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Sugar beet pulp promises functional improvements in paper products
This article was first published on the website of Food Navigator Europe and was provided by Südzucker. It is excerpted here for AOTC readers interested in innovative fibers for paper and packaging. The demand for environmentally friendly packaging solutions is increasing, and both paper manufacturers and brand owners of consumer packed goods are looking for new, innovative raw materials to develop future-oriented packaging solutions.
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Amazon to deploy automated packaging machines across Europe, reducing waste for millions of customer orders
Amazon has announced that will deploy advanced automated packing technology across its European network to improve packaging for its customers and reduce waste. Through its largest European investment in sustainable packaging, Amazon will bring custom-box making technology to Europe for the first time, so that more customers receive items in made-to-fit packaging.
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Which Manufacturers Made Our Industry’s Top 20 List?
Note: The complete “Paper360° Top 75 Manufacturers” list, with expanded statistical data, will be published in the Sep/Oct 2021 issue of Paper360° magazine, available in print and online. This excerpt is shared here as an exclusive ‘sneak peek’ for Ahead of the Curve readers.
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Leadership Lessons from a Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot
At TAPPICon 2021, attendees will hear a live keynote from Elizabeth McCormick, former US Black Hawk helicopter pilot and author.
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Digitalization: The Key to Resource-Efficiency
The full-length version of this article originally ran in the July-August issue of Paper360°, and is excerpted here for AOTC readers who may have missed it.
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Trees Are Climate Change, Carbon Storage Heroes
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, once wrote, “I longed to devise a setting in which the trees might really march to war.” If climate change is a battle for Earth’s survival, then trees will be a vital army holding the line. When Tolkien imagined trees marching to war, he couldn’t have foreseen how relevant those words would one day be.
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Standards development: Authors and reviewers welcome
This article originally appeared in the July, 2021 issue of TAPPI Journal, a monthly publication of peer-reviewed research for TAPPI members.
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Oji further restructures its Japanese packaging business
Oji Holdings, the diversified Japanese-based paper and forestry group, has in the last few weeks announced further steps in an ongoing restructuring of their business portfolio. Three paper machines, namely PM 10 in Fuji #2 mill and the #B-1 and #B-2 paper machines in Tokai Fujinomiya, will terminate production. The production of corrugated medium on PM 10 will be taken over by PM #N-1 in Fuji Oji Paper mill (aka Fuji #1). PM #N-1 which is currently idle will be rebuilt before resuming production. The white board part of the production output from PMs #B-1 and #B-2 will be transferred to other sites within the group.
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The New Strategic Role of Human Resources
Today, the human capital leader from the human resource (HR) function of an organization is emerging as a true business partner to the enterprise. They must be operational-excellent and customer-focused to other business units. Five trends are responsible for changing and shaping the role of a human capital leader in a global manufacturing enterprise.