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    Your weekly installment of new knowledge, sponsored by Valmet. Each week’s e-newsletter brings you one featured article, selected by TAPPI’s editors, on new research, business/technology trends, industry markets, or upcoming events – a range of topics geared toward industry professionals. You’ll also get a pulp and paper industry-specific article from the tech experts at Valmet. With more than 27,000 subscribers, Ahead of the Curve delivers engaging info that readers can use today to prepare for tomorrow.

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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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    American Process Inc. announces partnership to develop ultra-strong, lightweight automotive components using nanocellulose
    American Process Inc. (Atlanta, GA) and Futuris Automotive (Melbourne, Australia) recently formed a partnership with researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Clark Atlanta University, Swinburne University of Technology, and the USDA’s Forest Products Laboratory, to develop ultra-strong, lightweight automotive structural components reinforced with nanocellulose.
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    Tralin unveils world's first fully automated continuous digester for non-wood pulp production
    Shandong Tralin Paper Company of China invited nine experts to witness the October unveiling of novel up-right continuous digesters for the production of 100 percent wheat straw pulp.
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    DEFORESTATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS LEAVES BUSINESS EXPOSED
    New data shows that nearly 90 percent of companies reporting deforestation information to environmental non-profit CDP, see opportunities in shifting to sustainably-sourced key commodities.
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    Cracking the Code to Innovation
    Everyone says they want innovation in their organization, but when an ambitious employee offers it to a CEO, for example, the idea is often shot down.
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    Paper Recycling in Europe reaches 71.7%
    The paper recycling rate in Europe reached 71.7% in 2013, according to the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC), Brussels, Belgium.
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    Consortium to Seek Advanced Wood-to-Energy Solutions
    The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment); the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI (FPL); and the Georgia Southern University Herty Advanced Materials Development Center, Savannah, GA (Herty), announced the launch of the Consortium for Advanced Wood-to-Energy Solutions (CAWES).
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    Why Maine’s Paper Mills are Closing
    According to an article published October 3, 2014, by the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, there’s no one explanation for why three Maine mills have closed so far this year—East Millinocket, Old Town, and Bucksport each supply, or supplied, different markets—but they share the common challenge of relatively high costs for energy and wood while demand for their current products has declined. The three mills that closed were in tough markets.
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    Bio-products are hatching, (although tentatively)
    New pulp and paper industry bio-products have been until now, a typical chicken and egg conundrum.
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    FSC celebrates 20th Anniversary
    “We are proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last 20 years. We have come a long way, but we can achieve even more. And the World’s forests need that.”