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Exhibition 2026
at Hyatt Place Melbourne, the exhibition gives companies direct access to decision-makers and industry leaders across pulp, paper, packaging, and fibre-based bioproducts. DOWNLOAD THE SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION PROSPECTUS Why Exhibit? Showcase Solutions:...
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Annual Visy shutdown under way
17 October 2025 | Timberbiz The annual maintenance shutdown at the Visy Pulp and Paper Tumut mill started this week, with all major equipment shut down to be cleaned and inspected, ensuring safe and reliable operations for the next 12 months. Read more
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Aurelia extends its reach beyond Europe
that continuously reports important property measurements for packaging, carton board, gypsum board and extensible sack paper machines, typically demonstrating savings of around USD 5-10M per year. Read more
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Subscriptions
education or research. Purchase of an institutional subscription covers this type of use. Subscribers may download and store papers for personal use only. Please refer to Appita Terms & Conditions. Institutional Online Subscriptions An Institutional...
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ABB News
15 July 2025 | ABB Innovations across the pulp and paper value chain—from renewable textile fibers to paper-based alternatives to plastic—are driving real progress toward a circular economy and low-carbon future. R ead more
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Conference 2025 thank you
Appita Industry Forum 2025 brought together leaders, innovators, and technical experts to explore the future of the pulp, paper and packaging industries. A big thank you to our sponsors ABB, Solenis, and Wood Beca, and our conference partner Visy for...
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Opal recycles uniforms with BlockTexx
PKN Packaging converter Opal has joined forces with textile recycling company BlockTexx to repurpose used uniforms from its Paper & Recycling Botany Mill. The uniforms will be processed into reusable fibres Read more
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Albanese pledges $24M for Boyer Mill
16 April 2025 | Print 21 Anthony Albanese has pledged up to $24M to Tasmania’s Boyer Paper Mill to transition to a low emission future, if he wins the upcoming election. Read more
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Verified study shows that Metsä Board paperboard can reduce carbon footprint of food packaging by over 60%
20 March 2025 | Paper Firstweb According to recent life cycle assessment* conducted by Metsä Board, switching from white-lined chipboard (WLC) to Metsä Board’s folding boxboard can reduce the carbon footprint of food packaging by over 60%. The LCA...
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What's shaping the packaging industry in 2025
12 June 2025 | Opal As a leading recycling, paper and cardboard packaging business, we have a clear view of the emerging trends shaping the packaging industry. As packaging continues to evolve, sustainability, efficiency and customer experience are at...
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Suzano and Kimberly-Clark Form $3.4B Global Tissue Joint Venture
5 June 2025 | Paper Advance Suzano acquires majority stake in international tissue business spanning over 70 countries, including iconic brands like Kleenex and Scott. Suzano, the world’s largest pulp producer, and Kimberly-Clark, a global leader in...
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Mondi launches re/cycle PaperPlus Bag Advanced
16 June 29025 | ipw Mondi is launching its re/cycle PaperPlus Bag Advanced, a high-performance paper bag designed to protect humidity-sensitive goods, while significantly reducing plastic content. Read more
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BTG, has launched a new solution for accurately measuring the chemical additive demand of fibers
2 June 2025 | BTG BTG, has launched a new solution for accurately measuring the chemical additive demand of fibers in the paper production, leading to cost savings: SZP-16 is a compact, portable and easy-to-use solution to accurately measures the Zeta...
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Executive Committee
bylaws. The Appita Executive Committee comprises members from the corporate sector of the Australian and New Zealand pulp, paper and packaging industry. {loadmodule mod_simple_grid,Executive Committee} {loadmodule mod_simple_grid,Executive Committee...
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Events & Activities
Speaker Competition - Australia Wednesday 3rd December 2025 BioPria GO3 Room, 10 am - 1:00 pm. Register here ABC of Pulp & Paper Course Wednesday 4th March 2026 Distinction Hotel, Rotorua NZ Details here Appita Conference, 25th & 26th March, 2026....
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Professor Paul Stuart
with the establishment of several biorefineries, in Canada and around the world. He is a founding Fellow of the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC), a past President of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), and a...
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Celebrating Women and Girls in Science
11 February 2022 | Opal Australian Paper Science plays an important role in Opal’s day to day operations in Australia and New Zealand and we’re proud to recognise the contribution our female team members make, through science, across our different...
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From side streams to soil improvement fibres and carbon storages – How fibre fractions from paperboard industry are utilised in agriculture
15 May 2023 | Paper Advance Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is improving the soil of Finnish fields together with Soilfood by utilising the side stream fibre fractions created during paperboard production. What was once considered waste, is now...
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Aurelia partners with AI group
May 2023 | Aurelia Group Aurelia Group, the developer of on-line, continuous paper machine stiffness measurement, the PSM-Q, is excited to announce they have entered into a development project with The A I Team, a cutting edge and award winning...
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Training & Development
Appita offers many training and development options to benefit the career advancement of people in the pulp, paper and associated industries. The Association offers a balanced and flexible complement to the current Nationally Accredited training...
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UJL Pty Ltd provides local sales and support in the ANZ region
30 April 2023 | UJL Recently Sensorik Austria GmbH has installed their new SensoWeb moisture meters for paper machines: press/input pre-dryer section, within pre-dryer section, output pre-dryer section and after film press/input. These on-line web...
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RCP Market: Value of Australian exports down 1.8% year-ended February
01 May 2023 | IndustryEdge Australian recovered paper exports were valued at AUD284.5million year-ended February 2023, down 1.8% compared with a year earlier. Exports totalled 1.038 million tonnes for the period, down 2.3% on the year earlier. The...
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Food Contact Materials Committee
Appita has always been the Australian and New Zealand pulp and paper industry`s chief source of technical information and learning, primarily for production and quality control purposes. The concern over the risk posed to consumers health due to...
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Meet the twins who turn data into insights
12 January 2023 | Paper Advance Imagine having a virtual assistant who could instantly conjure up the latest data and present it to you in a realistic 3D model. It might sound like science fiction, but that’s the idea behind our mill digital twin...
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Global packaging demand lifts 6.2% in midst of pandemic
3 March 2023 | IndustryEdge Latest data shows global packaging and industrial paper production lifted 6.2% or 15.3 million tonnes in 2021, as the pandemic raged strong across the world. Read more
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Website Terms & Conditions
about membership in Appita Inc, the leading not-for-profit industry association that supports the advancement of the pulp, paper packaging and bioproducts industries. Memberships, subscription access, publications, events and e-learning opportunities...
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Tetra Pak commences research into fibre-based food packaging.
3 March 2023 | Pulpapernews.com Recently, Tetra Pak has commenced ground-breaking research towards advancing fibre-based sustainable food packaging, in collaboration with MAX IV – the most modern synchrotron[1] radiation laboratory in the world. The...
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Innovative pulping concept from Voith ensures significant reduction of energy demand and CO2 emissions at Palm.
20 March 2023 | Papnews At the German paper manufacturer Papierfabrik Palm, Voith’s highly innovative pulping technology is already in profitable operation as a pilot project. The stock preparation system is designed for a production of 500 tons per...
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Focused Industry Training
individual organisation within the industry. With over 75 years experience in training and development within the Pulp and Paper industry Appita is ideally placed to meet your training needs. Through our FIT service we offer organisation tailored...
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Tasowheel’s innovative and modular QCS systems
1 June 2023 | UJL Solutions Pty Ltd introduces Tasowheel the Quality Control System for paper, board, pulp and tissue machines. Tasowheel’s innovative and modular QCS systems are always tailored to the customer’s needs, including all profiling systems,...
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Sponsorship
Fibre Value Chain Conference - Creating our biofuture is a great way to promote your organisation/business to the pulp, paper, packaging and biomanufacturing industries. Appita will ensure that your investment is worthwhile, and the benefits offered by...
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Norske Skog announces sale of the Tasman mill industrial site
11 October 2023 | Pulpapernews.com Norske Skog has completed a transaction for the sale of the Tasman mill industrial site and remaining mill assets to the Australasian pulp, paper, and packaging group Oji Fibre Solutions for approximately NOK 70...
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OjiFS Soars Beyond the Boundaries for 150 Year Oji Anniversary: Making Over 9,000 Origami Cranes
organisation that has stood the test of time and had a remarkable journey of growth to become the fourth-largest pulp and paper company in the world. Read more
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Fibre moulding is a hot topic
24 October 2023 | Paper Advance Fibre moulding is an area that is developing rapidly, not least because new technologies enable the manufacture of products with properties that can compete with plastic applications. Read more
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Meet Qwarzo – a mineral-based barrier coating validated by Unilever and Innocent
| Packaging Europe Qwarzo is a barrier coating made from silicon dioxide that can be used to replace plastic and PFAS on paper, textiles, and metal – and it has already been validated by brands like Unilever and Innocent. Read more
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Awards
Award - Brice Charles Landman Memorial Award Jasper Mardon Memorial Prize Ken Maddern Award New Speakers Prize Best Mill Paper Appita Past Award Winners
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Grow you good thing! Forest products sector celebrates AgDay!
this year’s AgDay 2023 theme ‘Grow you good thing’ – recognising that our forestry, timber manufacturing and pulp and paper industries are essential to the food and fibre supply chain across the country and the world, Acting Chief Executive Officer of...
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SOFi Products Unveils New Plastic-Free, Biodegradable Cup for Hot Beverages
30 November 2023 | Paper Advance After four years of research and development, SOFi Products is excited to reveal its new 100% plastic-free, biodegradable cup for hot beverages that doesn't require a separate lid. The SOFi Hot Cup features three flaps...
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Feltest Capto V4 pull clamp
2023 | UJL UJL Solutions Pty Ltd is introducing the new Feltest Capto V4 pull clamp to help make the installation of Paper Machine Clothing safer for both operators and the fabrics. The Feltest Capto has the following usages: Fabric puller, Canvas...
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How Amazon is making its packaging more efficient
to see if they can be shipped in their original manufacturer’s packaging, eliminating the need for extra cardboard boxes or paper bags from Amazon. Read more
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Guest Speakers
General Manager People, Culture, & Safety Oji Fibre Solutions Jean Yves Nouaze Executive General Manager, Visy Pulp & Paper David Platt Strategist & CEO Future Resilient Juan Pablo Sepulveda Regional Manager Australia & New Zealand ANDRITZ Nataša...
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OjiFS rolls out pallet label to boost material recovery
07 September 2023 | PKN Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS), one of Australasia's leading manufacturers of pulp, paper and wood-fibre based packaging solutions, has introduced a recoverability message on pallet flags to help its B2B customers to correctly...
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Fellow
At least 10 years of membership of Appita in an eligible classification. At least 15 years of practice in the pulp and paper and related industries or a related research institution. No impediments which, in the view of the Executive Committee, would...
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FRANK-PTI Spectro Analyser
determining brightness, colour, colour differences, fluorescence and opacity. Colour and brightness of measurements in the paper and board industry need to match the highest standards while the precision of measurements also needs to match the necessary...
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Kiril Dimitrov
and materials innovation. Professional career across the entire packaging supply chain, working for some of the leading paper and packaging manufacturers and recyclers, with many years in food retail and currently a Packaging Expert at Nestle’s...
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Shiree Murdoch
Dress for Success Auckland and the NZ Chiropractic College. Joining Oji Fibre Solutions in 2022 as Head of HR for Pulp and Paper, she moved into her newly created leadership team role in August last year.
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Juan Sepulveda
ANDRITZ Juan Sepulveda is an Electrical Engineer by education, with a career spanning two decades in the Mining and Pulp & Paper industries. His journey has been marked by a diverse array of roles, including Engineering, Business, and Technology...
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Guest Speakers
David Platt Strategist & CEO, Future Resilient Jean Yves Nouaze Executive General Manager Visy Pulp & Paper Tim Woods Managing Director IndustryEdge Dr Errol Brandt Founder & CEO Knowledge Orchestrator Alistair Swanson Founding Director Future Work...
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Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite trial fibre-based wrap for beverage multipacks
14 September 2023 | Packaging Europe Coca-Cola HBC is piloting a cardboard and paper alternative to plastic shrink film for 1.5-litre multipacks of Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Sprite sold in Austria – a move anticipating a 200-tonne reduction in plastic...
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Bio-Sourced Asphalt Paves a New Road for Clean Economy in Quebec
12 September 2023 | Paper Advance Natural Resources Canada announced over $1.5 million to FPInnovations for an innovative project that aims to develop asphalt that contains wood-derived products from Canada’s forest sector. The new asphalt being tested...
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"Aurelia recognises PSM-Q success in Europe by celebrating at home”
| Aurelia Following another successful trial of the PSM-Q non-destructive stiffness measurement system at a large packaging paper mill in Europe, Aurelia is celebrating by running a sales promotion for customers in Australasia. The promotion gives...
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