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Showing 10 articles from September 1, 2016.

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[Adv.] Essco Incorporated - Doctor Blade Manufacturing & Expertise
[Adv.] Essco Incorporated - Doctor Blade Manufacturing & Expertise
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Thoughts on the industry

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Jim's Articles

Week of 5 Sep 2016: Hard or soft?
Week of 5 Sep 2016: Hard or soft?

Every facility in our industry has two types of assets--hard and soft. By hard I mean buildings, machinery, process control systems and so forth. By soft I mean people. When a facility produces products for a vibrant market (defined as steady or growing, not declining), which are more important to its success--the hard assets or the soft assets?

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Jim's and Steve's Book & Film Club

August 2016

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Industry News

SCA continues to improve efficiency of tissue production in Europe
SCA continues to improve efficiency of tissue production in Europe

To further improve efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness of its tissue operations, SCA has decided to implement restructuring measures at its production plants in Hondouville and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France.

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Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Liquid Packaging Board Business to Nippon Paper Industries
Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Liquid Packaging Board Business to Nippon Paper Industries

Weyerhaeuser announced the completion of the sale of its liquid packaging board business to Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. for $285 million in cash.

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Leading Stories

Baileyville pulp mill completes $150M expansion into tissue market
Baileyville pulp mill completes $150M expansion into tissue market

Rolls of tissue were passed around the dozens of people gathered outside the local pulp mill Wednesday afternoon, but not because anybody was upset. The atmosphere was festive as the crowd celebrated the formal opening of the St. Croix Tissue mill adjacent to Woodland Pulp.

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Kruger launching $52M expansion at Trenton, Ont. facility; will create 119 jobs
Kruger launching $52M expansion at Trenton, Ont. facility; will create 119 jobs

Canadian tissue paper manufacturer Kruger Products Inc. is looking to boost its production and exports by investing $52 million in its Trenton, Ont. operations.

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Stora Enso completes divestment of Kabel mill in Germany
Stora Enso completes divestment of Kabel mill in Germany

Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Kabel coated mechanical paper mill in Germany, to Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper GmbH, owned by a German based investor group.

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Packaging Corporation of America completes acquisition of TimBar
Packaging Corporation of America completes acquisition of TimBar

Packaging Corporation of America has completed its acquisition of TimBar Corporation, a large independent corrugated products producer, in a cash-free, debt-free transaction. Funding for the acquisition came from a new $385 million five-year term loan facility.

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