Donna Harman, president and CEO of AF&PA, points out that "National Forest Products Week (NFPW) is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited to get the party started."

 

Just as natural foods shoppers have changed grocery stores, responsible packaging shoppers are expected to have the same impact. Shoppers are familiar with natural foods aisles and sections dedicated to natural ingredients. In the future, aisles dedicated to responsible packaging and the demands of the responsible shopper are likely to be just as familiar.

 

Deep Eutectic Solvents are nature-based, renewable, biodegradable, low-volatile and cost-effective. The overall objective of the DES concept is to achieve a 40% reduction of energy use and an 80% reduction of CO2 emissions in pulp and papermaking.

 

Imports of P&W papers in August increased 5% compared with August 2017 imports, while exports declined 26% compared with August 2017.

 

A.Celli Paper E-WIND® T80S is a modular and fully automated rewinder, running at 1,000 m/min., with built-in electrical cabinets capable of managing products that involve a specific volume, diameter, and cutting format while also guaranteeing extra capacity during production peaks.

 

Xerium is a global manufacturer and supplier of machine clothing (forming fabrics, press felts, drying fabrics) and roll covers for paper, tissue, and board machines, including maintenance and aftermarket services. The company provides a sophisticated digital software tool to optimize pressing performance by means of sensors integrated into the roll covers.

 

Case Paper said the investment is the plant's second precision sheeter and will position their High Point facility to double its sales volume over the coming year.

 

Curtailment is expected to reduce production in the region by approximately 20% during the quarter and will be taken by way of reduced operating days and extended weekends/holiday breaks.

 

Company explained that production has been good during the past year, and it has recruited new operators and finished several improvements related to production, all of which has allowed the mill to increase its production capacity. Lessebo Paper noted that boosting production is a large investment in both time and money and that the mill is looking positively at the future.

 

Total investments of EUR 500 million by 2020. The biggest part is dedicated to a new speciality paper machine for flexible packaging, which will start being operated by end of 2019.

 

The company reported that it is proceeding on schedule towards the start-up of the new KM7 board machine in March-April 2019. Furthermore, the company has recently announced new organizational structure, consisting of three business divisions with full profitability responsibility, effective as of the beginning of the month.

 

Fifty years after engineers and inventors Cark Marschke and Richard Thomas founded Marquip in the tiny northern Wisconsin town of Phillips, the corrugating and paper product machinery manufacturer--now called BW Papersystems—is celebrating five decades of remarkable growth and change.

 

BioPak is a leading supplier of sustainable packaging in Australia and New Zealand. BioPak was started in 2006 with the aim of offering the most sustainable, environmentally adapted packaging on the Australian market.

 

Mondi said this upgrade will debottleneck pulp production by 100,000 metric tpy, which will be integrated into the containerboard production once the new machine ramps up.

 

Oji Group set "Further expansion of overseas business" as one of the major pillars to strive towards the realization of a value-creating company. The group company HPI Resources has been developing corrugated business in Cambodia, operating its first plant in Phnom Penh, the capital city and the second one built in the southern part of Cambodia.

 

The EAM division manufactures high-quality absorbent cores that are used for many applications, including baby diapers, food packaging, medical and healthcare solutions, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence. Not always, but traditionally, these are best suited in design as nonwoven fiber materials.

 

Company has unified its core categories of personal protective equipment (PPE) – apparel, gloves, and eyewear – under a refreshed and revitalized KleenGuard brand.

 

Archroma now adds a new innovation to its portfolio with Cartastrength ABL, a product also aimed at boosting the performance of wet, dry and surface strength solutions, as well as improving the retention of fines and fillers.

 

The Kongsberg C64 multifunctional digital cutting table for signage and display applications keeps up with today’s faster, wider printers. The versatile system delivers precision and productivity thanks to it’s lightweight carbon composite traverse which delivers high accuracy at top speed and a 3kW continuous duty high-performance milling unit.

 

The advent of these types of papers on the consumer market represent a great leap forward for end-user paper product safety. Mineral oil components in foods are undesirable and harmful. It has been proven that saturated mineral oils accumulate in the human body, and aromatic mineral oils have been considered carcinogenic.

 

Midland’s new Dry Toner Specialty Paper & Film Catalog has been expanded to a 190-page resource guide with the most extensive offering of Dry Toner compatible Coated Paper, Uncoated Paper, Text & Cover, Pressure Sensitive Films, Non Pressure Sensitive Films, and Pressure Sensitive Paper in the industry.

 

Designed specifically for HP Indigo digital presses, the new imPress ID chemistries are up to eight times more efficient at generating print adhesion.

 

"We are so proud to reward Resolute for their outstanding 2018 results," said Maria Jimenez, chief nomination officer of BIG. "This year’s group of winners are clearly leading by example in the global business community."

 

The prestigious 3SAward is an accolade awarded each year by the tissue manufacturer Sofidel to the suppliers who have distinguished themselves through their environmental and social sustainability activities.

 

Dr. Stefan Heizmann will be the company’s new head of IT. Robert Franz is a sales manager from Rittal with international experience, who will oversee global sales at Heidelberg in the Sales Operations unit.

 

Kevin Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and attended Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, Columbia University and Harvard Business School.

 

Network and learn from world-class industry experts in kraft operations.

 

Members of the organization have until November 1, 2018 to review the slate.

 

The theme for the 2018-2019 awards program is Forest-based products and services – How disruptive technologies are revolutionizing the future. Winners will have the opportunity to present their projects in front of an audience of global forest products industry CEOs at the ICFPA’s International CEO Roundtable meeting May 6-8, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada.

 

Take your recruiting efforts to the next level at the 2019 TAPPI-PIMA Student Summit, the industry's leading career fair.

 

This training in the fundamentals of tissue manufacturing is ideal for you!

 

TAPPI Nano 2019 is now accepting presentations on your latest technical developments and applications of renewable nanomaterials. Submissions deadline is Dec., 3 2018.

 

Does your mill feel like it could use some updating? The New Technology Showcase at PEERS 2018 may have what you need.