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TAPPI

Thursday, June 4, 2020 - Member
#BetterTogether
Larry N. Montague, TAPPI President and CEO, wants to know what’s keeping you up at night. How is the current pandemic changing how you operate and do business? We want to hear your stories.
 
 
With millions of students across the country forced to shift to study at home, the race is on to get essential resources to those without access. As other industries work to provide online learning access, the paper and packaging sector is uniquely placed to provide analog tools like writing equipment and pop-up corrugated workspaces.
 
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper group, is committed to playing its part in the supply of essential products during the COVID-19 outbreak and has recently developed packaging for QIAGEN's SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus test kit.
 
COVID-19 Impact
The Coronavirus Epidemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide the past few months. Many commodity products saw reduced trade during March and April, a result of reduced demand, closures of manufacturing facilities to protect workers, constraint in the handling capacity of goods at many ports, and widespread financial distress.
 
Cariboo Pulp and Paper in Quesnel, British Columbia is returning to operations after taking an extended downtime, Pulp & Paper Canada reports.
 
Mercer International announced that its Celgar mill, in addition to regularly planned maintenance downtime of five days, will be taking approximately 30 days of additional downtime in July 2020, which will result in an aggregate production reduction of 52,000 ADMT (air dried metric tons) of NBSK pulp.
 
TAPPI News
Join Dr. Brian George of Thomas Jefferson University on June 10th, as he discusses sustainability enhancements in the nonwovens field. Register now or learn more here.
 
Attend TAPPI’s Women in Industry (WIN) Division’s first Virtual Women’s Summit to discover keys to effective self-awareness during a crisis. Learn how you can make a world of difference in your community. This is a free event open to anyone who wants to join the conversation. Reserve your seat today.
 
Over the next several weeks, TAPPI shines the spotlight on colleagues who, before the pandemic, would have been recognized at PaperCon 2020. 
 
TAPPI honors TAPPI Fellow, member, and extraordinary technical contributor, John L. Clement.
 
MiniFIBERS is proud to announce T. Scott Frasca as Technical Sales Representative. He will be solving customers’ technical needs in the papermaking, wetlaid nonwovens, and specialty applications markets.
 
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