Australian ‘Kraft’ paper and board prices continue to climb
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29 JUNE 2022 | IndustryEdge
Having hit an all-time high in January (AUDFob1,116/t), Australian Kraftliner export prices have barely receded since and remain at historic highs, while export volumes have hardly missed a beat. The situation is similar for Sack Kraft, exports of which are smaller but higher priced. Sack Kraft prices are yet to reach their historic peaks, but are ramping up very quickly, with little prospect of any moderation in an inflationary environment. Read more.
Strange coated mechanical pricing switches to medium weights
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29 JUNE 2022 | IndustryEdge
Global paper markets are in turbulent times, especially when it comes to pricing. Nowhere is that more evident than for Coated Mechanical grades, with the latest import shocks being delivered by Medium Weight Coated (MWC) grades, the average prices of which rocketed to record levels in April, for some grades. Read more.
Pulp Market: Prices rise again as supply-side issues dominate nearly all commodity markets
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29 JUNE 2022 | IndustryEdge
Around the world, commodity prices are high because supply is uncertain and stressed supply chains are denuded of inventory. As consumers of pulp rush to ensure they meet their minimum needs – let alone replenish their inventories – pulp prices continued their upwards rise in May. Read more.
Growing beer bottles on trees
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24 JUNE 2022 | Food Technology & Manufacturing
The Carlsberg Group is working with Paboco and Avantium to produce its biodegradable and recyclable Fibre Bottle. The brewery has been working on producing a sustainable plant-based bottle since 2015 and now they are set to be trialled in eight European markets. If all goes well with the trial, the bottles will be widely launched in the future. Read more.
Making a positive difference in our local communities
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20 JUNE 2022 | Visy
Earlier this month, our Visy Graduates spent the day with the amazing volunteers at The Big Umbrella, a non-government organisation that believes every person should live a life free from poverty and exploitation. Read more.
Three scientific studies break stereotypes on reusable packaging
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17 JUNE 2022 | Paper Advance
It is now scientifically proven that reuse should be considered on a case-by-case basis as it is not always the best environmental option. A peer-reviewed study shows that reusable packaging has a stronger impact on climate than recyclable corrugated. Read more.
Amazon: Transformational Change in E-comm Packaging Begins Upstream
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14 JUNE 2022 | Packaging World
The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon knows a bit about packaging, especially when it comes to consumers’ feelings about excess e-commerce packaging. After all, its Frustration Free Packaging program, introduced in 2009, was designed specifically to reduce the amount of packaging used for e-commerce products and lower the cost of delivering goods to assist in maintaining low prices for customers. Read more.
Refillable Wooden Lipstick Case
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14 JUNE 2022 | Packaging World
Aptar and Quadpack launch the Iconic Woodacity® lipstick case featuring a glue-free, lubricant-free mechanism that allows smooth actuation of the bullet. Read more.
Sustainability of Voith´s own activities: Successful steps reduce carbon footprint at its sites worldwide
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13 JUNE 2022 | Papnews
Since the beginning of fiscal year 2022, the Voith Group has left no carbon footprint at any of its worldwide locations. The company’s net zero concept comprises four fields of action: increasing the efficiency of its own processes, generating its own regenerative energy, using renewable energy sources, and offsetting the emissions that are currently still unavoidable. Read more.
Forest industries welcome Albanese Ministry with mandate to turbocharge One Billion Trees goal to tackle climate change and boost timber supply
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1 JUNE 2022 | AFPA
Australia’s forest industries welcome the new Albanese Government Ministry that will be sworn in today with a mandate to turbocharge the nation’s One Billion Trees goal to tackle climate change and secure Australia’s future timber and fibre needs. Read more.
Satron Instruments
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30 JUNE 2022 | UJL Solutions
Satron Instruments has become the latest product represented by UJL Solutions!
An established market in the USA and Europe, UJL are now making inroads into the ANZ market. Read more.
Packaging paper import prices up almost 15% year-on-year
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30 MAY 2022 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s Packaging Paper Trade Price Index was up 14.9% year-ended March 2022. The indexes are used by IndustryEdge clients in a variety of ways, including to inform pricing movements in contracts. Read more.
NZ recovered paper exports demonstrate the allure of fibre – IndustryEdge
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30 MAY 2022 | IndustryEdge
Exports of recovered paper from New Zealand lifted 6.3% year-ended March 2022, to total 283.6 kt. Amidst solid export growth overall, a curiosity arose over the year with Old Newsprint (ONP) exports lifting 176% to a reported 71.5 kt, while the Unsorted grade saw exports fall 53% to 33.4 kt. Read more.
Coated woodfree grades lift 47% - renaissance or dead cat bounce? - IndustryEdge
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30 MAY 2022 | IndustryEdge
An incredible resurgence in demand and consumption has seen coated woodfree (CWF) grades of paper experience a 47% lift, with imports totalling 119.6 kt* year-ended March 2022. Read more.
Andritz CC bagless sectors for uniform fiber mats, high performance, and less maintenance
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30 MAY 2022 | Andritz
Andritz CC bagless sectors for uniform fiber mats, high performance, and less maintenance. It’s commonly known that bagless sectors eliminate the need of shutting down a disc filter for filter bag changes. That’s undoubtedly an important benefit as to maintenance, but how to overcome thickening performance shortcomings of conventional bagless sector designs, particularly “corrugated” sectors?. Read more.
Ron Hooper named Whakatāne Mill's new chief executive
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23 MAY 2022 | Rotorua Daily Mail
Whakatāne Mill Ltd has appointed Ron Hooper, a highly experienced and well-regarded business leader from the food and packaging industry, to be the mill's new Chief Executive. Hooper will start in the position on June 1 after holding senior roles in multinational companies such as Griffins, Nestle and Mars. Read more.
Creating an Australian made 100 per cent recycled wine box
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11 MAY 2022 | Opal Australian Paper
Partnering with Dan Murphy’s for their new wine delivery subscription service, Dan Picked, the team at Opal has designed and created an innovative and robust Australian made, 100 per cent recycled and recyclable wine box. Read more.
Norske Skog's mill in Boyer, Southern Tasmania, has received a total grant of AUD 4 million from the Tasmanian and federal governments!
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10 MAY 2022 | Norske Skog
Patrick Dooley, General Manager at Boyer: “Adding Norske Skog's AUD 2.9 million commitment, we can deploy an AUD 6.9 million package of initiatives to support the long-term future of the Boyer mill, allowing us to reduce emissions, keep costs down and continue to deliver an Australian source of newsprint. Read more.
Visy’s Queensland Investments
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10 MAY 2022 | Visy
Under our tranche of recent Queensland investments, Visy will invest $500 million to build a new glass food and beverage container manufacturing facility in Yatala; $150 million to build a corrugated box factory at Hemmant; and $48 million in major upgrades to our Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on Gibson Island. Read more.
Smurfit Kappa gains Vegan Society certification for corrugated packaging solutions
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10 MAY 2022 | Packaging Europe
Smurfit Kappa has become the first packaging company to obtain the Vegan Society trademark for its corrugated packaging and will form a partnership with the organisation to supply other trademark holders with vegan packaging solutions for vegan products. Read more.
National forestry innovation institute to go ahead at University of Tasmania in Launceston
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3 MAY 2022 | AFPA
The University of Tasmania in Launceston will be home to a trailblazing new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) that will position Australia as a world leader in timber and wood fibre R&D after the Federal Labor Party matched the Coalition’s $100 million pledge. Read more.
China’s tissue consumption, integrated pulp and the impact of higher priced fibre
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29 April 2022 | IndustryEdge
From toilet paper to facial tissue, to hand towels and a wide range of sanitary products, the pandemic has added significant consumption in this growing sector. The question for some in the global fibre markets is whether the fibre is available to support Chinese consumption growth and overall, the stable growth in the total global market. Read more.
Finnish paper mill strike ends but demand remains high for now, keeping paper prices up
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29 April 2022 | IndustryEdge
News that the Finnish paper mill strike ended with agreement between UPM and unions late April was welcome, with European operating rates set to return to near full capacity as demand remains strong in most corners of the world. That feeds into our headline assessment that printing and communication paper prices, including newsprint, will remain high in Australia and New Zealand until at least late in the fourth quarter of 2022. Read more.
RCP Market: $300M annual export trade continues boom time
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29 April 2022 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s exports of recovered paper continue to boom as the total value of exports rocketed to a record AUD291.1M year-ended February. The average export price moderated slightly, but at AUD300.70/t, February was the third successive month exports have topped $300/t. Read more.
APCO CEO Brooke Donnelly to step down
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27 April 2022 | PKN
In news that has rocked the Australian packaging industry, Brooke Donnelly, CEO of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), is stepping down from the position at the end of July. Read more.
Visy announced $700 million investment in Queensland recycling and re-manufacturing
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27 April 2022 | Visy
Visy announces $700 million investment in Queensland recycling and re-manufacturing as part of Anthony Pratt’s $2 billion investment pledge to Australia. Visy said today it would invest $700 million on a massive expansion of its Queensland recycling and remanufacturing operations. Read more.
Federal Labor must ensure that our sustainable pulp and paper manufacturing jobs are not driven offshore by carbon pricing
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26 April 2022 | AFPA
As the major national industry group representing the pulp, paper, tissue and packaging sector, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is insisting that an incoming Albanese Government not sacrifice these vital regional manufacturing jobs through blunt changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund Safeguard Mechanism. Read more.
Belinda Driscoll becomes the youngest and first female MD of Kimberly-Clark
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22 April 2022 | Womens Agenda
Belinda Driscoll has been named the new Managing Director of personal care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark, becoming the youngest and first female MD in the company’s ANZ region. Read more.
Bridge Road Brewers to open recycled cardboard bar
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21 April 2022 | PKN
Australian independent craft brewer, Bridge Road Brewers, will open the doors to a pop-up bar in Melbourne tomorrow (Friday), which is fitted out entirely from cardboard, most of it recycled. Read more.
Stora Enso introduces formed fibre lids for takeaway packaging
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19 April 2022 | Packaging Europe
Stora Enso has partnered with Picadeli, a leading takeaway salad bar company, to introduce formed fibre lids for takeaway packaging that are recyclable and biodegradable. The lids are made from PureFiber by Stora Enso, which the company says is produced from wood-based formed fibre sourced from sustainably managed forests and using green energy. Read more.
Putting Aussie eggs in an upcycled basket
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6 April 2022 | PKN
Labelmakers Group and Huhtamaki have teamed up for a joint recycling initiative in Victoria that will see recovered label production waste used as feedstock for Australian-made fibre-based egg cartons. Read more.
ABB launches fastest paper machine moisture sensor on the market, taking 5,000 measurements per second
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6 April 2022 | ABB
ABB has released its High-Performance Infrared-Reflection (HPIR-R) moisture sensor, which provides the fastest, most precise moisture monitoring available on the market today. Read more.
API653 Tank Inspection, Tom Knight from Index Engineering
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29 April 2022 | Index Engineering
Has recently been certified as an API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector.
This new service will allow Index Engineering to provide the pulp and paper industry with additional expertise in this area. Read more.
Amcor to scale down operations in Russia
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23 March 2022 | PKN
Multinational packaging giant Amcor has revealed its plans to scale down its operations in Russia in response to the country’s continued invasion of Ukraine.
The company will reduce its activities in Russia and focus its manufacturing operations on supporting only its existing multinational customers. It will also be suspending new projects and investments in Russia and stop exports from the country “as early as possible”. Read more
Woolworths’ WA stores usher in paper bags
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23 March 2022 | PKN
Woolworths will be phasing out its 15-cent plastic shopping bags in WA over the next month – the first major supermarket to do so ahead of new state legislation banning a variety of plastic shopping bags from July this year. Over the coming weeks, stores across the state will gradually run-down stock of the supermarket’s reusable plastic bags, with its Australian-made paper shopping bags set to become the entry option for those customers who haven’t brought their own bags to the store, as well as online orders. Read more
Paper imports from Russia are minor
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21 March 2022 | IndustryEdge
Russia supplies Australia and New Zealand with very small quantities of paper and paper products, latest analysis shows. IndustryEdge continues to express the view that in the face of atrocities, transgressions of sovereign borders, human rights abuses and persistent aggression from Russia, trade is mainly important as a tool to influence Russia’s behaviour. Read more
Shipping attention turns to the Russia effect
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21 March 2022 | IndustryEdge
Global shipping attention has swung to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with one of the world’s largest food producers potentially falling under the control of Russia’s President Putin and his cohort of allies. Read more
PAPACKS® launches a partnership with Keurig Dr Pepper
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16 March 2022 | Paper Advance
Germany, Cologne (16 March 2022) - Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ: KDP) and sustainable packaging manufacturer PAPACKS, based in Cologne - Germany, today announced the start of a partnership to develop a fully recyclable and compostable paper bottle. Read more
Doting Pet Parents Drive Innovation in Packaging Design, Technology
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11 March 2022 | Packaging World
Co-manufacturer/co-packager NaturPak Pet has become the first CM&P to provide super-premium wet dog food in the Tetra Recart retort carton. The carton not only protects the product in shelf-stable conditions but also offers a number of sustainable packaging benefits—both of which pet parents are seeking out. Read more
No FSC material from Russia and Belarus until the invasion ends
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9 March 2022 | Pulpaper news.com
FSC remains deeply concerned about Russia’s aggressive invasion of Ukraine and stands in solidarity with all victims of this violence. With full commitment to FSC’s mission and standards, and after a thorough analysis of the potential impact of withdrawal of FSC certification, the FSC International Board of Directors has agreed to suspend all trading certificates in Russia and Belarus and to block all controlled wood sourcing from the two countries. Read more
Kimberly-Clark Response To The War In Ukraine
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9 March 2022 | Kimberly Clark
First and foremost, Kimberly-Clark is deeply saddened by the war in Ukraine and our hearts go out to our colleagues in the country, some of whom are among those displaced by the war. At this time, our overriding focus is to continue doing everything possible to support their safety and well-being. We are donating $1 million in financial aid and health and hygiene products to support active humanitarian efforts both in Ukraine and in neighboring countries to support refugee relief efforts. Read more
Reusable Corrugated Cases Drive Big Savings for Auto Parts Suppliers
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9 March 2022 | Packaging World
A simple, yet ingenious, innovation that allows for reuse of corrugated shippers with partitions for auto parts suppliers helps save Yanfeng Automotive Interiors $10 million over 24 months. Read more
“BTG’s FiberMAX Solution Offers a Novel Way to Increase Efficiency, Minimize Variability and Reduce Cost
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1 March 2022 | BTG a Voith Company
BTG’s diagnostic service FiberMAX identifies opportunities to reduce fiber variability and cost, including stabilizing paper quality. FiberMAX surveys identify sources of variability, outline detailed recommendations for improvements and have been proven to be a very valuable starting point for many improvement projects, including Industry 4.0. Read more - Press release and brochure
Recovered paper export prices at record levels
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25 February 2022 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s exports of recovered paper transacted at another new record average price of AUDFob297/t in December 2021, more than 73% higher than the average price recorded in December 2020. Read more
Envelopes humbled, but undefeated
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25 February 2022 | IndustryEdge
Many paper products have declined in use in recent years. Envelopes are an example. As the digital age presses into every corner of our lives, humble, physical products like envelopes have been diminished form their peaks recorded less than two decades ago. Read more
Cartonboard consumption up 20% over pandemic
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25 February 2022 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s consumption of coated cartonboard paper grades lifted 19.3% between 2019 and 2021, to a record 154.5 kt for 2021. The majority of the growth was recorded in the second half of 2021, as Australian converters battled to ensure they could meet rapidly growing packaging sector demand. Read more
Can paper bottles actually be sustainable?
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21 February 2022 | Packaging Europe
In recent years, some of the biggest brand owners in the FMCG space have expressed interest in an emerging field: paper-based bottles. Alongside these announcements came scepticism and accusations of greenwashing. Could these solutions really be better for the environment than plastic and glass alternatives? Read more
Unpacking the myth
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16 February 2022 | Paper Advance
Sustainability has become an increasingly hot topic in the packaging industry, partially driven by new EU regulatory frameworks, which set out new requirements for packaging. Read more
Essity enters agreement to acquire Australian hygiene company Asaleo Care
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16 February | Essity
Further to the announcement on December 10, 2020, hygiene and health company Essity has now entered an agreement with hygiene company Asaleo Care to acquire the remaining 63.8% of the shares in the company for AUD 1.40 cash per share. Asaleo Care is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and Essity is the largest shareholder, currently holding 36.2% of the shares. Read more
BASF develops label adhesives that do not interfere with paper recycling
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14 February 2022 | Packaging Europe
BASF’s new label adhesives can be used to coat paper labels and are designed not to interfere with the recycling of paperboard or cardboard transport boxes. Read more
Nature’s Flame wood pellets production company sold to New Zealand-based Talley’s Group
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1 February 2022 | Norske Skog
Norske Skog has entered into agreement with Talley’s Group, a New Zealand based dairy, fishing, produce and food company, to sell the Nature’s Flame pellets company for a consideration of approximately NZD 47.8 million (approximately NOK 280 million). The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2022. Read more
Paper & paperboard imports – Australia up 1.9%, NZ up 0.1% YE November
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28 January 2022 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s imports of paper, paperboard and paper products were valued at AUDFob269.4 million in November 2021, up 7.7% compared with the prior month. The value of monthly imports in November was 1.9% higher than in November 2020. Read more.
Pulp: Supply challenges push markets back up - 1Q22 pressures to remain - IndustryEdge
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28 January 2022 | IndustryEdge
Prices for all of the main pulp grades rose in December, in nearly all markets, with the main Chinese market expecting further price increases in the first quarter of 2022. Delayed deliveries from South America, and from Russia, have tightened supply in the lead up to the Lunar New Year (1st February). Read more.
Are converted packaging imports a 'canary in the mine' for domestic manufacturing?
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28 January 2022 | IndustryEdge
Once, miners took caged canaries down into mines because of their sensitivity to noxious gases and low oxygen levels was high. In the event of a risk, the canary would cease to sing and perhaps even die before workers noticed the same problem. The canary was sacrificed to provide a window of opportunity for escape. Read more.
APCO aiming to deliver PFAS phase-out in food packs
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27 January 2022 | PKN Packaging News
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is working with industry to deliver a phase-out of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in fibre-based, food contact packaging, that is consistent with the objectives of the National PFAS Position Statement. Read more.
Scaling and Education: The Next Steps to Coffee Cup Recycling
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21 January 2022 | Paper Advance
For many, coffee is how we start the day, but what happens to our paper coffee cups after we dispose of them? Well, many of these coffee cups, along with other containers are shipped to landfills – representing both a massive environmental problem and a missed opportunity. Read more.
AFPA welcomes Andrew Leighton as new FWPA CEO
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19 January 2022 | AFPA
Australia’s forest industries congratulate and welcome Andrew Leighton to his appointment as new Chief Executive Officer of Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA). Read more.
Talking... about RE+
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18 January 2022 | VISY
Visy chatted with Kate Allison, Senior Marketing Manager, about the increasing call for recycled packaging and how Visy’s Re+ brand is addressing the strong market demand. Read more.
New study suggests cartonboard can be recycled 25 times without loss of integrity
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13 January 2022 | Packaging Europe
According to a study conducted by Graz University of Technology in Austria, fibre-based packaging material can be recycled at least 25 times without losing its mechanical or structural integrity. Read more.
7 packaging trends to watch out for in 2022
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12 January 2022 | Packaging Innovation
Perhaps you’re keen to commit last year to the time capsule. But, before you do, it’s important to acknowledge how very recent years have permanently altered the landscape which businesses like yours must now find their footing in. Read more.
Sustainability milestone reached: Voith will be operating climate neutrally at all its sites as of January 1, 2022
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11 January 2022 | Papnews
Voith has achieved an ambitious sustainability goal: as of the beginning of 2022, Voith has successfully reduced the CO2 emissions at all its sites to “net zero.” Therefore, the Group’s operations will be climate neutral from January onwards. Read more.
Kellogg's Tests Paper Cereal Liner, and Other Fiber-Based Plastic Replacements
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8 January 2022 | Packaging World
ThePackHub continues to report many instances of brands and retailers switching primarily from plastic to other often paper-based alternatives. Some, but not all, support the move with positive evidence of these changes' environmental impact. Read more.
Valmet has renewed IQ Profilers product portfolio
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8 January 2022 | Valmet
Valmet introduces new advanced features in the IQ Profilers product portfolio. Uniform paper or board profiles will improve machine runnability and end-product quality. In addition, improved profiles enable the possibility to achieve raw material savings and better energy efficiency, which together with Valmet’s multivariable control concepts directly reduces also CO2 emissions. Read more.
BTG Excellence Consistency Measurement with MEK
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8 January 2022 | BTG
The bestselling consistency transmitter in the world today is BTG’s MEK. It is a unique consistency transmitter that can be found in the majority of pulp and paper mills around the world. The MEK technology is the cornerstone of the BTG Instruments portfolio and has been for almost 50 years. Read more.
Packaging imports provide supply chain opportunity
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27 November 2021 | IndustryEdge
Each year Australia reprocesses around 1.7 million tonnes of recovered paper, exporting a further 1.0 million tonnes. A small volume ends up in landfill each year and some remains in permanent storage. The system is largely in balance, where the ‘balancing item’ is currently annual exports. Read more.
Newsprint imports collapsing – but that’s not the story right now
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27 November 2021 | IndustryEdge
Australia’s newsprint imports were 31% lower year-ended September, slumping to 70.7 kt from 102.1 kt the year prior. Amidst the import slump, itself driven by continual demand pressures, the real story is the emphasis by manufacturers on re-setting prices, on more favorable terms. This is a global phenomenon. There are local ramifications. Read more.
Explosive input costs set to flow on: chemicals, metal fabrication and machinery all lift sharply)
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25 November 2021 | IndustryEdge
Any business doing maintenance or installing new equipment knows that in addition to lengthy delays, the price of new machinery and other equipment, of fabricated metal, and a range of other inputs has exploded over the last year. The latest data shows the largest cost increases are yet to flow through to some downstream industries, including printing. Read more.
Opal uses digital print for variable advent boxes
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25 November 2021 | PKN Packaging News
Opal Specialty Packaging has partnered with De Bortoli Wines to individualise the winemaker's 2021 Wine Advent Calendar boxes by using digital print creating a unique mix of colours and decorations on the packaging, ensuring that no two boxes are the same. Read more.
Aussie forest industries can do more to fight climate change through increased bioenergy production
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19 November 2021 | AFPA
Australia’s potential as a bioenergy powerhouse has been unveiled in the Australian Renewable Agency’s (ARENA) Bioenergy Roadmap, which recognises the potential of industrial heat in Australia’s future renewable energy mix. Read more.
$9m Federal boost to support forestry growth
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17 November 2021 | Timberbiz
Australia’s nine Regional Forestry Hubs have received a $9 million funding boost to support growth in the forest industries. Spread out for the next four years, the funding is part of a $10.6 million national investment which will help finance the existing forestry hubs around Australia, as well as establish two new hubs in Eden in New South Wales, and in the Northern Territory. Source: Timberbiz. Read more.
Life cycle assessment of Mondi’s paper for pallet wrapping shows lower climate impact
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15 November 2021 | Paper Advance
Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, commissioned a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing its new ground-breaking paper pallet wrapping innovation, Advantage StretchWrap, with conventional plastic stretch film wrapping. The full study was conducted by an external consultancy, is ISO-compliant and includes an external critical review. Read more.
Arnott's switches to recyclable displays
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12 November 2021 | Food Manufacturing & Technology
Food and snack manufacturer Arnott’s Group has announced that all of its new point-of-sale displays will be 100% recyclable. In a bid to reduce its plastic usage and bring it closer to the 2025 national packaging targets, the displays will be using water-soluble varnish instead of laminates and cardboard clips instead of plastic ones. Read more.
BillerudKorsnäs innovative solution on secondary packaging helps Oatly cut packaging carbon footprint by half
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12 November 2021 | Paper Advance
In partnership with BillerudKorsnäs, Oatly has implemented an innovative secondary packaging solution for products produced in Oatly’s Singapore Factory, enabling a reduction in secondary packaging material by up to 35% and an estimated reduction of CO2 emissions from secondary packaging by up to 50%*, compared to conventional packaging solutions. Read more.
Index Engineering’s new kiln shell laser will help pulp and paper mill clients!
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Index Engineering Ltd has purchased a kiln shell laser. This state-of-the-art piece of equipment is a contact-free measurement tool, used to determine the deformation in rotary kilns, dryers and other slowly rotating large cylinders during operation. This will provide detailed information on the kiln shell, enabling our clients to take appropriate action to reduce maintenance costs. Read more.
GAW Technologies
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GAW Technologies receives order from Renewcell for the delivery of a hydrosulfite dissolving plant for a new textile-recycling mill. Read more.
Opal and Petuna develop fibre-based first for fish
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11 November 2021 | PKN Packaging News
Tasmanian Salmon producer Petuna is switching from polystyrene packaging to cardboard, in a move that it said will divert more than 150,000 polystyrene boxes from landfill annually. The packaging, produced collaboratively with fibre packaging converter Opal, has resulted in an innovative, sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) for whole fish packaging and transportation. Read more.
Norske Skog Skogn enters the packaging market with Interliner
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11 November 2021 | Pulpaper news.com
Interliner is the liner which lies between the flutes in double wall corrugated cardboard. The product is manufactured for use in the type of corrugated cardboard which is produced and utilised in Asia. Read more.
Beverage container recycling solutions: good for entire supply chain
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28 October 2021 | IndustryEdge
Local fibre-based beverage carton suppliers continue to pursue stand-alone recycling options in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to deliver sustainable solutions that are suited to the local market. Their efforts are set to deliver for the producers and their brand owners, and the entire recovered paper supply chain. Read more.
Price Index: Regional printing paper increase – up 1.6% in August
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28 October 2021 | IndustryEdge
The newest addition to IndustryEdge’s suite of trade price indexes – for packaging papers – has been released, for the exclusive use of IndustryEdge subscribers. Periodically, IndustryEdge will make the headline indexes publicly available, as part of its ongoing communications and information program. The sub-indices will only be available to subscribers, after this initial launch. Read more.
Coated woodfree grades hanging on in New Zealand
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28 October 2021 | IndustryEdge
No reminders are required that coated papers have had it tough the last decade. That is true in New Zealand, but the latest data hints that the market is stabilising and may have reached the bottom. Read more.
Pranav Nair, Graduate Engineer from Opal Australian Paper announced winner of the 2021 New Speaker Competition Australia Runoff
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28 October 2021 | Appita
Pranav Nair, Graduate Engineer from Opal Australian Paper was today announced winner of the 2021 New Speaker Competition Australia Runoff. The competition was hosted by the Appita Young Professionals Network and proudly sponsored by Albany International, AstenJohnson, Kadant, Kemira, Manildra Group, Scandinavian Electronics, Solvay, UJL, Valmet and Nalco Water. Read more.
Caine Davies, Graduate Process Engineer from Oji Fibre Solutions Tasman announced Winner of the 2021 New Speaker Competition New Zealand Runoff
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28 October 2021 | Appita
Caine Davies, Graduate Process Engineer from Oji Fibre Solutions Tasman was today announced Winner of the 2021 New Speaker Competition New Zealand Runoff. The competition was hosted by Appita New Zealand Section and proudly sponsored by Wood Beca, Valmet Pty Ltd, Chemiplas and Scion. Read more.
Stora Enso launches new fluff pulp grade
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26 October 2021 | Pulpaper News
Stora Enso has introduced the newest addition to its NaturaFluff pulp product portfolio, NaturaFluff Eco by Stora Enso. NaturaFluff Eco is a new fluff pulp grade with a lower carbon footprint, enabling producers of hygiene products – such as baby diapers, incontinence pads and feminine care – to offer consumers a new generation of environmentally friendly, absorbent hygiene products. Read more.
New brand identity elevates not-so-humble pies
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25 October 2021 | PKN Packaging News
Davidson Branding has developed a name, brand and product packaging for Ferguson Plarre's new range of richly flavoured frozen bake-at-home pies.
Inspired by foodie culture, the packaging design of the new plant-based and meat ‘Pie Society’ branded pie range features bold, diagonal stripes overlaid onto kraft paper reflecting the artisan, crafted nature of the pie – a nod to Ferguson Plarre’s iconic red and white bakeries. Read more.
Australia’s forest industries must be a big part of Net Zero 2050 conversation
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14 October 2021 | AFPA
To assist the vital policy debate taking place this week about Australia’s climate change targets, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has launched Storing Carbon For A Cleaner Future: A Snapshot, which clearly and succinctly explains the role forest industries are playing and can play in climate change mitigation. Read more.
Vic govt pumps $2.1m into recycling innovation
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7 October 2021 | PKN
The Victorian government has given $2.1m in grants to ten research organisations with the aim of creating new products that can use recycled materials including plastic, paper, glass, cardboard and tyres. Read more.
Essity invests in world’s first tissue machine running on geothermal steam
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6 October 2021 | Papnews
Essity is investing in enhanced efficiency in the company´s site in Kawerau, New Zealand, including the world’s first tissue machine running a fully geothermal steam drying process. Together with a reduction in pulp consumption, reduced waste and elimination of the burning of natural gas on the machine, the improvements will contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions by 23 percent from the Kawerau site. Read more.
First order win for ABB’s newly launched Sheet Break Performance digital service
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01 October 2021
RAK Mill, Indonesia, signs new ABB contract as part of digital transformation project to help achieve its highest ever production. Read more.
Procemex (UJL Solutions Pty. Ltd.)
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01 October 2021
One profile measurement geometry for detecting and classifying all surface defects keeping focus on dents and elevated defects. This measurement can detect very small dents and elevated defects in a very high accuracy. It is suitable for standard paper and board machines. Read more.
Copy paper more than two-thirds NZ total uncoated market
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29 September 2021 |IndustryEdge
In 2020-21, for the first time, uncoated woodfree Cut Reams accounted for more than two-thirds of the total UCWF market. Coming in at 67.4% of the total, New Zealand’s copy paper supplies joined Australia’s which have been persistently at the two-thirds mark for the last three years. Read more
Recovered paper exports remain high as prices ramp 27%
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29 September 2021 |IndustryEdge
The value of Australia’s monthly recovered paper exports hit a thirty-two month high in July, as the monthly average export price was the second highest on record at AUDFob257/t. Read more
Woodchip Market: Hardwood chip exports down 11.7% year-on-year
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29 September 2021 |IndustryEdge
Australia’s total woodchip exports were 3.4% lower year-ended July 2021 than for the corresponding period in the prior year, reaching 4.859 million bdmt (bone dried metric tonnes). Underscoring some of the sector dynamics, hardwood chip exports over the period were down 11.7% to 4.021 million bdmt, while their softwood counterparts were up a substantial 76.7% to 0.838 million bdmt. Read more
Raising awareness about responsible Forest Management
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27 September 2021 | Visy
Today is ‘FSC Friday’, a day designated by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) to raise awareness about the importance of responsible forest management (FSC C008345). Visy is a FSC certificate holder and a member of FSC Australia and New Zealand. We have more than 70 certified sites in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and China. Read more
COVID-19 Community Support
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15 September 2021 |Oji
In this recent COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria, GV Cares, a volunteer organisation, rallied suppliers and volunteers to help feed thousands of families in the Shepparton region. With 30% of the town in isolation, many Shepparton residents could not leave home to get food and necessities. OjiFS has a packaging distribution centre in Shepparton and is firmly part of the wider community. So, supporting this worthy cause by donating boxes was an easy decision. Read more
Shipping shortages mean local pack opportunities
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9 September 2021 | PKN
The ongoing shipping crisis is causing an increasing number of Australian companies to look at sourcing packaging locally, as importing from China becomes more costly and takes longer. Read more
WA Labor abandons sustainable, science based, forestry policy with a smoke and mirrors ‘pivot to plantations’
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8 September 2021 | AFPA
The West Australian Government’s announcement that from 2024 it will cease utilising hardwoods from its own forests has been condemned by the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) as a decision driven by politics not science. Read more
Opal transitions cloud to take out risk
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7 September 2021 | PKN
Australian renewable packaging company Opal Group has undergone a major cloud transition after its previous provider, Fujitsu, said it would stop supporting its data storage network. Read more
Appita New Speaker Competition Runoff
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Join us on the 28th of October, to support our 2021 New Speaker contestants at the Australian and New Zealand run-off competitions! The winner of this competition will compete at the New Speakers Final Competition on 19 November 2021.
This competition is an important and significant event on the Appita calendar and offers the opportunity for our young professionals to develop their presentation skills, and to present in front of a wider audience, as part of their ongoing training and development.
2021 New Speakers Competition Runoff – New Zealand
28 October 2021, Copthorne Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand commencing @ 6:00 pm NZST.
Proudly sponsored by Valmet, WoodBeca, Chemiplas NZ and Scion.
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2021 New Speakers Competition Runoff – Australia – Hosted by Appita YPN
28 October 2021, 10:00 am – 12:45 pm AEST – Virtual via Zoom
Proudly sponsored by Albany International, AstenJohnson, Kadant, Kemira, Manildra Group, Scandinavian Electronics, Solvay, UJL, Valmet and Nalco Water
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Its Christmas shopping time: right now!
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23 AUGUST 2021 IndustryEdge
Rather than diminishing over time, global shipping and freight delays are worsening on many routes, in the lead up to the busiest time of year: Christmas. With retailer’s order books completed, many are now scrambling to ensure they get sufficient capacity on vessels and their supply chain has enough shipping containers to get the ordered goods onto their shelves for what is expected to be the busiest Christmas ever. Read more
Paper, packaging and fibre under the microscope: IndustryEdge’s annual strategic review turns 30!
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23 AUGUST 2021 IndustryEdge
In a year like no other, the incredible surges in demand for tissue and hygiene products, for home deliveries and corrugated boxes, was matched by unparalleled shifts in demand for printed media. Read more