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Goldenrod Corp.
Issue Spotlight
Company reports that project is progressing and that it is "in partner discussions for a brownfield conversion" of the newsprint line at the Bruck mill to tissue. Norske Skog expects tissue production to ramp-up in 2018.
 
Company will become the largest tissue producer in Sub-Saharan Africa with New, State-of-the-Art Production Line.
 
Survey findings by global hygiene company SCA reveal that Americans are surprisingly concerned about hygiene issues. In fact, more than a third of Americans (39%) worry about becoming ill due to poor hygiene and a majority (56%) have avoided places or activities outright due to concerns about hygiene.
 
Eden Roc Resort Location in Miami, Fla., USA, chosen for October 2017 Event.
 
Course benefits anyone new to pulp and paper, for those who need a refresher, and those taking on a new role in mill operations.
 
Bonetti Company, Inc.
Cristini
Insight Technology International LLC
Market Roundup
Price index declined in September 2016. However, the index was still close to a two-year high.
 
October 2016 North American Trade Tree Online pulp price indices are all lower, reflecting U.S. spot transactions completed between Sept. 16, 2016 and Oct. 15, 2016.
 
Shipments were up 2.2% y/y from August, and were unchanged from a year ago.
 
2015 recycling rate is 1.5% higher than the target set by the ERPC in the 3rd European Declaration on Paper Recycling for the period 2010-2015.
 
Price increase will be 2% - 6%, dependent on geographic location and products and services sold.
 
At a CAGR of around 3.1% during the next decade, market will reach approximately $50.42 billion by 2025.
 
Tissue/Toweling Industry News
Tissue machine has a design speed of 2,100 m/min. and a width of 5.55 meters. It will use 100% renewable energy generated from biomass and converted into steam. The PrimeDry Steel Yankee has a diameter of 22 ft. and thus is the largest for tissue worldwide.
 
Fluff pulp produced at the mill will be used to make absorbent hygiene products, including baby diapers and incontinence products, sold around the world.
 
Economy Paper Co. has been serving customers since 1936 and offers sanitary maintenance products as well as fine paper and industrial packaging.
 
System provides up-to-the-minute monitoring of restroom conditions from any device or location, 24 hours a day.
 
K-C invested some EUR 15 million in the hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France.
 
King, currently employed at Valmet as SVP, pulp and energy, North America, during his career has gained vast leadership experience in several management positions covering services, sales, and business development in Valmet, Metso, and ABB.
 
Premises will allow check-outs of four complete converting lines simultaneously, for a production capacity of 36 lines per year, together with a space for the administration, production, and sales departments.
 
The Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill is currently investing in two tissue machines with a combined capacity of 140,000 metric tpy.
 
Vooner Flogard Corporation
Company has been awarded a position on the Climate A List by CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies.
 
Nopco Holding AS and related subsidiaries are producers and suppliers of advanced chemical solutions for the pulp and paper industry, including the tissue sector.
 
Valmet was ranked among the top 9% of all the included companies. From the Nordic countries, a total of 14 companies were included in the list.
 
Edson Packaging Machinery Limited
New Technologies
Unit is designed to provide control between the pump and pump control valve to minimize pressure surges in the fluid handling system when the pump starts and stops.
 
Company has launched its newest flavor of face wipes through an Indiegogo campaign that will raise donations for Baby2Baby, a national organization that provides low-income children with the basic necessities that every child deserves.
 
New bathing glove may help to improve resident hygiene, maintain skin health, and lower risk of infection while saving caregivers time.
 
Full line of Timken seals features small- and large-bore seals in both inch and metric sizes.
 
OMET Americas, Inc.
 
Kadant Inc.
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
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