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Weekly News & Updates
October 2, 2018
by, Hakan Ekstrom
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell 1.4% in the 2Q/18. This was the first q-o-q decline since the 4Q/16. Sawlog prices fell on all continents (in US dollar terms) except for North America, where prices in the 2Q/18 were up 3.3% from the previous quarter and up 14.5% from the 2Q/17.

INDUSTRY NEWS
Cascades Inc., a leader in the recovery and manufacture of green packaging and tissue products, is pleased to announce that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mario Plourde , was a recipient of the 2019 Clean50 and Clean16 awards.

Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, announces price increases for all polymer products globally in the Pulp & Paper segment. Read more
The release of a federal government competitiveness report is an important call to action requiring a commitment from Ottawa that it is prepared to improve Canada's global competitiveness by delivering more agile regulations, improved infrastructure,... Read more
To strengthen the Group's long-term cost efficiency, the hygiene and health company Essity today introduced a Group-wide cost-savings program.  Read more
Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announced today that it has provided enhanced terms to the amendments to the 7.0% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures... Read more
The recent announcement of Woodgrain Millwork purchasing three Eastern Oregon Boise Cascade facilities raised a lot of questions about the future for employees impacted by the sale. Read more
Kimberly-Clark has been named to Working Mother's 100 Best Companies for 2018 for its work to create opportunities for female career advancement, paid parental leave, child care programs, benefits and flextime. The company also earned a spot on the 2017 list. Read more
The presence of this invasive tree pest, which has killed millions of ash trees across North America, was confirmed for the first time in Nova Scotia last week. Read more
"As I understand it, multiple generations of employees power up this place. The workforce of people is really the biggest asset that this commonwealth has had, and always will have."

The Ontario government is looking to develop a strategy to promote economic growth in the forestry sector. Read more
WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, will begin accepting mixed paper bales that contain paper foodservice packaging at its 100% recycled paperboard mills across the United States, the company announced today. Read more
Canadian forest products are recognized as being among the best in the world, not only in quality but also in sustainability. Read more
Leading provider of paper-based packaging solutions further diversifies its premier product packaging line with entrance into the paperboard market... Read more
By 2020, millennial spending in the U.S. is projected to reach $1.4 trillion annually, accounting for 30 percent of total retail sales. Read more
Shopping online – it's a way of life. Today you can order just about anything online, from anywhere, and have it delivered to your door, often in a very short time span. This has also changed the world of logistics.  Read more
Sometimes people who work with food packaging feel tied down by all the regulations and standards that exist to guarantee safety. Read more
Wildfires have destroyed about 200,000 hectares of northwestern Ontario forest so far this fire season. Read more
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. announced today that it will extend its scheduled maintenance outage on one production line at its Northwood Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft ("NBSK") Pulp mill located in Prince George, British Columbia ("BC"). Read more
Talks between workers and employers at 13 northern B.C. sawmills and the employers' bargaining agent have gone to mediation. Read more
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BLOG - Jaclin Ouellet
It's an open secret in the industry that Joseph Kruger II is particularly fond of Quebec. Some will say his affection stems from the $1 billion in public funds that started flowing to the company in 1993; $440 million since the Liberals and the Couillard government came to power in 2014.

BLOG - Smithers Pira
Printed food packaging is used for the primary packs of foods and beverages that are supplied direct to consumers. According to a new report from Smithers Pira on  The Future of Printing for Food Packaging to 2023 , in 2018 the global market for printed primary food packaging is $227.2 billion and 79.4 million tonnes, with a printed area of 394.6 billion square metres.

INDUSTRY PEOPLE
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) today announced a key divisional executive appointment. Effective October 1, 2018, Steve Bowden is named senior vice president and general manager of the pulp and paperboard division.
Joseph Furia joins the venerable nonprofit on the eve of its annual conference that draws major players from the global forest management and investment industry to Portland
TECHNOLOGIES
PulpEye received its second biggest order ever when Iggesund paperboard bought two complete PulpEye sets, one for the unbleached and one for the bleached pulps.

Siam Kraft Industry Co., Ltd. (SKIC) has appointed Greycon to update its scheduling and slitting optimisation in its three mills in Thailand.

Papeleira Coreboard S.A., a company that produces 220 tons per day of cardboard for the paper core and angle manufacturing industry, has acquired a  BM 2600 Paper Winder  as part of its machinery and facilities upgrade project.

Customer receives high level of operational support and service through one-system supplier for all stock preparation equipment

MAINTENANCE
In best practices, a closeout review or critique meeting gathers all the information from the last event and uses it to prepare for the next event. It is the ammunition your organization can use to either support the current Shutdown / Turnaround /Outage process as cost and safety effective or to challenge how the process is currently performed.

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
In 2017, we set forth a vision to establish our pulp business as a growth driver for the company. Since then, the pulp leadership team has enacted tangible plans to optimize and improve operational and environmental efficiency at our core pulp mills.

FPINNOVATIONS
FPInnovations is pleased to announce the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Forest Growers Research (FGR) of New Zealand to widen the scope of their information exchange in the area of steep slope harvesting, and to facilitate the international exchange of their combined research.

As consumers, we can appreciate the softness of tissue products that are increasingly available on the market such as ultra-soft bath and facial tissues. However, with increased softness comes the problem of increased dusting and linting.

SUSTAINABILITY
Tetra Pak today published its 2018 Sustainability Report online, marking 20 years of sustainability reporting.

Smurfit Kappa has begun operating a sophisticated Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) to reduce emissions and increase the profitability of its Townsend Hook Paper Mill in Kent.
MARKET ANALYSIS
Recycling of beverage cartons is growing in the EU and reached 48% in 2017, according to industry-wide figures. This marks the twelfth consecutive year of increased recovery for recycling. Last year, the total recovery rate reached 76%.
BIOMATERIALS
The shift from fossil-based industries to a bioeconomy is creating a growing demand for biobased chemicals, materials and fuels as sustainable and renewable alternatives. One possible source is fructose from wood for use in the production of bioplastics.
BIOFUELS
The joint effort will expand use of sustainable aviation fuels on Alaska aircraft to reduce GHG emissions
The  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)  has awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to a team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Maine and Florida-based Mainstream Engineering Corp. to develop renewable fuel additives made from "woody biomass" – particularly sawdust from sawmills.
BIOMASS
 A pile of seemingly neglected sawdust sitting outside a north central Idaho sawmill gave birth to Ben Anderberg's latest big idea.
Though experts say biomass should continue to play a key role in the U.S. renewable power portfolio for its baseload properties, contributions to forest management, and other reasons, a swathe of uneconomic biomass power plants across the U.S.
 September 25, 2018 –The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced that Archer Forest Products, a supplier of wood pellets to the European industrial market, will create 35 jobs and invest $15 million in Brantley County.
After years of failed attempts by other companies to add value beyond producing lumber from the area's forests, Skeena Sawmills is the first to actually do just that by building a $20 million pellet plant at its mill location on Hwy16 just west of Terrace.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring Ltd. and Japanese Itochu Corporation establish a joint venture, which invests approximately EUR 40 million in building and operating a test plant, with the aim to demonstrate a new technology for converting paper-grade pulp into textile fibres.
Smurfit Kappa Group plc and a wholly-owned subsidiary Smurfit Holdings BV (together, 'SKG') confirm that due to the continuing actions and interference of the Government of Venezuela, SKG is no longer able to exercise control over the business of Smurfit Kappa Carton de Venezuela ('SKCV' or 'the Company') in Venezuela.
The Earl of Inverness was greeted by workers from one of the north's largest manufactures yesterday to mark the first anniversary of their new production line.
Palm, Germany's largest family owned business in the paper industry, is planning a huge investment in Aalen-Neukochen to secure the long term future of this site.
On 21st September 2018 Vaasa administrative court has given its decision concerning the appeals of Finnpulp's environmental permits. The terms of the permit will remain in the format provided by the Regional Administration of Eastern Finland with minor changes.
As it pursues its digital transformation, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is also making organizational changes.
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food plans to apply blockchain technology to develop the forestry industry, local news outlet EuropaPress reported September 21.
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food plans to apply blockchain technology to develop the forestry industry, local news outlet EuropaPress reported September 21.
As an SAP gold partner, T.CON is platinum sponsor of the upcoming International SAP Conference for Forest Products, Paper and Packaging 2018, taking place in Prague, October 16-18, 2018.
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PAPTAC
This is the second special issue presenting the best papers from the International Chemical Recovery Conference (ICRC) which was held in Halifax May 24-26, 2017, including an editorial by Nikolai DeMartini, Guest Editor.

The PAPTAC Papermaking Technology Committee will be hosting a webinar entitled "Practical Guide to Forming Fabric Structures and Operation"  October 4, 2018 , presented by John Darling, Valmet Ltd. Fabrics division.

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