Over the Wire - Tissue Edition

TAPPI

Goldenrod Corp.
Issue Spotlight
A New Valmet NTT tissue machine is being installed at a facility von Drehle acquired from the former Mississippi River Pulp facility in 2013.

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Individual sheets that connect to make each roll were once 4.5 in. wide by 4.5 in. long, consistently, but the standard has shifted, or at the very least, loosened its grip on the industry.

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TAPPI Board of Directors elections began on January 2, and will conclude on February 15.

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A convenient way to pick up some nuggets from TAPPI Tissue experts.

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Peer-reviewed program will address practical and technical techniques to design better products and help tissue mills operate more efficiently.

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Attendees will learn the most important industry-accepted best practices that improve overall tissue machine efficiency.

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Introductory course provides a great foundation for anyone new to the tissue or converting industry.

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Market Roundup
Contraction in overall manufacturing is the lowest China PMI since 2012.

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Bleached softwood share (%) of bleached kraft pulp consumption plunged to an all-time low.

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Tissue/Toweling Industry News
Burrows announced that it and the other owners of Lyonsdale Associates LLC have sold their ownership interests in Lyonsdale Associates to Cube Hydro New York LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cube Hydro Partners LLC.

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Company has achieved record speed with its Andritz (Graz, Austria) PrimeLineST tissue machine that was initially started up at the beginning of 2014.

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Gambini S.p.A. Lucca, Italy, and Applied Motion Systems (AMS), Vancouver, Wash., USA, have signed a joint collaboration agreement to provide tissue converting technology and engineering services to the North American marketplace. Gambini specializes in the manufacture of tissue converting machinery for both the consumer at-Home retail market of bathroom tissue and kitchen towel products, and for the Away-from-Home commercial and industrial roll markets.
 
AMS is an applied technology company that specializes in high-performance coordinated drive and control systems spanning a broad range of industries. These systems have provided tissue converters with an unmatched performance edge while enhancing safety, flexibility, and reliability since 1995, the company notes.
 
"This strategic agreement with AMS will allow Gambini America to enhance our technical service support in North America. AMS has been active in the tissue converting industry and brings to us experienced technical resources, which will also allow us to maximize the performance of our North American electrical platforms," said Bart Drage, managing director of Gambini America.
 
Carlo Berti, Gambini’s marketing and sales director, added that for years Gambini has successfully integrated hundreds of individual line retrofits and now with the involvement of AMS, we will be able to streamline those efforts in North America."

Paul Johnson, COO of AMS, added that "collaboration with Gambini allows AMS to further help customers increase production throughput and flexibility when upgrading a converting line. Our customers can strategically integrate new Gambini machine sections into their existing production line to address their specific needs and budget," 
 
Gambini and AMS will be holding a customer open house event from March through May 2015 at the AMS facility in Vancouver that will feature Gambini’s SmartCut Core Maker. The event will allow customer trial and demonstration opportunities on the SmartCut, which is Gambini’s newest model for the high speed core making equipment market and is capable of producing 1- and 2-ply cores. The SmartCut machinery is powered by an AMS supplied Allen-Bradley Rockwell electrical system.
 
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Some 15% of GapCon's sales are in India, a growing market where the company wants to double sales over the next five years.

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Operations has received approval to invest approximately $70 million to modernize equipment in the mill’s power generation area.

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Helsky will start in his new position and as a member of Metsä Group’s Executive Management Team July 1 at the latest.

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Kevin Frank replaces Dan Cappell as CEO of AstenJohnson Holdings, effective immediately.

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Company signs contract with PMP Group, Poland, for a second Intelli-Tissue® EcoEc machine. The decision was made only six months after TM 1, which also was supplied by PMP Group, was successfully started up at Hebei Xuesong Paper.

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Delivery includes a new reel TT Reel-P that will replace completely the existing old one, as well as a new tail threading system, sheet stabilizers, and shaft puller with expandable shafts.

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Acquired operations supply process automation and information management systems and related applications and services to the pulp, paper, energy, and other process industries. The EUR 340 million purchased operations employ about 1,600 people.

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Two plant expansion projects will enhance company's roll products and mechanical services capabilities for the North American market.

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Andritz, Graz, Austria, has successfully completed startup of a tissue machine with an 18-ft. steel yankee dryer supplied to Zhejiang Jingxing Paper in Pinghu city, Zhejiang province, China. The PrimeLineST C8 machine, which is producing high quality facial wipes and toilet paper grades, has a design speed of 1,900 m/min and a paper width of 2.85 meters. 
 
The steel yankee with head insulation, in combination with a steam-heated hood, enables a high drying capacity at minimized energy costs. Startup of a second Andritz tissue machine for Zhejiang Jingxing Paper has been scheduled before the end of this year.
 

 
New Technologies
Product functions by interfering with the chemical reaction that releases smell by blocking and then deactivating the catalysts of the reaction.

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Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee
YDSRC will hold its Spring Meeting April 22-23 at the Omni CNN Center in Atlanta, Ga., USA.

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