Ahead of the Curve

Is Your Pizza Box Trying to Kill You?

24 Feb 2016 By Jan Bottiglieri, Editorial Director, Paper360° On the last day of 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notification titled “Update on Perfluorinated Grease-proofing Agents.” The FDA also published a press release with the headline “FDA Revokes Food Additive Approval for the Use of Long-Chain Perfluorinated Compounds as Oil and Water Repellents for Paper Used in Food Packaging.”

Kari Jordan on: Successful Transformation

17 Feb 2016 Metsä Group President and Chief Executive Officer Kari Jordan has recently been named RISI’s European CEO of the Year for 2016. This is the first time Jordan has picked up the prestigious award; he was unanimously chosen by a group of financial analysts and portfolio managers covering the forest products industry.

China’s boxboard exports skyrocket and tap into critical demand growth markets

10 Feb 2016 According to a recent RISI study, global boxboard demand has advanced by 2-3% annually on average since the early years of the last decade, which compares favorably to many other segments of the pulp and paper industry that are stagnant or in decline.

New Study Shows How Consumers Drive Sustainability, Packaging Trends

03 Feb 2016 The ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report has published a comprehensive study on packaging efficiency titled A Study of Packaging Efficiency As It Relates to Waste Prevention. Besides providing contemporary results, the research examines trends in retail packaging since the publication of the original study in 1995 and the follow-up in 2006.

Prospect of New Caribou Plan a Major Concern in Rural Quebec

27 Jan 2016 Some environmentalist groups suggest that forestry activities in Quebec, Canada, should be considerably reduced—a measure that would threaten thousands of jobs in this industry, according to a new short documentary produced by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) in the North Shore region. In November 2015, the VP of the MEI, Jasmin Guénette, met with forest engineers, mill workers, and others on the ground in Baie-Comeau to give a voice to those who make their living from the forest.

Stop Swapping Your Pumps and Start Testing Them Instead

20 Jan 2016 y Jay Shellogg This article appears in the forthcoming January/February 2016 issue of Paper360°. Does anyone out there run two pumps in parallel so that if one fails you can swap to the other pump with little or no consequence to operations?

What is the future of BHK production in China?

13 Jan 2016 By Kurt Schaefer, VP Fiber, RISI There have been so many changes to the economic and industry outlook for China since 2012, when RISI published the first edition of its in-depth outlook for China,

Hottest Trend in Publishing is Adult Coloring Books

06 Jan 2016 By Susannah Cahalan Nine of the 20 books on Amazon’s current bestseller list contain few words and belong to a genre that didn’t exist two years ago. Welcome to the biggest publishing craze of the year: coloring books for adults.

Folding Carton Market in North America 2015-2019

16 Dec 2015 According to a new research report by Research and Markets, Dublin, Ireland, the Folding Carton market in North America is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.23% over the period 2014-2019.

India’s paper industry braces for consolidation

09 Dec 2015 According to a report in Business Standard, New Delhi, India, the Indian paper industry could witness a round of consolidation and cooperation among various players in the next few years, to collectively leverage fast changing manufacturing technologies and smoothen backward integration for raw materials.