Friday, 09 December 2016 07:53
Sonoco to Invest $20 Million in New Atlanta-area Packaging Center Supporting Duracell’s North America Operations
Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, today announced it will invest $20 million in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell’s new North America battery packaging operation. Sonoco’s Display and Packaging unit will…
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Friday, 02 December 2016 07:08
International Paper Finalizes Purchase of Weyerhaeuser's Pulp Business
International Paper (NYSE: IP) has just announced that it has completed its acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's pulp business for approximately $2.2 billion in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Because the transaction is a purchase of assets, International Paper expects to realize…
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Thursday, 01 December 2016 09:28
Clearwater Paper to Close Oklahoma City Tissue Converting Facility and Restructure Neenah Mill
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has just announced the permanent closure of its Oklahoma City converting facility and permanent shutdown of two tissue machines at the company's Neenah, Wisconsin, tissue facility. "As an integral step in our overall strategy to optimize…
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:17
NIR Technology Now Measures Kappa Number of Kraft Pulp
Cost effective approach could save mills up to $150,000 in chemical costs FPInnovations, in partnership with FITNIR Analyzers Inc., announced the successful commercialization of an innovative new product using near infrared technology (NIR) to quickly and efficiently analyze the kappa…
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Monday, 28 November 2016 13:10
Containerboard Market in North America - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts to 2020 - Key Vendors are WestRock, PCA & KapStone
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Containerboard Market in North America 2016-2020" report to their offering. The report forecasts the containerboard market in North America to grow at a CAGR of 2.42% during the period 2016-2020. The…
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016 19:24
Procemex Oy Ltd: Procemex Invests in North American Operations and Growth in Paper Industry
Procemex Inc., a leader in paper and pulp web monitoring and web inspection system solutions, announced today that the company is investing strongly in North American operations and growth with the establishment of new company in the United States. Further,…
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:56
Krohne offers optiflux 4000 electromagnetic flowmeter for pulp and paper applications
Robust all round solution offers reliable measurement under demanding conditions KROHNE, Inc. now offers the OPTIFLUX 4000 electromagnetic flowmeter, which is ideal for pulp and paper industry applications, including chemical dosing, bleaching, coloring, and black liquor processing. The OPTIFLUX 4000…
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:53
Sonoco Recognizes Ohio Facility for Sustainability Progress
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified packaging companies, has awarded a Sonoco Sustainability Star Award to its Alpha facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, for driving landfill reduction through improved waste stream management. The Alpha plant implemented a plan to divert from…
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:44
Burrows paper sells packaging operations to Novolex™; Sells paper operations to twin rivers paper company
Burrows Paper Corporation has just announced that it has agreed to sell its Packaging Division operations to Novolex™ and sell its Paper Division operations to Twin Rivers Paper Company. Burrows is a privately owned, worldwide supplier of paper and packaging…
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 18:22
Fitch: Latam Pulp and Paper's Low Cost Position Helps to Weather Negative Trends
Brazilian and Chilean pulp companies' excellent position on the production cost curve supports investment grade ratings despite negative market trends, according a new Fitch Ratings report. "Because of very productive forests, a favorable climate for growing trees, and modern pulp…
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Monday, 21 November 2016 10:21
New World Record Splicer champion awarded belt
Robert Williams of Freedom Corrugated surpasses 8,300+ consecutive successful splices An impressive new world record of 8,386 consecutive, successful splices has been set by Robert Williams of Freedom Corrugated, a BW Papersystems’ customer, in Hazleton, PA. Williams has successfully made…
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Wednesday, 16 November 2016 09:29
ANDRITZ to upgrade bleaching system for Cartulinas CMPC in Maule, Chile
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Cartulinas CMPC S.A. to upgrade the complete bleaching system at its mill in Maule, Chile, which processes 100% radiata pine for the production of softwood BTMP (bleached thermo-mechanical pulp). Start-up of…
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Friday, 04 November 2016 15:57
Verso Announces Plans to Temporarily Idle 200,000 Tons of Annual Production Capacity at its Androscoggin Mill in Maine
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) has just announced plans to temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine at its Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, reducing annual coated paper production capacity by approximately 200,000 tons. Verso intends to implement this capacity reduction…
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Friday, 04 November 2016 15:53
Verso Offers Microwave Popcorn Bag Producers an Attractive New Option with GlazeArmor™ Micro Papers
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS), a leading producer of flexible packaging, technical, and label and converting papers, has just introduced GlazeArmor™ Micro, a bleached, uncoated machine-glazed paper with oil and grease resistance (OGR) that is specifically designed for microwave popcorn bag…
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Friday, 28 October 2016 10:32
BW Papersystems launches its new Hawk folio sheeter
Ideal for folding carton plants, small printers, paper merchants and converters BW Papersystems and its brand MarquipWardUnited recently launched the newest addition to the broad range of sheeters available from BW Papersystems: the Hawk sheeter. The Hawk, the bigger brother…
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