Over the Wire

BSK pulp exports fall 10% y/y in April 2017, with exports to China at a three-year low.

 

Report divides global paper machine systems market into seven regions: North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ), Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Japan, and the Middle East and Africa.

 

Pew Research Center study shows the decline tool weekday circulation down to 35 million and Sunday circulation to 38 million.

 

County's BHK imports rose 44% and its BSk pulp imports were up 6% through the first four months of 2017.

 

Market size is estimated to grow from $14.27 billion in 2017 to $16.65 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 3.1%.

 

Rebuild will raise production capacity by increasing press dryness, and enable improved paper quality as a second stage.

 

Paperchine is a global supplier of highly engineered equipment and services to the paper industry.

 

CNG’s Lindenmeyr Munroe paper distribution division is acquiring the business of St. Paul-based Independent Paper Group, LLC (IPG), further strengthening its sales and distribution presence in Minnesota.

 

Forest products business of NII FPG Company includes two primary manufacturing facilities and approximately 275 employees worldwide, with reported revenue of approximately $81 million.

 

Occasion at center in Karlstad, Sweden, was celebrated together with the tissue research cluster managed by RISE.

 

Timberlands will be sold to a consortium led by BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group for $402.5 million in cash.

 

DPF Groupe is a specialist in multi material packaging solutions for the industry and a well-invested corrugated producer. It operates two companies in France.

 

Concept provides cost savings on raw material consumption, perfect seal for the cleanest wire edge, and is suitable for single- and multi-layer machines.

 

"I am excited about our acquisition of MPS, which is an important step in the continuing development of WestRock," said Steve Voorhees, CEO of WestRock.

 

Upgrade will improve mill’s NSSC line washing, resulting in a better product quality and strengthened competitive position

 

Metris technologies are the very latest state-of-the-art in the IoT/Industry 4.0 sector and can be fully tailored to individual customer requirements.

 

FusionSM Strength and Performance Technology combines specialty chemistries and state-of-the-art process control offering packaging paper and board manufacturers new capabilities to increase sheet strength and quality while reducing operating costs.

 

Increase, effective July 1, 2017, applies to all Genuine Vegetable Parchment products.

 

Increase is for coated freesheet, groundwood, and supercalendered grades.

 

Company is hiking prices on its publication papers.

 

Effective July 1, company is increasing prices for all coated freesheet and web coated groundwood, and SC grades.

 

Increase applies to all coated and SC grade basis weights and finishes, plus all related private label grades and associated band extensions.

 

"We shall now carefully review the feasibility study findings and prepare for Phase II, which will include the environmental impact assessment and further developing of novel bioproducts within commercial and business structure frameworks," CEO Jukka Kantola said.

 

New facility to produce biochar for high grade agricultural growing medium.

 

Pilot center will develop into a new kind of an ecosystem, welcoming companies and research organizations to develop their ideas towards industrial-scale production.

 

Catrin Gustavsson holds a M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, and a PhD degree in pulp technology from the Royal Institute of Technology. She is currently head of the process engineering department at Södra’s pulp mill at Värö, outside of Varberg.

 

Bryan White has more than 10 years of experience in the areas of association management, marketing, programs and services, membership, education, and strategic planning to achieve organizational goals and initiatives.

 

Satu Härkönen has been working for Stora Enso since 1995 in several leadership positions within sales, marketing, and communications.

 

Andreas Endters appointed new chairman of the board of Group Division Voith Paper.

 

Noel Kasmi will direct sales for company’s Label and Packaging Materials Europe.

 

Limited seating means you’ll have the best interaction with the instructor for your questions and for the opportunity to learn from others’ challenges. This course is like no other offering the most comprehensive introductory and intermediate level content in a two-day format in the industry.

 

Domtar’s newly created BioMaterials Business Unit is led by Mark DeAndrea, VP and business unit leader. As the IBBC 2017 keynote speaker, DeAndrea will share his insights on the growing bioeconomy and how Domtar is identifying new biomaterials opportunities to manufacture products that people rely on every day.

 

Learn the where, how, and why raw materials are used - and more – at NPIRI’s Summer Course.

 

At the Tissue 2017 Conference & Expo, the Flushability Panel discussion will feature industry leaders from Procter & Gamble, Georgia-Pacific, and Solenis, discussing the importance of flushability assessment methods.

 

The Handbook For Pulp and Paper Technologists (The SMOOK Book), is by far the best-selling text to introduce the entire technology of pulp and paper manufacture.