Pulp & Paper Industry

Fluff Pulp

P&G aims to stop buying pulp for its paper towel, toilet paper products from certain Canadian forests and create plan to reduce pulp purchases from other woodlands; plans are part of new agreement with investors to strengthen P&G's policy on deforestation
Reuters (08/16)

Paper Pulp

Ibema announces feasibility study for new pulp mill in Brazil that would add up to 160,000 tons/year of BCTMP capacity to support future paperboard production; project 'at advanced stage of analysis,' includes supply contract with Ibema's 49% owner Suzano
Ibema (08/16)

RBC Capital keeps KP Tissue at sector perform with C$10 target, noting Q2 adjusted EBITDA miss; KP expects price hikes, cost-saving initiatives to begin mitigating inflationary pressure in Q3, and 'full recovery' in Q4 based on pulp prices, other factors
RBC Capital Markets LLC (08/16)

Paracel selects Andritz to supply complete pulp mill--including all process equipment, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly pulp production equipment--for Paracel's 1.8 million-ton/year pulp mill to be built in Paraguay; order value over US$1.5B
Andritz AG (08/16)

Iberpapel's pulp, paper subsidiary Papelera Guipuzcoana de Zicunaga taps Andritz to deliver new LimeFlash-H lime kiln for its pulp mill in Hernani, Spain; Andritz to supply, install, commission electrostatic precipitator for mill, with start-up in H2 2023
Andritz AG (08/16)

Rottneros to close groundwood pulp line at Rottneros Mill in Sweden at cost of SEK60M, will cease production by year-end after conclusion of trade union negotiations; group plans to invest SEK160M-200M to increase capacity, production in mill's CTMP line
Rottneros AB (08/16)

Cellulose/Specialty Cellulose

Hunan University researchers improve cellulose acetate for food packaging film by incorporating glycerol, n-propanol; glycerol improves film's strength, flexibility, water vapor barrier properties, and n-propanol enhances film's transparency: study
Food Daily News (08/16)

European textile, apparel manufacturers are switching to mono-material fabrics, cellulosic fibers to enhance recyclability; EU's EPR regulations to take effect in December 2024, putting pressure on manufacturers to transition products to circular economy
Textile Technology (08/16)

Uncoated Freesheet (UCFS)

Total US printing-writing paper shipments in July down 1% year-over-year, purchases up 3%, inventories up 2% from June; US purchases of coated freesheet papers rise 2% year-over-year, and US uncoated freesheet paper shipments drop 1%: AF&PA
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) (08/16)

Coated Groundwood (CGW)

Mondi to acquire Burgo's Duino paper mill near Trieste, Italy, for €40M; Mondi plans to invest about €200M to convert mill's PM--currently making lightweight coated mechanical paper--to produce about 420,000 tonnes/year of recycled containerboard
Mondi Group (08/16)

Thermal Paper/Receipt Printing

Koehler Paper raises prices for its thermal paper product range globally by up to 10% for all grades, effective for deliveries starting Oct. 1; company says price increases necessary to offset rising costs for raw materials, chemicals, pulp, logistics
Koehler Oberkirch GmbH (08/16)

VPF launches Blue Clean, a new, chemical-free, bluish-color thermal paper; printout on paper does not result from a chemical reaction but from a physical process when exposed to heat, making it suitable for printing labels that come into contact with food
VPF GmbH & Co. KG (08/16)

Labels, Tags & Pressure-Sensitives

Cyngient, Imageworx to present security labeling innovations at Labelexpo Americas in Rosemont, Illinois, on Sept. 13-15; booth to debut Micro Security Guilloche Labels made with high-speed microscopic flexo security printing, Micro Optical Array labeling
WhatTheyThink (08/16)

Novolex brand Duro introduces tamper-evident paper bags for home deliveries, takeout orders; Load & Fold Shopping Bags offer a folded top security option using a branded label, and Load & Seal Shopping Bags offer a built-in tamper-evident adhesive strip
PR Newswire (08/16)

Specialty Papers

Drewsen Spezialpapiere marks 100th anniversary of PM1, which was installed in 1922 and is today the smallest of three paper machines--responsible for 15% of production--at Lachendorf, Germany, mill; PM1 makes security paper, helps test, develop products
Drewsen Spezialpapiere GmbH & Co. KG (08/16)

Reifenhauser presents recyclable film-nonwoven mono-composites to replace paper-film laminates in packaging; film-nonwoven mono-material offers special optics, haptics similar to paper-film laminates but is 100% recyclable, unlike paper-film laminates
Reifenhauser Inc. (08/16)

Corrugated Packaging

UK-based corrugated packaging firm Lesters opens its second warehouse, investing £100,000 to help it cope with a 120% increase in orders; Lesters can now offer 47,000 sq. ft. of storage space, 20,000 sq. ft. of floor storage space and 3,000 pallet spaces
Packaging News (08/16)

Paperboard

Mexico’s packaging industry suffering from lack of paperboard and plastic, which is causing a 15% increase in costs; sector estimates a 5% increase in production by end of year due to demand for products generated by ecommerce: Mexican Packaging Assn.
CE Noticias Financieras (08/16)

Paper Packaging

K-pop supergroup Blackpink announces its latest album, ‘Born Pink,’ will have packaging made of low-carbon paper, cornstarch plastic wrap, soybean oil-based ink; there will also be a CD-less version with an album sleeve made of biodegradable plastic
Biofuels Digest (08/16)

Tissue Products

K-C de Mexico increased its exports by 2.8% at an annual rate in 2021; company's exports mainly include tissue paper, toilet paper, napkins, kitchen towels, facial tissues, adult diapers, wet wipes, nonwoven fabrics
CE NAFTA 2.0 Newswire (08/16)

Empresas CMPC's Peruvian subsidiary, which operates Softys, observes 2% gain in its Q2 personal care products sales, driven by increase in women's protection category in Brazil, Argentina and Peru markets; tissue paper sales volumes rose 7% year-over-year
CE Noticias Financieras (08/16)

K-C Thailand managing director says K-C will adapt to post-pandemic consumer trends of bigger basket sizes, e-commerce adoption; K-C expects more AfH opportunities as Thailand reopens, sees potential to expand consumption of home items like paper towels
Tissue World Magazine (08/16)

Diapers

NorthShore Care Supply begins clinical trials in senior care facilities for new approaches to incontinence care; trial plans to show how technological advances of NorthShore adult diapers can improve residents’ care, optimize facility labor utilization
Samela Inc.(NorthShore Care Supply) (08/16)

Adult Incontinence

Super-absorbent underwear Because Market will make retail debut at Bed Bath & Beyond and Harmon stores in September; brand's new bladder protection underwear line absorbs up to six cups of liquid, designed for adults over age 50 dealing with incontinence
PR Newswire (08/16)

Hygiene & Tissue Products

CIBC maintains KP Tissue at neutral with C$11 target despite Q2 miss and weak Q3 guidance, expecting KP to restore margins through price initiatives/desheeting and cost-reduction initiatives, but full margin restoration may only be apparent in early 2023
CIBC World Markets Inc. (08/16)

Fabrics/Textiles

Estonia-based startup Woola specializes in reusable, water-repellant, plastic-free protective packaging made of wool and paper for shipping items; company says 90% of wool produced in Europe is unused because it is too coarse to be used for yarn
Biofuels Digest (08/16)

Michelman to showcase Hydrosize Carbon fiber sizing solutions and Unyte technologies for technical textiles at CAMX 2022 event; Hydrosize products act as lubricants, film formers, sizing agents and binders in fiber, composite processes
Michelman Inc. (08/16)

Wuhan Textile University researchers develop nonwoven fabrics, PE membranes for multilayered sound absorption; PE membrane improves sound adsorption properties if nonwovens thickness is 1.01 mm and 2.38 mm, but decreases absorption at 3.41 mm thickness
Chemicals & Chemistry Daily (08/16)

Spunlaid/Spunbond

Seoul National University scientists investigate electrospun, spunbond nonwoven characteristics affecting blood filtration; study finds hydrophobized web enhances filtration efficiency for oily aerosol, and blood resistance affected by surface wettability
CDC & FDA Daily (08/16)

Airlaid

Andritz to partner with automotive component manufacturers to develop nonwovens innovations; company offers needle-punch, airlay, wetlaid, spunlace, recycling lines, and machines using flax, hemp fibers for producing filters, mats, insulation, composites
Nonwovens News (08/16)

Nonwovens & Engineered Materials

Scientists compare effectiveness of graphene oxide, magnetic chitosan composites made by green chemistry, conventional routes for removing hydrocarbons from wastewater; green material is better for removing naphthalene, anthracene, but not fluoranthene
Biotech News Daily (08/16)

Suominen to apply general surcharges on all products in North America, effective immediately; surcharges are response to significant unexpected increases in raw materials, energy, freight costs, volatility in demand patterns, supply chain disruptions
Suominen Corp. (08/16)

Paper Machinery

Emtec to present its ACA Ash Content Analyzer and TSA Tissue Softness Analyzer solutions at PROGRESS2022 Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 20-22, in Lodz, Poland; Emtec to also highlight its FPO - Fiber Potential Analyzer solution
EMTEC Electronic GMBH (08/16)

Packaging Machinery & Technology

Krones presents fourth generation of its Contiform stretch blow molder; the machine offers reduced energy consumption, lowered compressed air consumption, reduced downtimes, enhanced user friendliness, can be equipped with AI
Krones AG (08/16)

Pulpwood

Finland's forest industry in June harvested 4.5 million m3 of roundwood for industrial use, the same level as the previous year; sawlog removals were 2.2 million m3, pulpwood removals 2.3 million m3: Luke
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke Finland) (08/16)

Latest: Aug, 16 2022