Partnerships can help speed scale-up and ensure that our industry is getting the most value from cellulosic resources. TONY DUNCAN Millions of tons of cellulose are under-utilized every year. When biotechnology company Circa Group was set up in 2006, its founders wanted to build on their lengthy experience in the Australian and New Zealand print and paper industries to establish ...

The forest biorefinery is more than just an idea—we have evidence that it’s coming. One key is to look at the relationship between the technology and the way a region values its biomass. BEN THORP, HARRY SEAMANS, AND MASOOD AKHTAR The US corn ethanol industry processes more than 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol each year. The US biodiesel industry ...

With a focus on technology improvement, Agenda 2020’s research roadmaps are helping chart a course for the bioeconomy. KATHLEEN M. BENNETT “We’re on the MOVE!” Fritz Paulsen, Kapstone Paper’s research and development manager and chair of the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance’s board of directors, opened the all-members’ meeting at Auburn University last March with that comment. In 2016, Agenda 2020 ...

What opportunities do industry leaders see in the biomaterials arena? How does a commitment to sustainability make good business sense? As part of its “full-circle” look at the emerging bioeconomy, Paper360° caught up with the keynoters at two upcoming events with programs focused on biomaterials and sustainability: TAPPI IBBC (International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference), and TAPPI PEERS (Pulping, Engineering, Environmental, ...

As usual, the annual comprehensive list of the industry’s biggest players has some changes—but expect more in future years as M&A scuttlebutt heats up. MARK RUSHTON, GRAEME RODDEN The usual suspects again occupy the top 10 spots in our annual ranking—by sales of pulp, paper, converting, and merchandising materials (PPCM)—of public companies in the pulp and paper industry. For the ...

…in case you missed it in TAPPI’s weekly electronic newsletter Cascades Inc. has inaugurated its US$64 million tissue converting facility in Scappoose, Oregon. The state-of-the-art, 284,000-square-foot plant will produce towel and tissue products under the Cascades PRO AFH brand. Cascades hosted partners, customers, media, community members, and state and local officials for the ribbon-cutting ceremony in July. Oregon Governor Kate ...

Jan Bottiglieri [email protected] Abundant. Available. Infinitely versatile. A polymer with bonds that can be super-strong or fragile, depending on the structure; not soluble in water, but able to be broken into its component parts when the need arises. Did I mention “abundant”? In some environments, this stuff is EVERYWHERE: the sofa cushions, the kitchen table, the carpet, the dog’s dish… ...

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