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Showing 35 articles from May 20, 2019.

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Celebrating all things paper: The wonder and the legacy, continued
Celebrating all things paper: The wonder and the legacy, continued

Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, more than 130 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile James F. Kress, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005 and passed away earlier this month at the age of 90.

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PM40

The PM40 closed Friday, 17 May 2019, at 3379, down 120 points, or 3.4%, from the 10 May 2019 close.


Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

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RearView

The PM40 closed 17 May 2019 down 16.7% from the 18 May 2018 level.

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Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate PotlatchDeltic and IT Tech Packaging.

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Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

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Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

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Supplier News

Minerals Technologies Signs Agreement with Century Pulp & Paper to Install and Operate a 45,000 Metric Ton Per Year Satellite PCC Plant in India

The facility is scheduled to begin operation in the second quarter of 2020.

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Andritz to supply boiler for Tokushima Tsuda biomass power plant in Japan

Andritz has received an order from Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Japan, to deliver a PowerFluid circulating fluidized bed boiler with a flue gas cleaning system.

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Valmet to supply a quality management solution to Cartones Ponderosa in Mexico

The comprehensive solution will improve machine efficiency and the overall end-product quality.

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Valmet to supply automation and quality management systems to Suzhou Taison Paper in China

Valmet will supply a Valmet DNA automation system and a Valmet IQ quality management solution to Suzhou Taison Paper Co., Ltd. in China.

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Valmet to supply key board machine technologies to Kraft of Asia Paperboard & Packaging in Vietnam

Valmet will supply key board making technologies to Kraft of Asia Paperboard & Packaging for its new containerboard making line, which will be located in Phu My, Vietnam.

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Culture & Marketing

Kimberly-Clark Named to CR Magazine 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2019

For Kimberly-Clark, this marks the 11th year that the company has been included in the list.

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Market News of Note

Brazil surpass China in the plywood exports to US

U.S. plywood imports from China fell 55.1% y-o-y in first quarter to 161.7 thousand m3 with import value declined 55.1% to $129.3 million, according to USDA data.

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Sappi North America Announces New Release Paper Textures Ahead of interzum 2019

Sappi North America, Inc. announced Tuesday the commercial launch of three new textures to its Ultracast release paper line.

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Tolko closing 1 B.C. sawmill, cutting shifts at another

Tolko says it will permanently close its Quesnel sawmill and will reduce shifts at its Kelowna mill.

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Wood Resources International: Over 22 Million Tons of Wood Pellets Were Shipped Globally in 2018, up 21% From 2017

Global trade of wood pellets jumped more than 21% year-over-year in 2018 when a new record of 22.3 million tons was shipped, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

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Joint Venture

Cenveo Announces Creative Digital Production Division in Joint Venture with Katana Studio LTD.

Cenveo announced the launch of a new division, Cenveo Digital Direct, through a joint venture with Katana Studio LTD, a global leader in computer generated imagery (CGI) production.

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Legal

Fine for death of three Western Forest Products' workers criticized as inadequate

WorkSafeBC has fined a forest company $29,049 for the deaths of three workers in a "high-risk" railway accident on northern Vancouver Island.

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Judge gives OK for hundreds of West Point, Virginia residents to sue WestRock mill over 'fugitive dust'

A federal judge has given the OK for most downtown West Point residents to sue the West Point paper mill as a group rather than individually over dust they say negatively affects their lives.

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Verso Internal Auditor Charged with Repeated Insider Trading

WorkSafeBC has fined a forest company $29,049 for the deaths of three workers in a "high-risk" railway accident on northern Vancouver Island.

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Major Expenditures

Smurfit Kappa invests in its Roermond Paper Mill to meet growing demand for paper-based packaging

Smurfit Kappa continues to extend its paper portfolio production capabilities by investing in its flagship paper mill in the Netherlands.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

CNG's Spicers Paper Expands Packaging Business, Acquires Southern California's Premiere Packaging Industries, Inc.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Spicers Paper division has acquired Premiere Packaging Industries, Inc., expanding into one of the industry's fastest-growing segments.

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Imperial Dade Announces the Acquisition of Mid Continent Paper & Distributing Co., Inc.

Imperial Dade announced the acquisition of Mid Continent Paper & Distributing Co., Inc. ("Mid Continent Paper" or "Mid Continent").

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Major Announcements

Kruger Products begins construction of its tissue plant in Sherbrooke

This $575-million investment will create 180 jobs.

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Production to end a month early at Verso paper mill

The Verso Corporation paper mill in Luke, Md., has released some specifics in connection with its previously announced closing.

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Restructurings

Flambeau River Papers prepping for sale of business

Flambeau River Papers (FRP) in Park Falls will lay off more workers as it shuts down another paper machine.

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Paper maker Sequana, owner of Arjowiggins, put into liquidation

The group Sequana, owner of the paper maker Arjowiggins of which one of the Sarthe facilities was liquidated and the other partially yielded, announced to have been placed in judicial liquidation by the commercial court of Nanterre.

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Final Word

The Final Word by Helen Roush
The Final Word by Helen Roush

What is the fate of virgin fiber containerboard mills in the United States?

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Environmental

FSC disassociates from Jari Group

Cenveo announced the launch of a new division, Cenveo Digital Direct, through a joint venture with Katana Studio LTD, a global leader in computer generated imagery (CGI) production.

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Resolute Achieves 81% Reduction in Absolute Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 2000

Cenveo announced the launch of a new division, Cenveo Digital Direct, through a joint venture with Katana Studio LTD, a global leader in computer generated imagery (CGI) production.

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Stora Enso introduces an innovation for paper cups: a renewable paperboard designed for effective recycling

It is produced without a traditional plastic coating layer and designed for full fibre recovery in a recycling process.

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Stora Enso signs global commitment to combat plastic pollution

Cenveo announced the launch of a new division, Cenveo Digital Direct, through a joint venture with Katana Studio LTD, a global leader in computer generated imagery (CGI) production.

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Operations News

Muskogee, Okla. firefighters battle blaze at Georgia-Pacific facility, one injury reported

They are roughly the same size, with combined revenue of nearly $3.2 billion in the 12 months that ended on March 31.

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PaperWorks Opens New Packaging Development Design + Innovation Centre

PaperWorks announces the opening of the new Packaging Development (PacDev) Design + Innovation Centre.

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West Fraser Announces Temporary Production Curtailments in British Columbia

West Fraser has announced temporary production curtailments for a duration of approximately two weeks at two British Columbia sawmills: Chasm and 100 Mile House.

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