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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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People
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TAPPI News
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Weekly Spotlight
Corex, part of VPK Group, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Arteche Paper, a leading producer of coreboard, cores and edge protectors in the Iberian market.
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that nearly $10 million is being invested in forest nursery and native seed partnerships, thanks to funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Andritz has received an order from Smurfit Kappa to deliver a new energy-efficient debarking line for its paper mill in Yumbo, Colombia. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024.
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The fully automated high-bay warehouse solution is a part of Stora Enso’s EUR 1 billion investment to convert the remaining idle paper machine at the Group’s Oulu site in Finland into a high-volume consumer board production line. The warehouse is expected to be in operation in the spring of 2025.
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From The Experts
Preliminary statistics for 2022 released by Cepi, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, show the impact of high energy prices and of an eroding EU and global economic growth. The sector can however capitalise on positive long-term trends, which the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan could accelerate.
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Market Roundup
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its January 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report.
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Renewable energy sources can be converted directly into biofuels. There has been a huge growth in the production and usage of biofuels as substitutes for fossil fuels.
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The increasing concerns of environmental pollution and shortage of petroleum resources have fuelled substantial research towards valorization of bio-based polymers. Lignin is the second most abundant renewable biopolymer on Earth and the largest natural source of aromatic monomers.
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Mario Plourde, President and CEO, commented: "We are pleased with our fourth quarter consolidated performance, which showed continued positive momentum in our Tissue Papers segment, and good underlying performance in our packaging segments."
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Pulp & Paper
FiberLean.com is now live—an entirely new website featuring innovative, productive, and game-changing advantages from their scalable MFC (micro-fibrillated cellulose) Modules.
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GrandBay Papelera Internacional started up a double-width AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at its Rio Hondo Zacapa site in Guatemala. The new PM7 line will add over 60,000 tons to the mill’s annual production capacity.
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After having chosen SAEL as the supplier of its sectional drive in Verona in Italy, FEDRIGONI has entered the full production with the plant started up at the beginning of the year. Since the PM1 rebuilding in 2015, and its great payback reliability over 7 years of use, the paper mill assigned to SAEL the PM3 drive without any doubt.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Valmet will supply a coated board machine for Graphic Packaging International (GPI) in the United States. Valmet delivered a similar coated board machine to GPI’s Kalamazoo mill in 2022. The new machine will be supplied to GPI’s mill in Waco, Texas. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for early 2026.
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UNIPAKHELLAS, a member of INDEVCO Group, contracted with Toscotec for the supply of a complete paper production line to be installed at UNIPAKHELLAS Central (UHC) mill in Pelasgia, region of Fthiotida, Greece. UNIPAKHELLAS aims to produce high quality test liner and fluting grades to Greek and export markets. The paper machine is scheduled to start up soon.
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New Products
PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, and PulPac, the Swedish R&D and IP company behind the proprietary production process of Dry Molded Fiber, have launched the Bottle Collective.
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Sustainability
The Voith Group has published the 13th edition of its annual Sustainability Report for fiscal year 2021/22. The focus is on the sustainability strategy, resource efficiency and employee safety in the company's own activities.
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Brazilian pulp producer Bracell has started the year with an innovative project — the use of an electric truck to transport pulp.
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The paper-making group Lucart has signed a 10-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (Corporate PPA) with the Eni Group company, which integrates the production of energy entirely from renewable sources, the sale of energy services and an extensive network of charging points for electric vehicles.
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People
Renowned honor recognizes ongoing Association contributions.
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Andrew Gregory has joined ABB as chief financial officer for the company’s NEMA Motors Division. In this role, he is responsible for supporting the division’s financial long-range plan and ensuring the financial feasibility of the division’s strategy and its implementation.
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Essity announced that Jessica Alm will join Essity's Executive Management Team in the role of Chief Communication Officer. She succeeds Joséphine Edwall Björklund, who has taken on a new position at Essity as Senior Advisor and is no longer part of the Executive Management Team.
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TAPPI News
Please view the list of Upcoming March Webinars and Events.
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Don’t miss the exciting discussion on alternatives to PFAS at TAPPICon 2023.
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Less than one week left until the “A Foray into Feedforward Control” webinar held Wednesday, March 08th 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (ET). Don’t forget to register today!
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If you answered yes, you need to be part of the IBBC 2023 Technical Program. Submit your abstract by March 17th.
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2023 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials is Happening 12 – 16 June, 2023 in Vancouver, BC.
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Tune in for two live events focusing on how to best use your time at TAPPICon in April.
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Register today for the Recent Development In Nanocellulose Research At RISE webinar held Tuesday, March 21st 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (ET).
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A virtual meeting will be held Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 1:00 pm. EST providing a brief report on TAPPI association business.
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