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In This Issue |
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Travels with Larry
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TAPPI News
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Travels with Larry
Sylvamo supports the industry by donating paper to TAPPI’s Paper360° Magazine 
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Weekly Spotlight
International Paper announced a series of strategic changes to strengthen its North American operations and better serve customers.
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Koehler Paper is now building a state-of-the-art center for papermaking-specific training. This new “Koehler Paper Campus” will start classes beginning in September 2025, just in time for the start of the new training year.
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Amtech Software, a leading provider of enterprise software for the packaging industry, today announced a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a global technology investor that specializes in enterprise software.
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The largest producer and exporter of packaging paper and sustainable paper packaging solutions in Brazil, Klabin was the big winner of the EXAME Best of ESG award, in the Paper, Pulp and Forest Products category.
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TAPPI Career Wire
Town of Caledon Caledon, Ontario, Canada
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Bowman Consulting Waco, Texas
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City of St. Cloud, MN Nationwide
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GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Norwood, Massachusetts
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From The Experts
by Paper and Packaging
Ever seen, tucked on the bottom of a printable PDF or in an email signature, something along the lines of “Save a tree—think before you print”?
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Market Roundup
The downward trend in recovered paper prices that began tentatively in May has gained significant momentum in June.
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Recyclables saw an across-the-board price slump for June, with key fiber, plastic and metal grades notching slight or moderate decreases in value.
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Pulp & Paper
Voith, leading full-line supplier to the paper industry, announces a rebuild agreement with GDT Paper Joint Stock Company in Vietnam. Voith will integrate its state-of-the-art MasterJet 4Tec headbox technology into GDT's new paper production line, setting a new benchmark for paper quality and sustainability in the industry.
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PGA Anlagenbau, a member of the IBS Paper Performance Group, has successfully started up a starchPERFORMER at Smurfit Westrock's Morava Paper in the Czech Republic.
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Runtech Systems delivers a RunEco Vacuum System to Sun-Ka Sungurlu Kagitcilik San. Tic. A.S., Sungurlu, Türkiye. The delivery includes an EP Turbo Blower with EcoDrop water separator, EcoFlow dewatering measurements with six measurement points and turbo blower remote monitoring.
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Full-line supplier Voith announces the successful completion of the rebuilt Norske Skog PM 1 production line in Golbey, France. The machine is designed to produce 550,000 tons per year of recycled packaging paper at a wire width of 9,300 mm to meet the growing demand in the European market.
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Containerboard/Packaging
Austrian packaging manufacturer Rondo Ganahl AG has announced the sale of its corrugated board production site located in Istanbul, Turkey. The facility has been acquired by a local packaging producer, marking the company’s complete exit from the Turkish market.
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The dynamic transformations the corrugated industry is experiencing are influenced by innovation and changing demands. Industries like e-commerce and corrugated packaging have been significantly impacted by these shifts. The entry of modern, competent technologies has made the creation of better designs and materials possible.
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Legislative
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released a statement after the Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 1423, “An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging,” which includes measurable improvements to Maine’s existing extended producer responsibility (EPR) program.
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New Products
Lecta Self-Adhesives has expanded its portfolio of barrier solutions with the launch of Adestor Gloss GP PFAS-free, specifically designed to meet the demands of the food industry.
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BiOrigin Specialty Products (BSP), a leading manufacturer and converter of sustainable specialty papers in North America, is launching a new oil and grease resistant (OGR) paper.
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Rengo announces that it has developed a flame- and heat-resistant inorganic sheet in collaboration with Marusan Paper., using Rengo's proprietary cellulose nanofiber "FineNatura”.
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Sustainability
Ahlstrom’s Thilmany plant in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, has been recognized with the 2025 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award by Focus on Energy.
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DS Smith has brought online a €90 million biomass boiler at its Rouen paper mill in Normandy, France – one of Europe’s largest mill energy transitions to date.
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People
José Antonio Agüera has been appointed as the new manager of Magnon Green Energy’s industrial complex in Huelva. With a degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in Industrial Chemistry, he brings a broad and solid background in the management of industrial plants, especially in the refining, chemical and energy sectors.
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VPK Group has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Leclercq as Divisional CEO Corrugated Board and member of the Executive Committee.
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Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems confirms the appointment of new Marketing Director, Dimitri Van Gaever.
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TAPPI News
Learn from instructors with over 150 years of combined experience this September!
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Stock your technical library for less this summer. TAPPI PRESS is offering 25% off all publications and eBooks for a limited time.
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Join your colleagues for networking and fun at the Willow Crest Golf Club in Oak Brook, IL
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You’ll gain an overview of pulping and papermaking processes through labs and pilot trials.
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Hear directly from TAPPI Member Doug Coffin, Editor-in-Chief of TAPPI Journal, and Professor of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering at Miami University.
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The 2025 TAPPI Women’s Summit, co-located with CorrExpo, will unite professionals from across the forest products industry for a high-impact day of leadership, learning and connection.
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