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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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Greg King wins PPSA's Executive Eagle Award
Greg King, Senior Vice President and General Manager – Recycling, RockTenn, received the Executive Eagle Award during the Pulp and Paper Safety Association (PPSA) conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, in June.
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Agenda 2020 conducts second open forum to develop breakthrough technology opportunities
The pulp and paper industry has the potential to use advanced technologies to help mills become more efficient and sustainable. In fact, there are many examples of such technologies in use in today's mills.
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Domtar helps customers trace the impact of paper purchases
Domtar Corporation has announced significant updates to The Paper Trail®, its award-winning interactive tool that helps customers trace the impacts of their paper purchases.
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BioSight up to 2025: Changes in supply and demand affecting the global bio-based chemical industry
Pöyry Management Consulting has released BioSight up to 2025, a cutting edge report investigating changes in supply and demand affecting the global bio-based chemical industry.
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A Highly Promising Franco-Canadian, Innovation Partnership
FPInnovations and the Centre Technique du Papier (CTP), have signed a partnership agreement.
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Paper and Packaging Industry Launches "How Life Unfolds"™ Campaign
On July 8, 2015, the Paper & Packaging industry launched the "How Life Unfolds"™ consumer campaign with a $20M investment in paid and earned media between July and December.
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Transparent CNF has wide range of applications
For one Japanese pulp and paper company, the future of cellulose nanofiber material is clear… as in, literally transparent. As reported recently by Nikkei Asian Review, in 2017 Oji Holdings will begin mass production of a lightweight, plant-derived cellulose nanofiber (CNF) material that can replace carbon fiber in a range of applications, including auto manufacturing, aircraft, and organic light-emitting diode displays. The material will be produced as a thin sheet that Oji claims “has high transparency equivalent to glass, regardless of wood pulp materials.”
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Publishers walking back on commitment to digital
Some publishers have begun backtracking on their commitments to digital, writes Ellen Duffer in a recent article at Forbes.com. At the Cheltenham Literature Festival (October 7-16 in Cheltenham, England), Penguin General Books managing director Joanna Prior said the company has started looking more critically at its investments in electronic publishing.
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Bioenergy Technologies Office Allocates US$1 Million for Round 2 of the DOE’s Small Business Vouchers Pilot
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot, which is part of DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) National Laboratory Impact Initiative, in collaboration with national laboratories, supports small businesses to advance energy technology and help transform our biomass resources into commercially successful, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower.
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An early glimpse at APP’s OKI Mill, Sumatra
This look at APP’s new mill, due to open later this year in Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI), South Sumatra, is an excerpt from a feature appearing in the upcoming July/August issue of Paper360° and is offered here as a preview for Ahead of the Curve readers.
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UK exit likely to have very limited near-term effects on the pulp market
Kurt Schaefer, RISI The UK voted in June to exit the European Union, surprising most observers and raising many questions and concerns.
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Top 6 Coolest Things About the Paper Industry
Sarah Dawkins, Solenis TAPPI’s Young Professionals Division promotes the future of our industry by recognizing members’ creativity and drive while encouraging them to become more personally involved in the industry. As our future leaders and innovators, we’ve invited members of the YP Division to share their insights with Ahead of the Curve readers.
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AF&PA Honors Sustainability Winners
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) presented its 2015 Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Awards at AF&PA’s annual meeting on Friday, November 13 in San Antonio, Texas. Winners included:
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US Consumers Underestimate Print and Papers’ Unique Contributions to Circular Economy
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Packaging Manufacturers Step Up for a Sustainable Summer
This article was originally published by The Paper and Packaging Board as part of its “How Life Unfolds” campaign, and is shared here with Ahead of the Curve readers who may want to share with colleagues, family, and friends.
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2021 TAPPI/PIMA Awards: Rising to the Challenge
Each year in its May/June issue, Paper360° is honored to spotlight the recipients of TAPPI’s National-level awards
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New process turns paper manufacturing waste into valuable chemicals
A group of researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert a common byproduct of the paper manufacturing process into valuable chemical precursors for making nylon.
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DoD Invests US$87.5 Million in Bioindustrial Manufacturing
This article was sourced from both the Engineering Biology Research Consortium at https://ebrc.org, and Georgia Tech’s College of Sciences, where parts were originally published in this article by Brad Dixon.
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Reliability and Maintenance Management Beliefs
This article appears in the forthcoming Nov/Dec issue of Paper360° and is offered here as a “sneak peek” for AOTC readers. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series in Paper360°.

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