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Greener Packaging for Boston
Demonstrating that recyclable packaging can survive one of NAFCO’s [the largest regional seafood distributor in the Mid-Atlantic] longest shipping routes, Global Green USA coordinated a pilot in which water-resistant packaging that is 100% recyclable with regular cardboard could be used to bring Chesapeake Bay seafood five hundred miles to a Boston location of a major grocery chain.
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Four technologies poised to disrupt the specialty paper market
In its latest research, Smithers Pira has identified four novel technologies that are set to increase capacity and enable new product opportunities for manufacturers of specialty papers across the next five years. The new report—The Future of Speciality Papers to 2022—provides a comprehensive overview of this important sector of the paper industry. It incorporates both higher volume applications, like flexible packaging and label stocks, and more niche segments like electrical insulation, filtration, and security papers.
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Scientists Share Genetic Data of Poplar Trees
This largest-ever SNP dataset may be useful to scientists studying biofuels and lignin. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released the largest-ever single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset of genetic variations in poplar trees, information useful to plant scientists as well as researchers in the fields of biofuels, materials science, and secondary plant metabolism.
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Silver Fir Has Edge Under Changing Climate Conditions
As reported this month by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Switzerland, as well as in other European countries, Norway spruce and European beech trees are struggling to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate. This poses risks for the country’s forestry sector, which relies on spruce wood. A study by the WSL shows that these risks could be mitigated by relying more on silver fir and using Norway spruce from warmer growth locations.
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Ensuring a Tight Load
GRAEME RODDEN The following article is part of a special multi-part feature on Global Transport in the just-released July/August issue of Paper360°.
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China’s paper industry: Adjusting to change
MARK RUSHTON This article first appeared in the March/April issue of Paper360°, TAPPI’s member magazine
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Young Professionals get their own TAPPI division
Are you a young professional new to the pulp and paper industry? If so, here's a way to get a head start on the competition and become highly-involved in the industry by building valuable networks and gaining first-class knowledge directly relevant to your job?
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UPM Demonstrates Leadership in the European Publication Market
On November 13, 2014, UPM announced that they, as part of a major profit improvement initiative, will remove over 800,000 MT per year from the European publication paper market by permanently shutting down four paper machines in 2015.
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Corrugated Industry Stands Solid on New Package Cleanliness Research and Sustainability Facts
The first corrugated box was produced in the United States in 1895.
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Paper and paperboard demand forecast to grow by nearly a fifth by 2030
World demand for paper and paperboard is forecast to grow to 482 million tons in 2030, or 1.1 per cent per year, according to a new global paper market study, World Paper Markets up to 2030, by Pöyry Management Consulting.