Weekly Spotlight
Resolute to Invest $105 Million at Calhoun Paper Mill

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TAPPI

Thursday, April 03, 2014 - members edition
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Resolute Forest Products Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada, this week announced a $105 million upgrade to its Calhoun, Tenn., USA, pulp and paper mill, including the installation of a modern continuous pulp digester and other wood chip processing equipment
 
PCA Announces Plans for DeRidder Containerboard Mill
Packaging Corporation of America, Lake Forest, Ill., USA, this week reported that it will not convert the idled No. 2 paper machine (D2) at its DeRidder, La., mill to produce containerboard
 
Sappi Works with Maine, Conservation Agencies to Design Fish Passage at Saccaraooa Falls Dam
Sappi Fine Paper North America, Boston Mass., USA, reports that its Westbrook, Maine, mill, the City of Westbrook, Friends of the Presumpscot River, the Conservation Law Foundation, and state and federal regulators, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maine Department of Marine Resources, have agreed on a plan to evaluate two potential designs for fish passage at the Saccarappa Falls dam
 
Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Board Elects Chairman, Officers
The Paper and Paper-based Packaging Board, Washington, D.C., USA, has elected John Williams (president and CEO of Domtar) to be chairman
 
Arne Asplund Award Granted to Professor Per Engstrand
The 2014 Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award has been granted to Professor Per Engstrand, at the Mid Sweden University
 
Maintenance Icon Idhammar to Give OpEx Keynote in Nashville
The 2014 OpEx Reliability Workshop at PaperCon is set for April 29 in Nashville, Tenn., USA
 
Tissue360° Forum Include Three Special Tissue Properties Workshops
This year’s Tissue360° Forum at PaperCon, April 28-30 in downtown Nashville, Tenn., USA, includes three special Tissue Properties Workshops (CEUs available for all three workshops), set for Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning
 
Tissue 101 – Process and Properties Course
This introductory course, covering the basic manufacturing methods and chemistry, is being offered April 30-May 1, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., USA
 
TAPPI Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee to Meet in Nashville
TAPPI’s largest committee, Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability will hold its spring meeting April 30-May 1 in Nashville, Tenn., USA
 
Nalco, an Ecolab Company
Market Roundup
Global Calcium Carbonate Market to Reach $25.01 Billion by 2019
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y., USA, titled Calcium Carbonate Market (GCC and PCC) for Paper, Plastic, Building & Construction and Other Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 - 2019, the global calcium carbonate market was valued at $15.66 billion in 2012
 
Global Sawlog Prices Swing Upward
Higher demand for lumber and increased global trade of logs pushed sawlog prices upward in many markets during 2013
 
Naylor, LLC
Pulp & Paper
Catalyst Paper Reduces Secured Debt
Catalyst Paper, Richmond, B.C., Canada, this week announced that it has repurchased for cancellation an aggregate principal amount of $14.5 million of its outstanding PIK Toggle Senior Secured Notes on the open market
 
MarquipWardUnited to Acquire Körber AG's Papersystems Group
MarquipWardUnited Inc. (Phillips, Wis., USA), a Barry-Wehmiller company, will acquire Körber AG's (Hamburg, Germany) Papersystems companies: E.C.H. Will GmbH (Wedel, Germany), Pemco Inc. (Sheboygan, Wis.), and Kugler-Womako GmbH (Nürtingen, Germany)
 
SCA First Swedish Company to Issue Green Bond
SCA, Stockholm, Sweden, has become the first Swedish listed company to issue a green bond, raising SEK 1.5 billion through a green bond issue
 
Stora Enso Shuts Down Coated Magazine Paper Machine in Finland
Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, plans to permanently shut down paper machine 1 (PM 1) at its Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland, due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe
 
Tembec Supports Softwood Lumber Agreement
Tembec Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada, employs more than 3,000 people in its operations in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and says that it strongly supports the Softwood Lumber Agreement
 
UPM Announces Key Suppliers for Kymi Pulp Mill Expansion
UPM, Helsinki, Finland, reports that it is proceeding as planned with its EUR 160 million investment to increase pulp production at its Kymi mill in Kouvola, Finland
 
Containerboard/Packaging
Bemis Completes Sale of Paper Packaging Business
Bemis reached an agreement to sell its Paper Packaging Division to Hood Packaging Corp.
 
Menasha Packaging Acquires Strine Printing
Both companies are family-owned. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed
 
SCA's Obbola Containerboard Mill to Install New Valmet CompactCooking G2 Plant
SCA, Sweden, has ordered a Valmet (Finland) CompactCooking G2 plant for its pulp and paper mill in Obbola, Sweden
 
Sonoco Receives Outstanding Merchandising Achievement Awards
Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, this week announced that its display and packaging services business won six awards at the Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) 56th annual Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) competition
 
UPM Selects Voith to Supply Labeling Materials Production Line at Changshu Mill
UPM, Helsinki, Finland, reports that it has chosen Voith Paper to supply the labeling materials production line at its Changshu mill in China
 
New Products
Assured Automation Offering Compact Pneumatically Operated Valves for Oxygen Service
Assured Automation, Clark, N.J., USA, now offers an oxygen cleaned nickel plated brass coaxial valve for OEM's of oxygen generators
 
Impreglon Cellramic Introduces Corona Treater Rolls
Impreglon Cellramic, Milwaukee, Wis., USA, a thermal spray provider, has expanded its line of surface enhancement coatings to include ceramic coatings for corona treater rolls
 
NewPage Launches PointSil CCK Liner
NewPage Corp., Miamisburg, Ohio, USA., this week launched a new addition to its PointSil™ release liner family with the launch of PointSil CCK Liner
 
Published Pricing
Archroma Raises Price for Dyes
Archroma, Reinach, Switzerland, this week announced significant double digit price increases that will apply to several of its dyes for the paper industry
 
Sappi Increases UWF Paper Prices 5%
Sappi Europe SA will increase prices for all of its uncoated fine paper (UWF) business in Europe and export markets by 5%
 
People
Lanska Joins Impregion Cellramic
Impreglon Cellramic, Milwaukee, Wis., USA, this week announced the addition of David Lanska to its sales team
 
TAPPI News
Save Registration Costs on Paper Machine Operations Course
Simplify the complex Paper Machine... Register by April 15 and save more than $200.
 
In Memoriam: Sam L. Archer
Sam was the leader of TAPPI's Yankee Dryer Surface Reliability Subcommittee, which had 74 members when he passed away last month. This was a testament to his influence on peers and the tissue industry. A talented consultant and adviser, he was also an inventor on 14 U.S. patents.
 
PPSA at PaperCon: Is Your Mill Safe?
Learn the benefits of creating a safety culture and how to effectively implement new techniques in your mill at PaperCon 2014 in Nash., Tenn., USA.
 
Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing Workshop in April
Time Inc. SVP to Keynote; Event relocated to New Orleans; Program Announced.
 
Pigmented Coating for Paper & Paperboard Course
TAPPI Course focuses on basics coating technology; how to make your print job work with paper.
 
Gulf Coast TAPPI: Great Attendance at Spring Meeting
A total of 66 people attended the recent Gulf Coast TAPPI Local Section Spring Meeting, March 19-21, where the topic was "New Technology and Applications in the Areas of Instrumentation, Mobility, Automation, and Controls." A mill tour was also held afterwards.
 
TAPPI Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee to Meet in Nashville
TAPPI’s largest committee will hold its spring meeting April 30 - May 1 in Nashville, Tenn., USA. TAPPI members may attend at no charge, while visitors are welcome for one meeting.
 
In the Spotlight: Jon Humphrey - "Who’s on First?"
TAPPI Member Jon Humphrey is a big fan of baseball... and TAPPISAFE.
 
Digital Courses Offer Effective Training for Your Workforce
Get employees updated and better qualified with the most up-to-date, in-depth industry e-Learning Courses available.
 
Registration Opens for Paper Machine Operations Course
TAPPI "gears-up" for this May 13-15 course, back by popular demand.
 
Record-Breaking PaperCon Begins April 27
Advance Registrations Indicate Largest PaperCon Ever; Discounted Registration Still Available; See Who is Attending.
 
PPSA Opens Registration for Upcoming Safety Conference
This two and half day conference on June 22-25 will feature topics on individual commitment and the importance of developing a caring culture, new control methods celebrating safety innovations, and the consequence of life changing injuries and the importance of a focus on a critical few risk areas.
 
TAPPI Press: Paper Machine Quality Control Systems Vol. 1 E-Book
This e-book describes in detail the measurement technology used in quality controls systems and is available to TAPPI members for a $70 discount.