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AF&PA Responds to 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

AF&PA President Heidi Brock warns that new 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports could severely disrupt North American forest products supply chains built over decades. The integrated cross-border manufacturing process, from wood chips to finished packaging, relies on strategic facility locations and specific Canadian fiber inputs for quality requirements. With over 925,000 U.S. jobs at stake in rural communities, industry leaders are engaging the Administration to highlight economic contributions and seek solutions that protect domestic pulp, paper, and packaging operations while addressing border security concerns.

Sofidel Enhances Safety and Efficiency with AMESPHERE from AME

Sofidel has experienced enhanced safety and increased efficiency across its mills in Italy through the installation of the innovative AMESPHERE anticollision solution from AME.

Packaging Revolution: Kapag & Sappi Unveil "Changemaker"

Novel Technology Invites Producers to unFOLD Sustainability

“For both start-ups and bigger companies, sustainable materials is a growing area. FOLD could be their solution." — Jaakko Kuusisaari, VTT

World’s Most Northerly Paper Mill Makes Sustainable Choices

A retrofit solution with new energy-efficient circuit breakers was a perfect match when a decades-old switchgear needed new life.

Mondi's Paper-Based CompressWrap Sets New Standards for Ekornes' Mattresses

Unilever and Saica Group Announce an Ongoing Collaboration to Reduce Plastic Use in Promotional Packaging

Valmet Launches Novel 3D Fiber Technology for High-Capacity Molded Fiber Production

Valmet expands its offering to the growing molded fiber market with the launch of Valmet 3D Fiber technology. The solution enables high-capacity, fast production of high-quality, three-dimensional fiber-based packaging, offering packaging producers a competitive end-to-end solution to meet the increasing demand for sustainable alternatives to plastic.

Recovery boiler back-end heat recovery, TAPPI Journal March 2023

ABSTRACT: Sustainability and efficient use of resources are becoming increasingly important aspects in the operation of all industries. Recently, some biomass-fired boilers have been equipped with increasingly complex condensing back-end heat recovery solutions, sometimes also using heat pumps to upgrade the low-grade heat. In kraft recovery boilers, however, scrubbers are still mainly for gas cleaning, with only simple heat recovery solutions. In this paper, we use process simulation software to study the potential to improve the power generation and energy efficiency by applying condensing back-end heat recovery on a recovery boiler. Different configurations are considered, including heat pumps. Potential streams to serve as heat sinks are considered and evaluated. Lowering the recovery boiler flue gas temperature to approximately 65°C significantly decreases the flue gas losses. The heat can be recovered as hot water, which is used to partially replace low-pressure (LP) steam, making more steam available for the condensing steam turbine portion for increased power generation. The results indicate that in a simple condensing plant, some 1%•4% additional electricity could be generated. In a Nordic mill that provides district heating, even more additional electricity generation, up to 6%, could be achieved. Provided the availability of sufficient low-temperature heat sinks to use the recovered heat, as well as sufficient condensing turbine swallowing capacity to utilize the LP steam, the use of scrubbing and possibly upgrading the heat using heat pumps appears potentially useful.

Valmet to Increase Resource Efficiency Through Digitalization at Klingele Weener Mill in Germany