Monthly Archives: April 2018

Sustainability as Business Leverage

In a dictionary, the word “sustainability” includes two definitions: the ability to be maintained at a steady rate, and the conservation of natural resources for ecological balance. There is perhaps no arena where these two ideas overlap more than they do in tissue production. The tissue industry is global in scale, resource intensive, consumer-oriented, and high volume—all areas where, no ...

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Benefits of Drive-Through Design

Drive-through loading docks provide cleanliness, safety, and efficiency. WALT SWIETLIK Since finished paper products are typically designed to have words or images printed on them or to package another product, it is essential that they look—and are—clean. When food and beverage labels or packaging are being manufactured, cleanliness is more than best practice: it’s the law. Any paper products that ...

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Creating a Lignin Culture

Huge strides have been made in the commercial development of lignin, but there is a lot more exciting work on the horizon. GRAEME RODDEN Although the “bio” sector of the forest products industry has been big news recently, many do not realize that this new path was actually trodden upon more than 30 years ago, if not longer. Michael Paleologou ...

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PIMA, Paper360° Co-Host Executive Panel

At this year’s PaperCon, TAPPI’s PIMA Division is collaborating with Paper360° magazine to put together a panel representing the global presence of the industry. The Executive Panel session will take place Monday, April 16, from 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Held right after the keynote presentation, the Executive Panel is one of PaperCon’s most popular and well-attended sessions. “We’re excited to ...

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Progroup Turns 25

Jürgen Heindl once described his company as an “ambitious teenager—rebellious, critical, and impatient…” That was 10 years ago. Now, having just turned 25, Progroup continues to grow rapidly and is a remarkable force in the European containerboard industry. MARK RUSHTON In the early 1990s, an extremely determined and knowledgeable 37-year-old Jürgen Heindl was an experienced industrial engineer who, in solid ...

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Fapajal Tissue: Old, New & Customer-Centric

A digital-age mindset—with a human touch and a ‘boutique’ approach—forms the core of this company’s strategy. In 2015, the turnaround team of the Portuguese telecom company ONI Communications was looking for its next project; Xavier Rodriguez-Martín and Rui Sequeira Martins were determined to breathe new life into another business. As unlikely as it may seem, they landed on Fapajal, a tissue producer on ...

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Buckman’s Junai Maharaj on ‘The Art of the Possible’

Since taking the helm about a year ago, Junai Maharaj has brought a new energy to the Memphis-based company. In this P360 exclusive, he speaks about the ‘customer-obsessed culture’ driving Buckman 4.0. JAN BOTTIGLIERI It takes a bit of scheduling to meet with Junai Maharaj for a few hours at Buckman’s Memphis headquarters—but it’s possible. Now that he has served ...

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RISI’s 2018 European CEO of the Year

An interview with Miles Roberts, DS Smith MARK RUSHTON “Being able to navigate the volatile OCC and containerboard situation without missing a beat in terms of growing earnings and cash flows” and “Under Roberts’ leadership, DS Smith continues to capture margin by providing creative service and product enhancement to its myriad customers.” These were just two comments cited from investment ...

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Data Use in Mills: A Supplier Survey

We surveyed three industry suppliers who work with pulp and paper industry customers to capture and use data in mill environments and asked them for some quick tips on how mills can get the most from their data. Answers were provided by: • Michael Gee, North American Account Manager – Wedge, Trimble Forestry • Kai Vikman, COO, Industry Business Group, Pöyry ...

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Leveraging Water Data to Make a Global Impact

A recent Water Industry Forum explored how data collected from water facilities can be used to address global water scarcity and cleanliness challenges. JAN BOTTIGLIERI By the year 2030, global water demand is expected to outpace sustainable supply by 40 percent, according to the UN. Yet water is essential not only to our industry’s progress and success, but to human ...

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