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CEPI’s New Director General: ‘A Remarkable Industry’
BY MARK RUSHTON The Confederation of European Paper industries (CEPI) has been working hard on behalf of the industry—particularly in lobbying on the major issues in the European parliament—for the last 25 years. CEPI will hold its 25th Anniversary event in the city of Brussels in November this year. Sylvain Lhôte joined CEPI as Director General in November last year.
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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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RBI Merges imagination with ingenuity in lignocellulosics development
Cellulose, nature's most abundant polymer, is sustainable, renewable, and recyclable. Lignin is a valuable chemical feedstock. Both are found in grasses, trees and agricultural biomass and are building blocks of food, clothing, packaging, coatings and composites, medicine and biomedical products, cosmetics, soaps, paint, aerogels, impact-resistant plastics, and biofuels.
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Record attendance at BDC Spring Symposium in Maine
The Bioenergy Deployment Consortium (BDC) had record attendance at its Spring Symposium held in Bangor, Maine, April 7–9, as about 50 members and guests met to tour and learn more about the Old Town Fuel and Fiber’s (OTFF) upcoming commercial plant to be built on site, and be updated on commercial progress in the bio-industry.
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Engineered Softwood Could Transform Pulp, Paper, Biofuel Industries
April 20, 2015. Scientists today demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods.
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Millicent mill sets best practice for global company
“It is tough being a manufacturer in Australia at the moment," according to Scott Whicker, Mill Manager of the Kimberly-Clark Millicent Mill located in Mount Gambier in [Australia's] southeast.
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Report says print buyers want more attention from the paper industry
Today’s corporate and agency print buyers are also specifiers of paper for their commercial print jobs.
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Is Employee Cynicism Killing Your Culture?
Mocking irony, snark, and cynicism are very much in vogue, but they are also toxic to your company’s culture. Most of us can agree that cynicism is ugly.
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Knowledge and involvement: One young professional’s story
Working as a corrugated professional was not top-of-mind for Josh Reich when he first attended Ohio University as a candidate for a B.B.A. in Marketing and Sales. But it definitely was by the time he completed his M.B.A. in 2015. That’s because between his sophomore and junior years he took a summer job at Greif in Massillon, OH. He’s never looked back.
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Mohawk CEO Presents Story of Ingenuity and Growth at Paper Cluster Meeting
The New England Paper Cluster’s Growth Strategies Reception and Dinner on June 22, 2015, in Springfield, MA, brought together 70 paper industry executives from New England to learn best practices and discuss strategies for growing the industry.
