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Cascades Acquires Four Containerboard Packaging Plants, Increases Ownership in Greenpac

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TAPPI

Thursday, December 07, 2017 - Member
Cristini
Four plants were acquired from the Coyle family, and specialize in the manufacturing of boxes and specialty products offering strong growth potential.
 
Green Bay Packaging Evaluating New Containerboard Machine for Wisconsin Mill
New 220-in. machine would be operational in 2020 and would replace the company’s existing 164-in.-trim machine, originally constructed in 1950.
 
Georgia Tech Seeks Proposals to Develop Future Industry Leaders
Proposals for 2018 fellowship grants under the RBI Endowment are due Feb. 15, 2018.
 
Sappi to Acquire Cham Paper Group’s Specialty Paper Business
Acquisition includes CPG’s Carmignano and Condino Mills in Italy, its digital imaging business in Cham, Switzerland, as well as all brands and know-how.
 
G-P Investing in Compact Toilet Paper Business
Georgia-Pacific is investing some $50 million in converting assets to support the Compact professional toilet paper business at its Green Bay, Wis., USA, and Savannah River mill in Rincon, Ga.
 
Forest NB Announces Plans for New Brunswick Lumber Producers
NBLP is supportive of the Province's plan to defend New Brunswick's exclusion from U.S. softwood lumber duties, which will ensure the livelihoods of thousands of New Brunswickers.
 
Processum Awarded PPI Awards 2017 for Work on Protein from Pulp Mills
Processum received award for its work over many years to develop a technique for production of a single cell protein made from forest industry residual streams to be used in fish feed.
 
Automation of Factorylogistics for European SMEs Takes Digital Leap
Finland-based VTT to lead EUR 8.8 million initiative.
 
Acorn Paper Products Issues Third Annual Holiday Challenge
The first challenge will be to collect at least 400 lb. of canned food that will be donated to the Los Angeles, Calif., USA, Regional Food Bank. The second part will be to fill at least 10 boxes of toys that will be donated to the Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Children's Health Center.
 
BASF Corporation
Market Roundup
Russia BSK Pulp Exports Plunge 35%
Drop caused by Ilim Group’s temporary switch to more BHK pulp output.
 
Wildfires Hamper Winter Log Inventories for Mills in U.S. Pacific Northwest
Increased competition for small-diameter logs in the four states of the U.S. Pacific Northwest has resulted in a higher share of logs being consumed by sawmills, thus leaving many pulp mills with low log inventory levels going into the 4Q/17.
 
Protective Packaging Market Worth $44.6 Billion By 2025
Market will grow at a CAGR of 5.6% during the next eight years.
 
Warehouse Specialist
Pulp & Paper
Canfor Pulp Announces Temporary Production Outage at Northwood
No. 5 recovery boiler is expected to be down for two weeks, and the company is projecting 15,000 metric tons of reduced NBSK pulp production during the fourth quarter of 2017.
 
Holmen Sells Forest Properties in Sweden
"This forest land is located far from our production facilities and has significant other values than forestry. We intend to reinvest the sales proceeds in forest located closer to our own production facilities," said Henrik Sjölund, president and CEO of Holmen.
 
Koehler Kehl Increases Productivity with Products, Expertise from Voith
Gains include 100% longer press sleeve service life, better paper quality due to optimized press felts, and Improved production safety.
 
Lucart Boosts Performance with Toscotec Tissue Rewinder at Mill in France
New Toscotec TT WIND-P tissue rewinder has started up at Lucart tissue mill in Laval sur Vologne, France.
 
Meridian Waste Solutions Acquires Innovative Biomaterials Business
Company receives DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory non-exclusive patent for high performance lignin-acrylonitrile polymer blend materials.
 
Partex-Star Group Orders A.Celli Turn-Key Tissue Project
Bangladesh group’s goal is to manufacture tissue product with high levels of
absorbency, softness, and bulk.
 
Sappi Installs Valmet Chipping Line, Chip Handling at Saiccor Mill
Upgrade will increase chipping capacity, improve chip quality, and minimize wood losses at mill in South Africa.
 
Södra to Sell Södra Wood to Sörnsen Holzleisten
Norwegian operation, Södra Wood AS, is expected to be handed over to Germany-based Sörnsen Holzleisten on Feb. 1, 2018.
 
Suzano to Acquire Controlling Stake in Facepa Tissue
Suzano will acquire a majority stake in the sanitary products producer for approximately $95 million.
 
Universal Electric Corp.
Containerboard/Packaging
AF&PA Disappointed in Passage of Bag Provision
"Paper is part of the environmental solution, but Boston is treating it like the problem," AP&PA President and CEO Donna Harman wrote.
 
GualapackGroup to Open New Plant in Chile
New flexible packaging facility, to be located in Chile, is scheduled to begin production in the spring of 2018.
 
Heinzel Starts up Andritz Rebuilt PM 10 in Laakirchen, Austria
Machine that originally produced SC paper was converted to a fluting and testliner machine producing basis weights ranging from 70 to 140 gsm based on recycled fibers.
 
Schumacher Packaging's Netherlands Plant Triples Production Area
Company relocates to new pallet warehouse for just-in-time delivery in the Netherlands and Belgium.
 
Sonoco Announces Five-year, $2.725 Million Fresh Packaging Initiative
Sonoco FRESH partnership with Clemson University to develop new technologies, package formats.
 
New Products
Andritz Develops SmartSIM Operator Training
Andritz Separation has developed a new computer-assisted tool for operator training to maximize machine and process performance with a minimum of training time.
 
Hawk Measurement Introduces OptioLaser 200 Series
infrared 905 nanometers laser technology provides reliable, accurate distance and level measurements.
 
Neenah Reveals Magic of Combinations in "The Alchemy of Design"
"This is an inspiration book that reinterprets the meaning of alchemy within the realm of print design, where the four essential elements are audience, message, paper, and print," said Auburne Gahlman, marketing manager, Neenah.
 
Tetra Evero Makes U.S. Debut
Innovative package and state-of-the-art filling machine bring new opportunities for beverage producers.
 
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Published Pricing
Domtar Specialty Papers Announces Price Increase
Increase of $2.50/cwt is on bleached and unbleached food packaging, medical packaging, industrial grades, coating base, and release paper products.
 
Glatfelter Raises Prices of Carbonless Roll/Sheet Products, Security Papers
Increase will be 6% for all Carbonless Roll products, Carbonless Roll Accessories (CF and CB Sprays), Defensa® Security CB products, all Carbonless Sheet Products, and Fan-Apart Adhesive.
 
Solenis to Increase Prices on All Alkaline Sizing Product Lines Globally
Company will hike prices by up to 20% on all alkaline sizing products globally, effective immediately or as customer contracts allow.
 
Sustainability
Clearwater Paper Releases 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
CSR sustainability report shares data from the past two years, providing a comprehensive update on the company's performance on key environmental, social, and governance topics.
 
Global Forest and Paper Industry Reports on Sustainability Progress
The sixth biennial report highlights ICFPA members’ progress on sustainability commitments agreed upon in the 2006 CEO Leadership Statement on Sustainability.
 
Smurfit Kappa Demonstrates Circular Business Practices at BIOBASE Conference
Company experts in the area of sustainability and R&D shared unique insights on how the company is using innovative solutions to close loops and deliver value for customers.
 
People
NPTA to Present 2018 Stanley O. Styles Award to Mohawk’s O'Connor
Tom O’Connor, chairman and CEO of Mohawk Fine Papers, will accept the 2018 Stanley O. Styles Industry Excellence Award at Paper2018, which will be held at the Lotte New York Palace in New York City, March 11-13, 2018.
 
Skuthälla Named Sales/Business Development Director in New Rottneros Organization
Kasper Skuthälla will assume the role in addition to his current position as managing director of Rottneros Packaging.
 
Sulzer Appoints Fillinger U.S. Sales Manager for High Voltage Coils
Janice Fillinger will be responsible for medium and high voltage coil sales as well as developing new business in this competitive market where speed and quality are essential to customers.
 
UPM Biorefining Names Hakanen SVP, Uruguay Development Project
Currently Hakanen works as SVP, UPM Specialty Papers ENA.
 
International Finance Corporation
TAPPI News
Training Like No Other
Powerful pulp and paper knowledge coming in January.
 
Free Webinar on Work Life Balance
On Jan. 31, 2018, the Women in Industry Division will present the second free webinar in its series, "Work Life Balance: Elusive Dream or Achievable Goal?"
 
Nonwovens Professionals Worldwide Will Gather in April 2018 for Premier Nonwovens Event
Be part of the most important gathering of nonwovens professionals in the industry. Be part of NETInc (Innovative Nonwovens Conference) and take advantage of this opportunity to learn from the experts.
 
TAPPI Industry Career Center: New-Indy seeks Project Engineer
New-Indy Ontario is seeking a Project Engineer– Electrical for its Ontario, Calif., USA, paper mill.
 
Paper Industry Gives Back to the Community at PaperCon 2018
Join your fellow paper professionals at PaperCon 2018 on Sunday, April 15, 2018, in Charlotte, N.C., USA, as they volunteer to package meals for families in need.
 
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