Week of 16 December 2019: Power & Energy: Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric power has been a significant component in pulp and paper mills for over 120 years. Early modern paper mills quickly adopted electric power produced by streams near their facilities. It was a natural--the pulp and paper mills needed water and when the ability to generate hydroelectric power came along they quickly built dams and harnessed this renewable power.

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Patent Applications and Patents

Airmaster Aerator L.L.C. receives new patent

The United States Patent Office awarded Airmaster Aerator L.L.C. patent number 10,301,202 B2 on May 28, 2019. The title of the patent is "System and Method for Aeration by Air Infusion." The inventor is listed as Dean A. Caldwell, DeRidder, LA. Caldwell is the CEO of Airmaster Aerator.

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Major consumer brands linked to massive CO2 emissions from Indonesia forest fires

Some of the world's best known brands are fuelling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pulp linked to Indonesian forest fires, reveals new Greenpeace International analysis.

Wieland Stacks Up

In October, Wieland, a general contracting and construction management firm, announced it has been awarded the contract for the new Graphic Packaging mill project in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has become a go-to company for the pulp and paper industry.

Where is Jim this week?

As I travel, I am always looking for someone to go to dinner with, share a barbeque sandwich lunch and so forth.

A visit to Advanced Coil Technology

I just love to visit our clients. Today (13 May 2019), I was visiting Devon Barnes, President of Advanced Coil Technology, LLC in Owatonna, Minnesota. Advanced Coil makes liquid-to-air coils for any application.

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Suzano Announces R$4.4 Billion Investment Plan For 2020

The funds will be used in maintenance, expansion/modernization and logistics projects.

Cascades purchases the interest of CDPQ in Greenpac

CDPQ owns a 20.2% interest in Greenpac, a state-of-the-art lightweight containerboard mill, located in Niagara Falls, NY. The expected purchase price is approximately US$93 million.

Verso proposes new board leadership to fend off investor coup

Verso is seeking to replace the leadership of its board of directors to ward off the election a competing slate of nominees chosen by a group of investors that Verso says is waging a proxy war for control of the company.

Norske Skog Saugbrugs and Borregaard collaborating on bio composites

The parties will work to develop a new type of biocomposite that may include furniture, packaging and car interiors.

Fortress Global Enterprises Announces Unsuccessful Completion of Strategic Initiative

There is also no assurance that the Company or the Lenders will not commence any form of creditor protection or insolvency proceeding imminently or in the near future.

Worker injured at Resolute facility

The Ministry of Labour is investigating an industrial accident at Resolute Forest Products' Thunder Bay sawmill.

Swedish court clears Stora Enso over largest wildfire in decades

A Swedish district court on Monday acquitted Finnish paper firm Stora Enso of responsibility for causing Sweden's largest wildfire in 40 years, instead fining a subcontractor.

Contract worker injured in Georgia Pacific Clarendon, South Carolina facility explosion

An explosion at Georgia Pacific's Clarendon plant injured one person Monday afternoon.

Former NHL player seriously injured on job at Grand Rapids, Minn. paper mill

A former professional hockey player from Grand Rapids, Scot Kleinendorst, 59, was badly injured and fighting for his life following a heavy machinery accident at the town's paper mill, UPM Blandin, over the weekend.

Supreme Court Rules in R. v. Resolute FP Canada Inc.

Bankruptcy Can't Stop Responsibility for Pollution Clean-up

Fire at ST Tissue facility

Crews responded to a fire at ST Tissue Facility's Fiber Recycling Plant Friday morning.

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper trimming full-time staff, shutdown coming on Christmas Eve

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper announced Friday it is restructuring staff to keep its labour costs in line, and that will mean a loss of permanent status for some workers at Newfoundland and Labrador's only newsprint mill.

'Santa Claus' arrested at P&G toilet paper protest

Environmental protesters worried about the plight of Canadian caribou and forests dressed up as Santa Claus and reindeer and delivered coal at Procter & Gamble's headquarters on Thursday.

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Lenzing Group to reduce its CO2 footprint

The Lenzing Group will drastically reduce its CO2 footprint. A first milestone is set for 2030, when Lenzing plans to cut down on CO2 emissions per ton of product by 50% compared to a 2017 baseline.

Klabin Partners with EcoVadis to Advance Supply Chain Sustainability Leadership and Performance in Latin America

Together, the two companies will drive sustainability excellence across the global pulp and paper supply chain through proactive monitoring and assessment of supplier performance and risk.

Merger of textbook giants Cengage, McGraw-Hill has ACCC worried

The ACCC has raised preliminary competition concerns about the merger of United States-based publishers Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill Education.

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Domtar Corporation and Classroom Central Announce "Powerful Pages by Domtar" Literacy Partnership

Domtar Corporation is partnering with Classroom Central to provide and promote a literacy initiative funded by Domtar, and fulfilled through Classroom Central.

Verso Introduces Liberty Coated Paper Promotion

Liberty is the true No. 4 coated web printing paper made in Escanaba, Michigan.

AF&PA Welcomes Forward Movement on Revised U.S. - Mexico - Canada Trade Agreement

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued a statement regarding continuing negotiations to ratify the U.S. - Mexico - Canada trade agreement.

Archroma appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of Archroma has appointed Heike van de Kerkhof to succeed current CEO Alexander Wessels effective January 6, 2020.

Enviva Supports Conclusions from New Report on "The Future of Bioenergy"

Enviva applauds a new report, The Future of Bioenergy, published December 5, 2019 in the Global Change Biology journal and authored by Walter Reid and Mariam Ali of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Christopher Field of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

Georgia-Pacific's Diboll, Texas facility celebrates 125 years of operation

Georgia-Pacific's Diboll lumber plant is celebrating 125 years of operation.

Mondi Celebrates Five Wins At the WorldStar Awards

The annual competition rewards the greatest achievements in packaging innovation and technologies worldwide, with a focus on both sustainability and end-user convenience.

Interview with UWSP Paper Science and Engineering Senior Austin Jackson

Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with Austin Jackson, a senior in the program, and we asked him a few questions about his experiences at UWSP.

Packaging Corporation of America donates $1 million to Miami University

Gift will go toward supplementing endowed scholarships.

Q&A with N.C. State Paper Science and Engineering Junior Michael McKenzie

A total of 208 students are enrolled in the N.C. State Paper Science and Engineering program, and Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with Michael McKenzie, a junior in the program and we asked him a few questions about his experiences at N.C. State.

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Check out TALOtech groups on LinkedIn

The purpose of the TALOtech groups on LinkedIn is to provide a convenient forum for people working within the manufacturing part of this industry to share technical and operating related dialog to promote safe and competitive operations.

Paper Ballots Key to Election Security

Important information belongs on paper and should be shielded from broken hard drives, data breaches and foreign hackers. Paper is personal, permanent, safe and confidential.

Easy and free access to paper-based communications is key for millions of consumers

A new International survey commissioned by Two Sides shows that most Americans and Canadians want to retain a choice to receive paper statements at no charge, and many prefer paper over digital.

Paper Products Takes Center Stage in Graduate School

As I prepare to enter my last year of graduate school, I look back and appreciate paper and paper products' role in my success throughout the past couple years.

Contributing to the Circular Economy: The Paper and Wood Products Industry

The paper and wood products industry's efforts to promote sustainable forest management, do more with less in the manufacturing process and recover products for recycling form the foundation of our contributions to the circular economy.

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