Modernize BM 1 with Metso QC Technology
Nicol-Pack Imperial Co., Russia, will modernize its board machine BM 1 with Metso's quality control technology at the Murom paper mill in the Vladimir region of Russia.
 
Sonoco-Alcore Receives Favorable Ruling in German Court
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l., Brussels, Belgium, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, reports that the German Federal Court of Justice has rejected an appeal against the German portion of Sonoco's European Patent EP 1 071 556, thereby reversing entirely a decision of the Federal Patent Court of March 1, 2011.
 
Tetra Pak Bumps Investment for Packaging Material Plant in Turkey by EUR 36 Million
Tetra Pak, Switzerland, this week announced an additional investment of EUR 36 million in its packaging material plant in Izmir, Turkey, to complete a EUR 60 million technology upgrade project that started in 2012.
 
Visy Selects Veolia HPD Chloride Removal Technology for Tumut Kraft Mill
As part of an overall capacity increase and mill optimization effort, Visy has chosen Veolia’s Chloride Removal Process (CRP™) to enhance the recovery cycle at its Tumut Kraft Mill in Australia.
 
New Products
Green Hygienics Launches Noov Bath Tissue, Paper Towels
Green Hygienics, Cape Coral, Fla., USA, has launched Noov®, a new line of bath tissue and paper towels.
 
Valmet iRoll Technology Improves Paper Quality, Machine Runnability
Valmet, Finland, reports that it is expanding its iRoll manufacturing capability. By the end of this month (June 2014), iRoll manufacturing will expand to cover Finland, France, the U.S., Thailand, and China.
 
Voith’s New Infinity Press Fabric Provides High Dewatering
Voith, Germany, has developed a completely new generation of endless and seam press fabrics containing a base structure that ensures the fabric will resist compaction during operation.
 
Energy
UPM BioVerno Renewable Diesel to be Distributed in Finland
UPM, Helsinki, Finland, has signed a sales agreement for UPM BioVerno renewable diesel, produced in UPM's Lappeenranta (Finland) Biorefinery, with NEOT (North European Oil Trade).
 
People
Castella Named AkzoNobel CFO
AkzoNobel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has appointed Maëlys Castella its new CFO.
 
Fortress Announces Election of Directors
Fortress Paper Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., USA, this week announced that announces that five directors were elected at the annual general and special meeting of shareholders of the company held last week.
 
Green Innovations Appoints Kardiman New CFO
Green Innovations Ltd., Cape Coral, Fla., USA, reports that it has promoted it controller, Sugiarto "Awie" Kardiman, to CFO. Kardiman brings more than 15 years of experience as a financial executive in the U.S. and global paper industry, and has served as Green Innovations' controller since 2013.
 
Joukio Appointed Metsä Board CEO
Metsä Board Corporation’s Board of Directors, Finland, has appointed M.Sc. (Tech.), MBA Mika Joukio the company’s new CEO.
 
TAPPI News
Are You Driving Innovation in the Industry?
Submit your favorite industry innovation to be featured on TAPPI's Centennial website.
 
PEERS Keynote Focuses on Advanced Manufacturing
Ron Brown, president and executive director of Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, to address September Conference.
 
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.
 
TAPPI Press: Pulp & Paper "Mills of the World"
TAPPI members save $20 off list price for this popular item.
 
TAPPI 2015 Major Awards Nominations Deadline
See the four major awards TAPPI is accepting nominations for in the upcoming year.
 
Pulp Mill Managers: Is Your Mill The Most Efficient It Can Be?
The Pine Chemicals Association is collecting soap, CTO, and CST yields and will publish the statistics, allowing you to benchmark your pulp mill co-product recovery operations.
 
TAPPI Press: Corrugated Adhesives Preparation
Revised and updated manual provides the box plant with a practical and useful tool to make better starch adhesives as well as see better bond quality. Now available to members for a $49 dollar discount.
 
Register Now for PEERS Conference
2014 TAPPI PEERS Conference focuses on pioneering strategies for reliability and innovation.
 
In the Spotlight: Celso Foelkel - Membership is a Career Value-Add
See why TAPPI member Celso Foelkel says so.
 
TAPPI Press: Critical Thinking in Converting
This text is available to TAPPI members for a discount of $40 off list price. While this is a technical book, no special background is required. The reader only needs a working knowledge of terminology and concepts that are common in web manufacturing and converting.
 
2014 NCSU Financial Analysis Course Announced
Focus on training for improved financial foresight at this July 30 workshop.