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The largest TT SYD ever installed in Europe successfully started up
(Italy, Sept. 16, 2016) The biggest European Steel Yankee Dryer for tissue production, a Toscotec TT SYD-18FT (5600mm wide), has been successfully started up at WEPA Cassino mill in Italy. The PM3 rebuilding project was commissioned to Toscotec, WEPA’s long-term partner, continuing the process of investments in order to upgrade the plant and to achieve the best available technology in tissue making.
“High quality of product and energy saving were at the base of the project. WEPA is going to Read More...
VTT Researchers Use Nature’s Own Solvents for Preparation of Pure Lignin
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 15, 2016) Lignin can now be efficiently and cost-effectively separated from sawdust, by using eutectic solvents. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed solvents using which 50% of the lignin from wood can be extracted in a pure form that retains its natural chemical structure during processing. Using eutectic solvents, it may be possible to produce materials for use in the forest, food processing, pharmaceutical, packaging and mining industries in the future.
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Volga to invest in ATMP line
(Graz, Austria, Sept. 16, 2016) Andritz has received an order from JSC Volga in Balakhna, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia, to deliver a complete state-of-the-art ATMP (Advanced Thermo-mechanical Pulp) line, which will process 100% spruce for the production of soft wood pulp. Start-up of the new line, which will be combined with existing equipment, is scheduled for 2019.
The order comprises the supply of the chip washing system, pre-treatment equipment, an Andritz TX68 high-speed high-consistency refiner as a first refining stage, two Read More...
Borregaard to invest in its bioethanol plant in Norway
(Norway, Sept. 15, 2016) Borregaard is one of 14 European companies participating in a demonstration project for the conversion of biomass from wood to value-added chemicals. The project has received funding of Euro 9.9 million (NOK 92 million) from BBI, which is a programme under EU Horizon 2020. NOK 8.5 million goes to Borregaard. The project formally starts on September 1 and will run for three years.
The project is called BIOFOREVER, which stands for “BIO-based products from FORestry via Read More...
Sonoco Announces Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products
(USA, Sept. 15, 2016) Sonoco today announced that it will raise the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products by $40 to $60 per ton depending on grade, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada, beginning October 3, 2016.
“It is critically important in a mature business, such as our paper business, to run our operations efficiently and provide a return that justifies continued investment,” said Palace Stepps, director of sales and marketing for Sonoco’s Read More...
Link: Print Is Not Dead, Says Science
(USA, September 15, 2016) Despite a rise in e-reading, and years of print doomsday predictions, a Pew study finds that people still prefer print books.
After weathering predictions of its demise for almost a decade, the print book is alive and well: According to a Pew Research Center survey, print is still the most popular way to read books. Yes, people increasingly read on smartphones and tablets. But Americans are still twice as likely to pick up a print book Read More...
Dunapack Packaging to acquire the corrugated business of Camis Ambalaj Sanayi in Turkey
(Germany, Sept. 14, 2016) The Dunapack Packaging Division, through Mosburger GmbH, announced on Sept. 1 that it has signed an agreement to purchase the corrugated business of Turkish Packaging Producer Camis Ambalaj Sanayi A.S. The company specializes in shelf-ready, transportation and storage packaging.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Eskisehir-based corrugated packaging plant of Camis Ambalaj Sanayi is located 280 km southeast of Istanbul with an annual sales volume of about 80,000 tons of corrugated packaging. The plant supplies Read More...
Fresh for up to 3 days longer; scientific work shows how corrugated packaging for fruit and vegetables stops bacteria
(USA, Sept. 14, 2016) New scientific work explains why corrugated packaging outperforms returnable plastic containers (RPCs) when it comes to micro-biological contamination.
The work, conducted by Professor Rosalba Lanciotti and her research team at the University of Bologna’s Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and published in Frontiers in Microbiology, follows a research study published in late June that showed corrugated containers keep fruit and vegetables fresh up to three days longer than RPCs.
Professor Lanciotti’s recent work revealed that microorganisms Read More...
Caraustar Introduces New On-Demand Packaging Ecommerce Site, Rapid-Pack
(USA, Sept. 13, 2016) Caraustar Consumer Packaging Group has introduced Rapid-Pack.com, a new ecommerce site that is targeted to businesses that want to order folding cartons on-line, pay with a credit card and have their order shipped within five business days of final proof approval.
Packages are printed on a HP Indigo 30000 digital printer, a 29-inch-format, sheet-fed press for folding cartons and ideal for short runs. Digital prints are of the highest quality. They match or exceed offset, allowing Read More...
Södra Breaks Ground for Pulp Mill Expansion Project at Mörrum
(Morrum, Sweden, Sept. 13, 2016) On Tuesday, the ground was officially broken for the new evaporator and brown stock washing system at Södra’s pulp mill at Mörrum, Sweden. The investment decision was made in February 2016 and will have several positive effects.
“A ground-breaking ceremony was held today for the new evaporator and brown stock washing system. This investment will enable us to grow with our customers by increasing the production rate for paper and dissolving pulp. The energy balance Read More...
Report: The Global Forest Industry in the 2Q/2016
(Seattle, USA, 12 September, 2016) The Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) was up 2.3% from the 1Q/16 to US$89.63/odmt. This was the first quarter-over-quarter increase since early 2014. A combination of a weaker US dollar and higher wood fiber prices in the local currencies in Western Canada, France, Brazil and Germany were the main reasons for the higher SFPI this quarter.
Excerpts from the Wood Resource Quarterly (www.woodprices.com)
Global Pulpwood Prices
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Researchers plumb the secrets of tissue paper
(Montreal, Canada, September 2016) Canada’s tissue manufacturers are now much closer to producing the perfect paper, thanks to new UBC research.
A team working with UBC mechanical engineering professors Sheldon Green and Srikanth Phani have created what is likely the first complete mathematical model of creping, the crinkling process that helps make tissue paper soft and resilient.
“The new model provides a significantly better understanding of the dynamics of the creping process, allowing manufacturers to tailor the process to a greater Read More...
Mondi Hikes Price for All Brown Sack Kraft Paper Grades
(Johannesburg, S Africa, Sept. 13, 2016) Mondi recently informed its customers of a price increase for all brown sack kraft paper grades.
In Europe, a 60 EUR per ton increase will apply to all deliveries from 15 October, while in overseas markets increases of between 8% and 12% will apply to all new orders, effective immediately.
To learn more please visit: www.mondigroup.com (Source: Mondi)
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Sappi North America Announces Neoterix ST with Sharklet Bacteria-Inhibition Technology
(Boston, USA, Sept. 13, 2016) Sappi North America has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Sharklet Technologies, Inc. to manufacture and distribute casting and release paper featuring the ground-breaking SharkletTM microtexture. The new release paper is the first of its kind which creates surfaces that inhibit bacterial growth without the use of toxic additives or chemicals. The product will be the first in Sappi’s new NeoterixTM line and will be available to customers under the name Neoterix Read More...