Friday, 13 November 2015 08:38
BPM Manufactures MG Grades for Specialty Paper Applications
BPM Paper, a leader in the manufacturing of MG papers and specialty papers, manufactures an extensive range of machine glazed papers for the flexible packaging industry. With continuous improvements of machine modifications, BPM’s MG grades deliver consistent converting and print…
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Thursday, 12 November 2015 07:00
Paper Tech Foundation bestows Honor Award on WMU researcher
The Western Michigan University Paper Technology Foundation has recognized a pioneering researcher in the area of flexible printed electronics with its highest award. The foundation awarded Dr. Margaret Joyce, a WMU professor of chemical and paper engineering, with a PTF…
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Tuesday, 10 November 2015 09:19
FITNIR Analyzers Launches Kappa Analyzer
Accurate and Consistent Pulp Properties Measurements within 20 seconds FITNIR Analyzers Inc. launched the latest addition to its suite of process analyzers at the 2015 TAPPI PEERS conference held in Atlanta, Georgia at the end of October. FITNIR Kappa uniquely…
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Tuesday, 03 November 2015 09:28
Fibria lays the cornerstone of the Horizonte 2 Project
Fibria lays the cornerstone of the Horizonte 2 Project, which will more than double the capacity of its Três Lagoas unit in Mato Grosso do Sul Construction already underway in the R$ 7.7 billion project Project will create 40,000 direct…
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015 08:47
Neenah Introduces Five Creative Packaging Ideas for Building a Brand’s Character
The new Neenah Character promotion shows how packaging with unique, premium paper can extend a company’s branding. At first glance it looks like a cool shopping bag from an avant-garde fashion brand, but it’s actually the new Neenah Character promotion.…
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015 07:57
Verso Releases New PAPER@WORK(TM) Brief
Verso Corporation (OTCQB: VRSZ), a leading supplier of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp, today released Flexible Packaging: Anatomy of a Special(ty) Relationship, the fifth installment in its popular PAPER@WORK™ series. This brief explores Verso's 40-year-plus relationship with American Packaging…
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015 09:11
New Pratt Mill Starts Production
Pratt Industries has announced its new $260 million recycled paper mill had started production in Valparaiso, In. Pratt, which has now built three of the last 4 paper mills constructed in the U.S., said the new 100 percent recycled facility…
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015 09:04
PMP Group to supply a Phoenix Concept™ project for a reborn papermaking line for Smurfit Kappa Mexico, Los Reyes Mill
In July 2015, PMP – a global provider of tissue, paper and board technology, signed a contract with Smurfit Kappa Mexico for a Phoenix Concept™ rebuild of a reborn papermaking line that will be installed in Los Reyes mill. The…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:56
Catalyst to Seek Expedited Review of U.S. Countervailing Duties
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) has announced that it will seek an expedited review of the Final Determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), dated October 13, 2015, to impose countervailing duties on the company's exports of supercalendered paper to the…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:52
International Paper Extends Natural Gas “Virtual Pipeline” Contract with NG Advantage for Ticonderoga, NY Mill
NG Advantage LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), has announced that it has signed an eighteen month contract extension with International Paper. Under this extension, NG Advantage will continue delivering clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG)…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:47
Grupo Gondi and WestRock Form Joint Venture in Mexico
Grupo Gondi and WestRock (NYSE:WRK) have agreed to combine their operations in Mexico to form a joint venture, creating a leading paper and packaging company in the country. Grupo Gondi currently operates ten production sites that hold six paper machines,…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:26
Valmet to deliver its 200th online fiber analyzer to New-Indy Containerboard
New-Indy Containerboard, LLC will start to predict and control sheet strength with Valmet's fiber analyzer solution. The Valmet Pulp Analyzer, also known as Valmet MAP, and a Valmet Pulp to Paper Optimizer advanced process control solution will be installed at…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:21
Resolute Responds to U.S. Department of Commerce Countervailing Duties Investigation
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) has announced that it is disappointed with the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties against Resolute in connection with its investigation of imports of supercalendered paper from…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:19
U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Countervailing Duties in Canadian Supercalender Case
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) learned that the U.S. Department of Commerce released rates in the countervailing duty ("CVD") investigation of imports of supercalendered paper from Canada. Commerce determined a final subsidy rate of 17.87% for Resolute,…
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Saturday, 17 October 2015 18:54
Xerium Announces Planned Closure of Middletown, Virginia Manufacturing Facility
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, has announced the permanent consolidation of the roll manufacturing operations being conducted in Middletown, Virginia plant location into other Xerium roll plants. This closure will not…
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