Pathway to sustainable tissue packaging
Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting
It is our understanding that tissue producers should map the alternatives for sustainable tissue packaging and define the pathway;...
Is paper packaging of tissue a marketing trick?
Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting
Tissue is now starting to be offered in paper pack by many players, however, there is hardly anyone full...
Fibre-based packaging
Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting
Paper packaging of tissue has woken a lot of interest and many producers have made tests and trials together...
IS A FUTURE PAPER LAMINATED OR EXTRUDED WITH ECOLOGICAL BIOPLASTICS THE ANSWER?
The tissue industry, like all production systems, must find the answer to the planet’s plastic problem. Many companies are already advanced in research. Pirkko Petäjä, principal at ÅF Pöyry AB...
CANFOR’S CIRCULAR ECONOMY INITIATIVES DRIVING ITS ‘MORE VALUE, LESS IMPACT’ STRATEGY
Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation
High tensile strength pulp, major reforest planting, a bio-crude oil program, and a commitment to...
The importance of forest certification
Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation
When it comes to sustainability, we focus on reducing our environmental impact by streamlining manufacturing...
New technology for the circular economy
Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimization and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation
We have a vision to be a leader in the circular economy and have embarked...
UPM TAKES A STEP CHANGE AS A PULP SUPPLIER INVESTING IN A WORLD-CLASS...
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
US$2.7bn mill investment and a US$350m boost to port and local logistics will increase pulp production capacity by more than...
State-of-the-art mill to produce premium pulp
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
The new pulp mill has been created as an efficient single-line operation representing state-of-the-art design in the pulp industry. The machines,...
Efficient wood supply and logistics
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
Availability of sustainably sourced eucalyptus wood for the new mill is secured through UPM’s plantations on its own and leased...
Significant economic boost
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
Based on independent socioeconomic impact studies, the new pulp mill is estimated to increase Uruguay’s gross national product by about...
Long term commitment in sustainable eucalyptus plantations
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
In Uruguay UPM today operates a eucalyptus pulp mill in the southwestern town of Fray Bentos, as well as a...
UPM Euca pulp for versatile tissue products
Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations
The Fray Bentos pulp mill started operations in 2007. Its annual production capacity is 1.3 million tonnes of eucalyptus pulp,...
A PILOT MACHINE PARTNERSHIP FINE TUNES THE FURNISH MIX TO OPTIMISE QUALITY AND...
Peter Carlsson, Technical product manager, Södra
As the quest for cost efficiency without compromise on performance continues, how far can tissue producers be engaging their...
Sustainable Product Sales Growing Three Times Faster Than Consumer-packaged Goods Market as a Whole
As awareness of the climate crisis increases across the world – especially among millennials - environmentally-friendly production and delivery expected to grow to $140.5bn market by 2023. Report by...
Kemira KemView™ Gen II Sheet Structure Analyser for tissue
By Kemira’s Clay Campbell, global business development, senior mgr. Kemira, and Lucyna Pawlowska, tissue process application specialist, Kemira
Clay Campbell Senior manager, Global business...
The right chemistry to lower your pulp costs
By Mark Christopher, global market development manager – Tissue, Buckman, Daniel Glover, innovation director – Pulp & Paper, Buckman
Daniel Glover Innovation director – Pulp...
The Challenge – to find a high quality and industry compatible bioplastic
Plastic – hundreds of millions of tonnes of it every year – has been intrinsic to tissue product packaging. So the urgently needed bioplasticreplacement...
Pre-stretched film tensioned and tough enough for jumbo roll protection
Marco Cirigliano, sales and application engineer, outlines why FIS Impianti’s new generation wrap is critical to preserve paper quality, hygiene, and avoid contamination.
Proving flexibility and speed can coexist for today’s converters
The escalating demands of today’s converting market continue to increase pressure on converters. Factors like trade wars, pulp prices, and global markets create external...
