Weekly Spotlight
Lucart Validates Toscotec’s TT Defender Ability to Increase Yankee Efficiency

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TAPPI

Thursday, March 25, 2021 - members edition
Cristini
Toscotec has recently introduced TT Defender, a leading-edge patented innovation that provides Yankee dryers with an effective internal protection coating against corrosive steam. Toscotec has successfully tested TT Defender at Lucart Group’s Diecimo tissue mill in Italy on a TT SYD that came online in February 2020.
 
Green Bay Packaging New Recycled Paper Mill Begins Production
Green Bay Packaging announced that the first reel of paper was produced at its new paper mill in Green Bay, WI on March 11, 2021. This significant milestone comes two and a half years after breaking ground.
 
Jabil to Invest $25 Million in Expansion of Paper Packaging Facilities in California and Spain
Jabil Inc. announced expansion plans for its newly acquired paper bottle technology with a $25 million investment in subsidiary Ecologic's Manteca, California, location and the buildout of a new paper bottle plant in its Sustainability Center of Excellence in Tortosa, Spain.
 
Extended Uptime in Contaminated Environments: Molded-Oil™ Bearings.
NSK Americas®
Under conditions of liquid or dust contamination, even sealed conventional bearings will fail prematurely. Molded-Oil Bearings with DDU seals from NSK deliver continual, clean, no-leak lubrication for dramatically increased service life and maintenance intervals.
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Merichem Company
Market Roundup
American Forest & Paper Association Releases February 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly Report
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its February 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report.
 
Solenis to Increase Prices on Wet Strength Product Lines across EMEA Regions
Specialty chemical producer Solenis announced that it will increase prices on all wet strength resins by up to 20 percent across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately or as contracts allow.
 
Greif Announces $50 per Ton Price Increase on All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard and Coated Recycled Paperboard Grades
Greif, Inc. announced that it is implementing price increases on certain paperboard products, which are in addition to previously announced price increases.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Pulp & Paper
Pasaban Upgrades Papel Aralar's Non-Woven Paper Winder
Pasaban upgraded non-woven paper winder at Papel Aralar's facility in Spain. Paper and board sheeters and winders more than 10 years old, usually need to be refurbished in order to improve their efficiency. For this reason, upgrading this type of machines is the best option, as the return on investment is short-term.
 
ANDRITZ Successfully Starts Up Complete LC Pulping System at Papeleira Coreboard, Portugal
ANDRITZ has successfully started up a complete continuous low-consistency (LC) pulping system at Papeleira Coreboard, Portugal. The new ANDRITZ LC pulping system installed features several design upgrades:
 
Kuraray America, Inc.
Containerboard/Packaging
American Forest & Paper Association Releases February 2021 Packaging Papers Monthly Report
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its February 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report.
 
Acme Corrugated Box Announces Multimillion-Dollar Expansion of Hatboro, PA Facility
Acme Corrugated Box Co. announced that it has broken ground on a large expansion of their existing 250,000 square foot facility in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. The multimillion-dollar expansion includes an additional 80,000 square feet of manufacturing space that will allow for a 50% increase in manufacturing capacity.
 
Valmet to Improve Container Board Production with Valmet IQ Quality Control System and IQ Moisturizer to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill in Russia
Valmet will supply Valmet IQ Quality Control System and Valmet IQ Moisturizer to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, Jsc, in Novodvinsk, Russia. The new system will be installed on board machine BM1 to improve the overall quality of the cardboard and the cross-directional moisture profile, thus increasing productivity and profitability in operations.
 
New Products
KAI's Disposable Paper Razor Gives Plastic A Close Shave
As reported by The Dieline, to say plastic was transformative to personal care and grooming is an understatement. Disposability revolutionized the bathroom, and nearly every product tucked away in your medicine cabinet or sitting in your shower became encased in plastic, even the items that we once made to get refilled or other materials like metal and paper.
 
Michelman Inc.
Sustainability
Essity Begins Testing of CO2 Emission-free Paper Production at Lilla Edet Facility in Sweden
Essity announced that its tissue production facility in Lilla Edet, Sweden, has set its sights on becoming the world's first large-scale tissue facility with fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emission-free production.
 
New Paper Industry Research Project with Climate Protection Target
Paper industry collaboration Modellfabrik Papier to research advanced process technologies and design solutions to meet the highest levels of sustainability, increase market competitiveness and secure employment
 
Resolute Sets New Climate Target: Reduce GHG Emissions by 30%
Resolute is committing to reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 30% against 2015 levels by 2025.
 
People
PCMC Names Stan Blakney as President of Global Operations
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) — a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a leading supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing and bag-converting industries worldwide—is pleased to announce that Stan Blakney has accepted the position of President of its global operations.
 
Twin Rivers Paper Company Names Jeff Hederick as Chief Commercial Officer
Twin Rivers Paper Company said that Jeff Hederick has joined the company in the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer.
 
Maintenance: The hidden profit generator in Pulp & Paper
Bently Nevada LLC®
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Omya Inc
TAPPI News
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Absorb the Important Fundamentals in Tissue Properties and Processes
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