by Martin Fairbank
Patents are supposed to spread knowledge by making those filing for a patent describe the innovation in detail. But patent lawyers are masters of obfuscation, and try to make claims that cover every permutation they can think of, whether they've tried it or not.
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A little more than a year after it was closed, the Bear Island newsprint manufacturing mill in northern Hanover County appears to be reopening.
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Kruger Inc., which is about to start producing new specialty products at its Brompton Mill, today provided an update on the diversification and modernization of its paper mills in Québec.
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The World Trade Organization has taken up Catalyst Papers case, and ruled against duties on supercalendered paper.
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Due to positive development, Valmet revises upwards its net sales guidance for 2018.
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As Canada transitions to a low-carbon future, investments in clean technology are building a stronger economy and creating new middle-class jobs.
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Paper Excellence says rumours that it may be considering moving its Northern Pulp operation out of Pictou County, N.S., are not grounded in fact.
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Despite the housing boom in the United States in the last few years driving exports of B.C. wood products below the 49th parallel,...
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After several years of unrest in the industry, logging contractors are hoping recent steps taken toward supply chain equilibrium will help buoy their end of the forestry sector.
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Containerboard production was up 2.0 percent compared to June 2017 and up 1.0 percent year-to-date.
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The Ponderay newsprint mill, located in Usk (Washington), has been selected by
Gannett
, a leading U.S. media and marketing company, as their Supplier of the Year for 2017.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp is exploring a sale of its European tissue business, as it tries to slash costs and combat slowing sales by exiting less profitable areas, according to people familiar with the matter.
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With all of the talking heads on television news stations pontificating about the prospects for an international trade war initially fueled by tariffs that have been implemented by the Trump administration...
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) issued its 2018 StatShot Annual Report today which found, among other things, that the U.S. book publishing industry generated an estimated $26.23 billion in net revenue for 2017, representing 2.72 billion units.
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Verso Corporation today announced that it will make strategic investments in its Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, focused on technology upgrades that will increase the release liner paper capacity of its No. 4 paper machine.
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One by one, almost 20 members of Congress stood before the International Trade Commission on Tuesday and described in stark terms the threat to the U.S. newspaper industry.
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Trade settlement allows Port Hawkesbury Paper to focus on future
A member of the local management team at Port Hawkesbury Paper says it's a relief to have a costly cross-border trade battle officially behind the mill.
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Verso's Stevens Point Mill Celebrates 100 Years of Excellence in Specialty Papers
Verso Corporation's Stevens Point Mill in Wisconsin this month celebrates a century of excellence in making specialty papers.
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Weyerhaeuser workers prepare to vote on 'final' contract offer next week
After two days of labor talks, a regional woodworkers union received a "last, best and final" contract offer from Weyerhaeuser Co. negotiators Wednesday night, according to the union's president.
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The pellet feedstock price indices for North America, launched by WRI in 2013, have trended upward in Canada during most of 2017 and early 2018 but declined in the US during the same period. The level of availability of sawmill residues was the major driver for the price corrections the past year.
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RISE appoints Marco Lucisano as new head of the division Bioeconomy. Marco Lucisano will take office on August 1, 2018.
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SCA has employed Magnus Kangas as new Mill Manager of Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall. He will take on his new postion as of January 1, 2019.
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Here's a true story to demonstrate cost savings. A maintenance supervisor chose the least expensive roll grinding service from a short stack of bids. Upper management was pleased, but only for a little while.
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Smurfit Kappa is continuing to bring digital innovation to the corrugated industry by developing a range of multi-purpose paper that will be suitable for both digital and flexographic printers.
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BillerudKorsnäs and researchers at Uppsala University have together taken an important step towards the future's paper batteries.
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A number of global companies have replaced or are doing trials to replace the material in their gift cards – from plastic to paperboard. Sweden's largest cinema chain, SF Bio, has taken the plunge and is now replacing all its cards.
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Yes, particularly when the sheet is being over-dried to flatten a non-uniform cross-machine moisture profile.
For example, the reel moisture on a 42# linerboard sheet could be increased from 5.5% to the ideal 7.5% by leveling the moisture profile before the dryer section.
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German papermaker Progroup AG has chosen Voith's XcelLine machine concept for its flagship greenfield plant, Propapier PM 3 GmbH. The site is scheduled to open in 2020 in Sandersdorf-Brehna in the northwest of Leipzig.
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Celupaper S.A. successfully started up PM4, a new
MODULO-PLUS
tissue machine supplied by Toscotec, at its Papelera Nicaragua mill, Argentina.
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Valmet will supply a complete Valmet Advantage DCT 200 tissue line to the Turkish tissue manufacturer Lila Group in Corlu, 100 km west of Istanbul.
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FPInnovations was proud to welcome Professor Srikantha Phani, from the Department of mechanical engineering at University of British Columbia, who spent two weeks (June 18 – June 28) at FPInnovations' Pointe-Claire laboratory during his sabbatical leave.
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On June 25, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) promoted letters that unfortunately misrepresented reality when it comes to forest management in Canada. Such misinformationundermines positive community collaborations on the ground and ignores important work happening in Canada's forests every day.
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Sappi to fund research on Artificial Intelligence and bringing carbon emissions to net zero in the paper and pulp industry as one...
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Stora Enso has decided to install a new steam turbine with a closed-loop cooling system and additional biomass storage at its mill in Maxau, Germany.
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Sappi announced today further progress in the development of its biorefinery capacity with the confirmation that it will construct a demonstration plant to further scale up its novel Xylex® technology for the production of Xylitol and Furfural.
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Cellulose fibrils have been written and talked about for years. A substantial amount of reports have been written prospecting all sorts of application areas. Based on its functionalities, it seems to be a good rheology modifier, a good stabilizer and it is showing substantial strength enhancement.
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Biodegradable plastic that can be tossed out with food scraps could be on the shelves within five years after scientists found an ingenious way to turn 'tree glue' into packaging.
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Domtar's Biomaterials team and research partners have been focusing time and resources on lignin development — specifically, developing lignin-based materials that could eventually serve as sustainable and biodegradable alternatives to petroleum and other fossil fuel–based products.
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American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued the following statement regarding House passage of the H.R. 6147 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019.
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CEPI, the European association representing the pulp and paper industry, today released its annual market and industry review for 2017 which confirms, despite a challenging global environment, the strong performance of industry in Europe.
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced today that the Company's board of directors has declared a third quarter cash dividend ...
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International Paper today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.475 per share for the period from July 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018, inclusive, on its common stock, par value $1.00.
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BillerudKorsnäs has within the scope of the recently launched group-wide program for improved production efficiency decided to implement measures with the aim of strengthening the workplace efficiency and environment at several of the Group's mills.
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted a notice filed by the Company of its intention to amend its current normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") to purchase up to an additional 2,196,079 of its Common shares.
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Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its second quarter, ending July 1, 2018.
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We were able to partially overcome the transportation challenges from the previous quarter and begin the process of normalizing our inventory levels.
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Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, specialities and packaging papers, printing and writing papers and biomaterials headquartered in South Africa, has provided further details regarding capital investments at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas, south of Durban.
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International technology Group ANDRITZ has acquired a 70% stake in Diatec S.R.L., a leading manufacturer of converting machines for the hygiene and food packaging industries based in Collecorvino in the region of Pescara, Italy.
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As part of the dual listed company structure, Mondi Limited and Mondi plc notify both the JSE Limited and the London Stock Exchange of matters required to be disclosed under ...
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South and North Korea are holding working-level talks at the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjeom to discuss cooperation in the forestry sector.
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Bioenergy Australia has commissioned KPMG to deliver a State of the Nation Report on Bioenergy. The report will provide a ranking of the States and Territories regarding their Bioenergy performance.
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Rigid Containers completes 8 million EUR investment in Limerick, Ireland, and announces plans to increase workforce by 30% in the next two years.
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Program Released for the 2018 International Lignin Conference
The program for the upcoming 2018 International Lignin Conference is now published!
The conference will start Tuesday at 8:45 with welcome remarks and technical sessions will follow until 5:10 PM.
The technical sessions will resume from 9:00 to 5:30 PM on Wednesday.
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