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The World BioEconomy Forum was recently held in Bélem, Brazil, where there was an excellent turnout of speakers and delegates including pulp and paper industry producers and suppliers. Paper360° was also there.

Competence, consistency, and communication are the marks of a professional. They’re also key to Graphic Packaging’s strong safety culture, which includes a "PRO Card" system developed by employees.

Article written by Christer Idhammar, Founder, IDCON INCI believe that most training efforts are wasted unless the training is focused on the training needs of each individual. After going through training, a person should immediately apply the new skills. As the saying goes, “If you do not use it, you lose it.”There are many examples where the above has not ...

A trinity partnership between Operations – Maintenance – Engineering is needed for reliable production. The question that needs to be broached is “What exactly does Maintenance need Operations to do?” In this video, Tor Idhammar, President of IDCON INC defines some of the common things that maintenance needs operations to do.

The May/June 2020 issue of Paper 360° is now available! Viewing this email on your phone? Our mobile-optimized reading view has you covered, with scrolling views that automatically adjust for your reading pleasure. Click here to start reading this issue now! Check out some of this issue’s highlight features: Industry Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic2020 TAPPI/PIMA Awards: Excellence in ActionHow Strikes, Regulations and Disasters Impact Pulp ...

By Owe Forsberg, Vice President and Senior Consultant , IDCON INC a reliability and maintenance management consulting firm Preventive Maintenance inspections, in particular Condition Monitoring, is executed to detect problems early. The compelling reasons for detecting problems early is to minimize the cost of the repairs and to reduce or manage the risks involved in making those repairs.  Minimizing costs ...

by Christer Idhammar, IDCON INC Founder, Reliability and Maintenance Guru and author. IDCON is a Reliability and Maintenance Management Consulting firm helping mills improve overall productivity through better work processes. If you measure reliability by department, electrical, mechanical, process control etc. You may each have a reliability of 97-99%, and everybody is very happy on their island. But if you ...

MARK RUSHTON “It’s not paper and it’s not plastic… it’s Paptic, and it’s a completely new material all of its own,” says Esa Torniainen, co-founder and chief business development officer at Finnish start-up company Paptic. During his interview with Paper360°, Torniainen enthusiastically waves paper-like products—shopping bags, envelopes, and pouches—all of which are causing quite a stir among customers and end-users ...

According the United States Postal Service, due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, some countries have either suspended or limited the delivery of international mail. TAPPI will continue to mail Paper360 to those countries without restrictions, but there could be a temporary delay or interruption of service for print copies in certain countries. Look for your digital edition ...

The March/April 2020 issue of Paper 360° is now available! Viewing this email on your phone? Our mobile-optimized reading view has you covered, with scrolling views that automatically adjust for your reading pleasure. Click here to start reading this issue now! Check out some of this issue’s highlight features: We’ve Got Good Chemistry: Innovations Papermakers Need to Know AboutBigger, Better, Bolder: BillerudKorsnäs Gruvön Surges Forward With ...