News & Events
Canada: PaperWeek 2017
(Montreal, Canada, 19 September 2016) The bold ‘Staying Ahead of the Curve’ theme for this year’s event has prompted organizers to revamp, reorganize, and reenergize a solid program packed with networking opportunities, invaluable learning potential and a dynamic and engaging technical program. Recognizing that the pulp and paper sector no longer operates in a silo, PaperWeek organizers are bringing together new, thematic conferences designed to support and encourage the diverse aspects of the industry under one roof of education, Read More...
Link: Handwriting, Memory, and Beyond
(Washington DC, USA, Sept. 12, 2016) The “newest,” state-of-the art, cutting-edge medical therapy for memory loss is an ancient practice: writing things down by hand. Across the world, doctors and therapists are prescribing “journaling” -- the trendy term for keeping a handwritten diary -- as a way to build a better memory or rebuild a fading one. According to research published in 2013 in the neurology journal Cortex, the complex sensorimotor feedback that is involved in any form of Read More...
Packaging is the villain again (sigh)
(Brampton, ON., Canada, 18 September 2016) John Mullinder, Executive Director, PPEC - posts on issues impacting the Canadian paper packaging industry. This time it’s on how much packaging is over packaging!! Is there a sensible middle ground? And is it fair to lump the various types of packaging together.
Extract:
There is no doubt that some goods are over-packaged and that more can be done to reduce the amount of paper, glass, metal and plastic packaging that ends up in Read More...
‘A Cellulose-Based Society’ generates three new research projects
(Stockholm, Sweden, 19 September 2016) The ‘Cellulose Fibre materials’, ‘Cellulose for the Future’ and ‘Paper mill for textile recycling in the circular economy framework’ research projects have recently been launched as a direct result of Innventia’s ‘A Cellulose-Based Society’ project. The preliminary studies from these projects will result in, among other things, proposals for our next research programme, which starts in January 2018.
Back in spring, Innventia launched its third Global Outlook Report ‘A Cellulose-Based Society’, which surveyed people’s attitudes Read More...
Who is buying Canada’s forest products? Nearly everyone!
(Montreal, Canada, 19 September 2016) Thanks to Canada’s reputation as a reliable, responsible supplier of high-quality and sustainable forest products, Canadian companies export our forest products to nearly every nation on the planet. Resolute alone exports to about 80 countries.
According to the federal government’s newly released State of Canada’s Forests report, that means over 180 different countries in the world want Canada to supply their wood, pulp, paper and other forest products. Some forest products are then used directly Read More...
“Recently”: A popular new iPhone photo app exemplifies the social value of print and paper
(Washington DC, USA, Sept. 12, 2016) Phil Riebel of Two Sides interviewed Scott Valins, young entrepreneur and founder of “Recently”
In case you are not up to speed on the latest iPhone apps -- here is one that really piqued my interest! It’s called “Recently” and it automatically creates a high quality printed magazine with the most recent photos taken with an iPhone…and mails it to you! Check it out at: http://www.getrecently.com
Two Sides: In this increasingly digital society how Read More...
Softwood lumber prices have trended upward during the first six months of 2016 because of higher demand and a weaker dollar
(Seattle, 18 September 2016) An excerpt from the newly released market report Wood Resource Quarterly
Global Lumber Trade
Demand for softwood lumber has gone up in many markets around the world in 2016, resulting in a substantial increase in global lumber trade. With very few exceptions, the major importing countries have imported more lumber during the first six months this year than they did during the same period in 2015, according to estimates by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). Higher demand Read More...
Link: France bans the use of plastic crockery and cutlery to aid battle against climate change
(London, 18 September 2016) Plastic crockery and cutlery is to be banned in France unless it is made from biologically sourced materials.
The law comes into force in 2020. It is part of a French environmental initiative called the Energy Transition for Green Growth, part of a package aimed at tackling climate change.
To read complete report Go To: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/17/france-bans-the-use-of-plastic-crockery-and-cutlery-to-aid-battl/?utm_content=bufferef0cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (Source: The Telegraph, UK)
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Stora Enso Plans Consolidation of Corrugated Packaging Production in Finland
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 15, 2016) Stora Enso announced plans to consolidate manufacturing of corrugated packaging in Finland to its Lahti plant. The objective is to improve profitability and competitiveness by creating a centre of excellence for corrugated packaging in Lahti.
As part of the possible consolidation, Stora Enso would invest approximately EUR 19 million in new machinery and supporting infrastructure in Lahti, where the most important individual investment item is a new corrugator. The proposed project is planned to start Read More...