Over the Wire

Total U.S. printing and writing (P&W) paper shipments decreased 6% in July compared with July 2013, with total paper inventories declining 1% compared with June, according to the AF&PA (Washington, D.C., USA) July 2014 Printing-Writing Paper Report released this past week.

 

Total U.S. boxboard production increased 2.8% compared with July 2013 and increased 2.4% from last month, according to the AF&PA (Washington, D.C., USA) recently released July 2014 U.S. Paperboard Report.

 

ABB, Zurich, Switzerland, reports that it received an order for the delivery of process electrification at a new pulp mill to be built in South Sumatra, Indonesia.

 

Klabin, Brazil, will install an Andritz, Graz, Austria, dynamic simulation solutions at its Puma pulp mill project in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil.

 

Pratt Industries, Conyers, Ga., USA, has selected Metso (Finland) automation technology for the new PM 16 packaging paper production line at its 100% recycled paper mill currently under construction in Valparaiso, Ind., USA.

 

Resolute Forest Products, Montreal, Que., Canada, has ordered from Andritz, Graz, Austria, equipment, engineering, and field services for a new Lo-Solids continuous digester, including Andritz’s patented TurboFeed chip feeding system (see photo), which will replace an existing displacement batch pulping process at Resolute’s Calhoun, Tenn., USA, pulp mill.

 

Taiwan-based Yuen Foong Yu (YFY) will install a new Toscotec, Italy, complete tissue production line at its Ching-Shui mill in Qingshui District, a coastal suburban district in western Taichung City, Taiwan, Republic of China.

 

A French television challenge recently showed a car crossing a bridge made of corrugated cardboard.

 

BillerudKorsnäs, Sweden, reports that it will invest approximately SEK 900 million in its Frövi and Rockhammar mills in Sweden.

 

Graphic Packaging International, Atlanta, Ga., USA, has created a 90-second video that showcases how microwave cooking is meeting the demands of today's increasingly time starved, always-on-the-go consumer.

 

Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, this week announced that it will acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Hockenheim, Germany, an European provider of composite cans, composite drums, and rigid containers, for EUR 286 million, or approximately $383 million, in cash.

 

BTG Instruments, Switzerland, has opened a new Service Center in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan, to enhance support for its large installed base in Japan.

 

Dutch company Hero (part of the Swiss based Hero Group) is now packaging its newly introduced Hero Fairtrade juices in Combidome from SIG Combibloc, New Zealand, part of the Rank Group.

 

HP, Sarasota, Fla., USA, this week introduced three new resin-coated photo papers optimized for HP Latex Printers that speed up production and offer high photo quality: HP Professional Gloss Photo Paper, HP Professional Satin Photo Paper, and HP Everyday Satin Photo Paper.

 

NewPage Corp., Stevens Point, Wis., USA, has introduced Reflections™, a new 60 lb. (89 gsm) high gloss cast coated alternative label paper designed for high-end wet glue and pressure sensitive applications that require smooth printing and a mirror gloss appearance, such as spirits, wine, and pharmaceutical labels.

 

Voith, Germany, has brought a new IPV Rotor for virgin pulp onto the market.

 

Smart Planet Technologies Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., USA, a manufacturer of innovative materials that address sustainability challenges in packaging, and Printwinner, a printing and packaging distribution company, have announced commercial availability of paper hot cups using EarthCoating®.

 

On September 9 in Lenoir City, Tenn., USA, local company, Proton Power Inc. (PPI), will deliver a presentation about powering a clean, sustainable future with the use of cellulosic biomass.

 

One of the Finnish environmental technology flagship projects gaining international attention is the new gasification based waste-to-energy plant solution, developed by Valmet.

 

ArborGen, Ridgefield, S.C., USA, a developer and marketer of advanced genetic seedlings that improve the productivity of forest trees, has named John M. Radak CFO, effective immediately.

 

Christian Edlinger has been promoted to business line director, Interface & Performance, in the Consumer Specialties Unit of Evonik Corp., Hopewell, Va., USA.

 

Karin Emilsson, director of technology at Södra, Sweden, has decided to leave the company after 27 years.

 

For a limited time, a sample of the high caliper content published in TAPPI Journal is being made available free to download for members.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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