Over the Wire

According to this report, single wall corrugated board is the most preferred technology throughout the globe. Corrugated shipping container is considered market multifunctional with various uses such as wrapping, enclosing, protecting, cushioning, indexing, stacking, and displaying.

 

Columbia Pulp’s plant on the Snake River will use a new technology that pulls cellulose out of the abundant straw left over from wheat and alfalfa harvests. The $184 million plant near Dayton is scheduled to open later this year. Traditionally, pulp comes from wood but is now expanding to cover pulp for products from all forest material.

 

Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.

 

Finnpulp’s bioproduction mill will be the first mill in the world that will utilize intelligent processes and artificial intelligence from the beginning. The basic engineering will take into account the requirements of optimization in the digital ecosystem from raw material, supply chain and back office, to the quality and quantity of production.

 

Novimpianti has approximately 40 employees and generates annual sales of approximately EUR 10 million. Novimpianti is a global supplier of engineered equipment and services for air and energy systems to the paper industry’s leading manufacturers.

 

According to local media, the prospective buyer is Henri Bréban, CEO of the nearby packaging company Express Packaging. Filpac CGT says that Bréban intends to produce packaging paper in Wizernes in the future, which fits the current activity of his company Express Packaging. The mill has been down since mid-2015.

 

"The adoption of opt-Studio provides us with improved short and mid-term planning capabilities; we can refresh the schedule automatically on every machine in seconds, giving the planner and other users full visibility of the impact of the decisions or external events."

 

Ready meal consumption continues to grow throughout Europe and new sustainable solutions are welcome. The new material feels like corrugated cardboard and is made of fiber derived from Forest Stewardship Council certified sources.

 

The APASS program was designed by Amazon to help support vendors, sellers and manufacturers to obtain certification of their products as Frustration Free Packaging (FFP), Ships-in-Own-Container (SIOC) or Prep-Free Packaging (PFP).

 

Bag-in-Box does not need to be lifted in order to pour, which makes it convenient for children and seniors to use, making water accessible to all members of the family. Liquid is poured through the tap on the side of the box either from the kitchen table or directly from the fridge.

 

Company this week announced the HP One Package workflow suite for PageWide Industrial corrugated presses, the industry’s first ecosystem for digital corrugated printing.

 

The Smooth-Cut Roll Towel dispenser ensures effortless, clean-cut and quiet dispensing, with a new "suspension-like" roller, a first to the North American market.

 

As Voith NanoSelect roll covers are ideally matched to the requirements of a specific application, they facilitate the production of paper in the desired quality.

 

Holding several similarities with its standard PopLok® predecessor, the primary differentiating features of the PopLok® VS include its ability to handle a tighter range of tray sizes and its simple design. With no mandrel or tooling required, the PopLok® VS Series also allows for a quick and easy change-over between tray blank sizes.

 

Smurfit Kappa’s innovative new Thermo Bag is a barrier bag made from special coextruded PE film (MDPE for thermo-resistance and LLDPE for flexibility) and EVOH for oxygen barrier.

 

Performa BrillianceTM sets a high standard for brightness, smoothness, and visual appearance of folding boxboard (FBB). It is ideal for packaging cosmetics, fragrances, perfumes, beauty and hair care products and luxury products such as jewellery, watches, champagne, and fine spirits.

 

Valmet extends its quality control systems expertise to the paper and board machine forming section with the introduction of the Valmet IQ Dryness Measurement (IQ Dryness). Utilizing microwave technology, the IQ Dryness measures the water layer thickness on the web, which can be used to calculate the web dry content.

 

A new operator interface for Valmet's successful paper testing system Paper Lab opens opportunities by making automated paper testing more accessible, faster, and easier to use with minimum training. Paper Lab is suitable for testing all grades of paper and board with a wide selection of industry standard paper quality tests.

 

Domtar explains the importance of eco-labels.

 

"The corrugated industry is showing really good market growth, thanks to e-commerce and the robustness of the economy and international trade in Europe and worldwide," said Jan Klingele.

 

Company has named Mark Roy as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). In the newly created role of chief commercial officer, Roy will focus on driving company growth, including oversight of sales, marketing, account management, customer services, strategy, and business development.

 

Learn proven methods from IDCON on how to improve preventive maintenance, stores, utilization of craftspeople, maintenance costs, schedules and much more!

 

This introductory to intermediate-level course will help you expand your overall understanding of kraft pulp mill operations and broaden your awareness of how one part of the process affects other operations. With this knowledge, you'll be better equipped to troubleshoot quality problems and feel more confident in your interactions among process engineers and operators.

 

The International Bioenergy & Bioproducts Conference (IBBC), October 28-31, 2018 in Portland, Ore., USA, offers eight sessions featuring cutting-edge research and the newest technology developments in advancing biorefineries.