Wednesday, 25 January 2017 09:30
Verso Introduces Ideal® TrueJet®
A Specialized Line of Uncoated Inkjet Roll Papers for High-Speed Inkjet Printers Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS), a leading producer of digital printing papers, has just introduced Ideal® TrueJet®, a specialized line of uncoated inkjet roll papers for commercial printers and…
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017 06:23
Valmet to supply three board machine rebuilds in North America
Valmet will supply three board machine rebuilds in North America. The customers remain confidential. The goals of the rebuilds are e.g. to increase production and the use of recycled and non-bleached fibers. The start-ups of the rebuilt board machines are…
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017 06:19
Pensacola Mill Incident
On the evening of Jan. 22, International Paper Company (NYSE: IP) experienced significant structural damage to the largest pulp digester as well as the power house at its Pensacola pulp and paper mill in Cantonment, Fla. No one at the…
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Thursday, 19 January 2017 09:44
Sonoco Implementing Price Increase for Paperboard Tubes and Cores
Sonoco (NYSE:SON) has just announced it is implementing price increases for all paperboard tubes and cores in the United States and Canada by a minimum of 8 percent. Sonoco previously announced a 6 percent to 8 percent price increase on…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 10:00
Connected Packaging Solution Launched by WestRock, EVRYTHNG and Digimarc at NRF 2017
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK) has just unveiled a connected packaging solution for smart products that combines Digimarc’s enabled barcode technology, with EVRYTHNG’s IoT Smart Products Platform to bring embedded, real time, connected digital intelligence to billons of WestRock packages, in-store signs…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:57
Verso Corporation Names B. Christopher DiSantis as CEO
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) has just announced that B. Christopher DiSantis will become the chief executive officer and a director of Verso effective as of February 1, 2017. An entrepreneurial leader with extensive manufacturing experience, DiSantis brings to Verso a…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:38
Endress+Hauser Releases Proline 300/500 Smart Flow Instruments
The Coriolis and electromagnetic flow instruments have been optimized for maximum safety, enhanced measurement quality and device accessibility. Endress+Hauser releases Proline 300/500, a family of industry optimized “smart” Coriolis mass and electromagnetic flow instruments that simplify installation, speed commissioning, and…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:34
Glatfelter Announces Commercial Leadership Change in Its Specialty Papers Business Unit
Glatfelter (NYSE: GLT) has just announced the promotion of David Dickerhoof to Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Specialty Papers, effective immediately. Mr. Dickerhoof fills the position previously held by Mr. Timothy Hess who was promoted to Senior Vice…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:32
Sonoco Implementing Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products
Sonoco (NYSE:SON) has just announced it is implementing a $60 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada. Sonoco previously announced a URB price increase of $40 to $60 per…
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Tuesday, 27 December 2016 08:12
Klabin earns Leadership Status from Carbon Disclosure Project
The company participated in three of the platform’s programs:Climate Change, Water and Forests Klabin, Brazil's largest paper producer and exporter and the leading manufacturer of corrugated board packaging and industrial bags, was classified as a Climate Disclosure Leader by the…
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:46
International Paper Foodservice Facilities Earn Elite Certification in Global Food Safety
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is committed to improving food safety throughout the supply chain. The Company announced their Kenton, Ohio and Visalia, California facilities achieved food safety certification by exceeding the standards of the benchmarking procedures as dictated by the…
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016 09:06
Clearwater Paper Acquires Manchester Industries
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) have just announced it has acquired Manchester Industries of Richmond, Virginia, a leading, independently-owned paperboard sales, sheeting and distribution supplier to the packaging and commercial print industries. Clearwater Paper has acquired Manchester Industries in a cash…
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Friday, 16 December 2016 06:47
Kapstone Paper And Packaging Corporation Announces Approval Of New Contract Offer By AWPPW Local 153 Members At Its Longview Mill And Box Plant
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) (the "Company" or "KapStone") is pleased to announce that, yesterday, union members at its Longview, Washington paper mill and box plant, AWPPW Local 153 ("the Union"), voted to ratify and approved a new contract…
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Thursday, 15 December 2016 09:19
Lenzing invests in new TENCEL® fiber plant in the USA
The Lenzing Group aims to increase the share of specialty fibers as a percentage of revenue to 50 percent by 2020. Following the previously announced expansion plans for Lenzing, Heiligenkreuz (Austria) and Grimsby (Great Britain), the Supervisory Board of Lenzing…
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Monday, 12 December 2016 16:26
Low-cost paper-based skin patch monitors dehydration by changing color from sweat
Researchers have developed a low-cost skin patch that changes color to indicate different levels of hydration, representing a potential new medical technology. Such an innovation might be used by marathon runners, military personnel and others to help prevent dehydration. “Hydration…
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