2018

China’s paper industry: Adjusting to change

08 Feb 2017 MARK RUSHTON This article first appeared in the March/April issue of Paper360°, TAPPI’s member magazine

Young Professionals get their own TAPPI division

23 Jul 2014 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?

UPM Demonstrates Leadership in the European Publication Market

03 Dec 2014 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.

Corrugated Industry Stands Solid on New Package Cleanliness Research and Sustainability Facts

04 Mar 2015 The first corrugated box was produced in the United States in 1895.

Paper and paperboard demand forecast to grow by nearly a fifth by 2030

18 Mar 2015 World demand for paper and paperboard is forecast to grow to 482 million tons in 2030, or 1.1 per cent per year, according to a new global paper market study, World Paper Markets up to 2030, by Pöyry Management Consulting.

Beetle Plague Pushes Canadians to Stock-up on U.S. Lumber Mills

01 Jul 2015 According to a report by Bloomberg News, in the 60 years since Bob Jordan III joined his family's North Carolina sawmill business, he hasn't seen anything quite like the Canadian invasion of the U.S. South's lumber industry.

Moving maintenance from reactive to proactive

29 Jul 2015 My experience has taught me that most folks working in the pulp and paper industry don't have an understanding of what it takes to change a reactive maintenance department to a proactive and reliable one.

SCA will Split into Two Listed Companies in 2017

14 Sep 2016 The new hygiene company will receive a new name and be registered in Stockholm, and the forest products company will keep the name SCA.

Creating 3D-printed prostheses from forest raw materials

27 Jul 2016 How can an artificial limb be made a little less… artificial? When it is produced using renewable forest materials to create a highly-customizable, more environmentally-friendly prosthetic at a more reasonable cost for patients and providers.

Frequency re: reliability

26 Aug 2015 Q: In your sixth bullet point you state, "It is vital to take into account how a failure’s consequence affects safety, environment, quality, and/or production, and under no circumstance allow consequence of failure to determine frequency of inspection." We could not rationalize this one.