| Thursday, July 29, 2021 - members edition
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Weekly Spotlight
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From The Experts
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Market Roundup
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Pulp & Paper
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Containerboard/Packaging
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New Products
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Sustainability
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TAPPI News
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Weekly Spotlight
RAK Mill, Indonesia, signs new ABB contract as part of digital transformation project to help achieve its highest ever production
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Voith wins this year’s AI Champions Award in the ‘large enterprise’ category for its newly developed AI application OnView.DigitalEye. For the first time, this innovation allows the quality of recovered paper to be analyzed at the stock preparation stage, one process step before paper production.
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced that Indonesia will allow the importation of recycled materials with up to 2% impurities, the government informed the U.S. embassy in Jakarta July 16.
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Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) is announcing the curtailment of approximately 115 million board feet of production capacity at its Canadian sawmills during the third quarter of 2021 due to the significant supply chain challenges and transportation backlog in Western Canada as a result of the extreme wildfire conditions.
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From The Experts
What comes to mind when you think of the forestry sector? An incredibly multifaceted industry, the products we get from forestry are well beyond what I could count on my two hands. Books, housing, equipment and so much more come from the sector, and a lot of the time we never actually think about where these products come from, how they're harvested, and how sustainable the practice (in Canada, at least) is.
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Market Roundup
Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) reported second quarter 2021 net income of $207 million, or $2.17 per share, and net income of $207 million, or $2.17 per share, excluding special items. Second quarter net sales were $1.9 billion in 2021 and $1.5 billion in 2020.
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Sappi Europe has announced further price increases for Paperboard, Containerboard, Sublimation & Inkjet grades that will take effect with deliveries from September 1.
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SCA on July 23 reported strong second quarter 2021 earnings on higher pricing and low input costs.
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Pulp & Paper
Toscotec has received an order from Sappi to supply a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer to their mill in Stanger, South Africa. The TT SYD was delivered in record time only 20 weeks after the order. The start-up is planned for the third quarter of 2021.
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International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Shandong Huatai Paper Industry Shareholding to upgrade an existing BCTMP (bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp) plant to become the world’s largest mechanical pulping line for P&W (Printing & Writing) paper production at the mill in Dongying, Shandong province, China. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022.
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New owners are providing some hope that the former Appvion Paper Mill in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, may have new life.
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Paper Excellence is proposing a complete transformation of Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation, a producer of high-quality bleached softwood kraft pulp at its kraft pulp mill in Pictou County that is used in the manufacturing of a variety of products from tissue and paper towels to food additives and packaging.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Metsä Board is investing EUR 210 million to increase folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in Sweden in response to growing demand for sustainably produced packaging materials that support the circular economy.
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New Products
Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced the release of OptiCycle™, a new, innovative line of non-polyethylene (PE) coated, single-use foodservice packaging that provides an alternative to traditional PE and polylactic acid (PLA) coated products.
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Rockwell Automation announced a partnership with Kezzler AS, a cloud-based product digitization and traceability platform, to help manufacturers capture the journey of their products from raw material sources to point-of-sale or beyond using cloud-based supply chain solutions that focus on product traceability.
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ANDRITZ has launched CircleToZero®, a holistic program for the pulp-producing industry with the goal of providing strong support to customers in their efforts to achieve maximum, sustainable production, aiming at zero emissions and zero waste production.
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Sustainability
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, recently launched an informative new blog to help customers and organizations in water-intensive industries. Located at www.solenis.com/en/newsblog, the blog features tips and educational articles for sustainable water treatment and process improvement.
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The Paper and Packaging Board's How Life Unfolds® campaign launched an integrated communication effort with sustainability messaging at the center. The initiative includes a content rich microsite, imaginative animated video, colorful digital banners, and print ads targeting the Paper and Packaging Board's (P+PB) custom consumer audience, Expressives, with a focus on 18-34-year olds and new platforms, including TikTok, to reach them.
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Stora Enso and Tetra Pak have joined forces to triple the recycling capacity of beverage cartons in Poland. The partnership, which follows a comprehensive feasibility study, sees the introduction of a large-scale carton repulping line at Stora Enso's Ostroleka production unit in Poland.
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TAPPI News
Please view the list of Upcoming August Webinars and Events.
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Are you meeting your customer’s sustainability demands? Find solutions for sustainable packaging at TAPPICon 2021.
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Elizabeth McCormick headlines TAPPI’s Women In Industry Division breakfast.
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Your TAPPI Membership gives you unrivaled networking and access to education.
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World-class experts will help you discover what the paper machine is capable of doing and what new products can be achieved.
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TAPPI's Introduction to Kraft Pulping and Bleaching Course offers online modules, live group discussions and much more.
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Michelman is looking for applications to fill the remote position of Global Marketing Manager in Circular Economy. Are you interested? If so, apply today.
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