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April 3, 2018
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Industry News
PCA Celebrates Groundbreaking for its New Box Plant
PCA recently celebrated the start of construction of its new full-line corrugated plant in Marshfield, Wisconsin.

Government of Canada Supports Forestry by Tackling the Spruce Budworm Pest
Forestry is of critical importance to the Canadian economy as a source of jobs, prosperity and opportunity.   Read more
Shoppers like store brands but trust is key
Store brands continue to grow and Resolute Tissue is growing with them, through its private-label portfolio.  Read more
Nanaimo Forest Products fined by WorkSafe B.C. after investigation of 2016 death
WorkSafe B.C. has fined Nanaimo Forest Products following an investigation into the death of an employee that occurred at its Harmac Pacific mill in 2016.  Read more
Pair of paper tariffs could rip publishing industry
Worry is spreading across a wide swath of U.S. publishers who are concerned about import taxes the U.S. Commerce Department is placing on uncoated groundwood paper from Canada. Read more
Tolko approved for $4 million tax credit
Tolko Industries has been approved for a tax credit of more than $4 million to restart the High Prairie oriented strand board plant and modernize existing mills in Slave Lake and High Level.  Read more
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Rail car shortage creating backlog at pulp mills
Local pulp mills are having trouble getting enough rail cars to get their product to market.

Lack of IRS Paper-Based Documents Harms Millions of Americans
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denying paper-based information and services. Read more
Reusable Transport Packaging Is the Future
Creating value through the prevention of waste while addressing environmental concerns is the objective of the new reusable transport packaging system that being promoted through the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA). Read more
What Canfor got right, and why other businesses should follow suit
A few years ago I was involved with a small team of people in my community of Prince George that gathered together with the sole goal of improving the air quality.  Read more
Taxpayers won't likely shoulder full cost of Boat Harbour replacement, minister says
Infrastructure Minister Lloyd Hines says the public should be prepared to pay for a portion of the new effluent treatment facility for Northern Pulp, but he does not expect taxpayers to shoulder all the costs.  Read more
Local mill, Canadian companies disagree on effect of softwood imports
Steve Swanson, president of Swanson Group, said the market is looking good for his company's wood products, and not just because of tariffs placed on Canadian softwood lumber imports.  Read more
Follow the Fiber at Domtar: Turning Pulp into Products
A log truck lumbers down North Carolina's Highway 64 toward Domtar's Plymouth Mill, loaded with 27 tons of pine pulpwood.   Read more
Appleton Coated comes back to life with worker recalls, machine re-starts
Appleton Coated, a mill that shut abruptly last fall when it went into receivership, has been inching back to life, with its third machine restarted Monday and 230 of its 600 employees recalled to work.   Read more
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Modest increases in wood fiber costs
Modest increases in wood fiber costs and a substantial rise in market pulp prices have improved profitability for many market pulp manufacturers worldwide during the second half of 2017, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Industry People
Sonoco Welcomes Robert C. Tiede as President and CEO
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced today the start of Robert C. Tiede's tenure as the new President and CEO of Sonoco.

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Technologies
Self-cleaning camera developed at UBC proves its worth at Canfor sawmill
A self-cleaning camera created by ExcelSense Technologies, a UBC-based venture, has cut maintenance downtime at one of the log lines in a British Columbia sawmill by almost 60 per cent.

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Valmet launches new chrome free Yankee cylinder metallizing coating
Valmet has developed a chrome-free Yankee cylinder coating, Valmet Infinikote-2 Yankee Metallizing, to improve work safety in the coating process and sustainability of the coating as well as to comply with potential future legislation both in the EU and the US.

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Precision Roll Grinders
Maintenance
Bearing Preservation
A bearing has a random life due to a complex set of factors that determine the life of a bearing. SKF confirms that bearing life is random even when bearings are operating under same conditions.

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Process Optimization
PeCOD® Case Study - Pulp and Paper Industry
The pulp and paper industry utilizes wood as raw material to produce pulp, paper, card board, and other cellulose based products.

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FPInnovations
Helping paper mills roll smoothly
In 2002, FPInnovations opened the doors to its Roll Testing Facility (RTF) in Pointe-Claire, Quebec to troubleshoot paper producers' roll performance issues; issues that often the producers themselves were unable to identify the root causes.

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FPInnovations Welcomes the Quebec Government's Reaffirmed Vote of Confidence
FPInnovations is looking forward to continuing its close collaboration with the government of Quebec, as expressed in the Quebec government's latest economic plan. 
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Sciences
Towards High Efficient And High Value-Added Utilization Of Biomass
As one kind of biomass resources, wood raw materials can be used for pulping and papermaking in pulp and paper industry.

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BillerudKorsnäs launches its first climate-positive packaging
As a result of innovative thinking based on decades of competence from papermaking, BillerudKorsnäs today proudly launches its first packaging with a climate-positive impact. 

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Paper Biomass Could Yield Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
A byproduct of the papermaking industry could be the answer to creating long-lasting lithium-sulfur batteries. 

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Innovative end-uses for wood fibre
New acoustics solutions using modified chemical pulp bring benefits in sound and comfort. 

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Biomass
Expansion in the works for Atikokan wood pellet mill
The new Northern Ontario owners of an Atikokan wood pellet plant are in expansion mode, with plans to add jobs, diversify their product mix, and explore export opportunities. 

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In Finland, biomass is not a dirty word
This article is another in a steady stream of similarly negative articles and opinions in The Chronicle Herald about the biomass power plant at Port Hawkesbury Paper. 

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Sustainability
Smurfit Kappa builds on water sustainability achievements by joining UN CEO Water Mandate
Smurfit Kappa has demonstrated its commitment to water sustainability by joining the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate. 

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Sofidel for natural capital safeguard with a debate in collaboration with WWF and Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Sofidel continues to pursue its commitment to raising the awareness of the public opinion concerning the effects of climate change, and in this case in particular the value of natural ecosystems. 

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Amazon, International Paper, and Starbucks Join The Recycling Partnership to Help Create a Sustainable Future
Amazon, International Paper, and Starbucks Coffee Company have joined on as new funding partners of The Recycling Partnership, a rapidly growing national nonprofit that leverages corporate investment...

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Kruger Specialty Papers Joins the SPC
Kruger Specialty Papers is proud to announce that it has joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a membership-based collaborative that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable.

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Financial News
West Fraser Enters into Automatic Share Purchase Plan
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced today that in connection with its normal course issuer bid effective September 19, 2017, West Fraser has entered into an automatic share purchase plan...

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International News
Paper Giant Unwraps Finland Pulp Project
Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Co. Ltd. will invest in a major new pulp and organic products manufacturing facility in partnership with Finland's Boreal Bioref, in a big development for the region's important pulp-products sector, the Finnish company said.

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FSC statement about Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International has informed the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that it will discontinue its international membership with FSC for the year 2018.

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Arctic Paper S.A. presents strategic initiatives and financial target
The Management Board of Arctic Paper has of February 22nd adopted a long term financial target of EBIT 10 percent.

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