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January 23, 2019
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B.C. pulp and paper exports rose in 2018

Exports of B.C. pulp and paper products rose by 22 per cent in 2018, according to BC Stats using data from Statistics Canada.


Column: Achieving optimal thermomechanical pulp quality

The pulp and paper industry is faced nowadays with three challenges: market decline for printing and writing paper, high energy cost and scarcity of quality wood supply.


SFI names new chief education officer

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has named Melina Gerosa Bellows as its new chief education officer.


Suzano begins operations after merger with Fibria

The last phase of the transaction was concluded last week, when Suzano Pulp & Paper paid R$27.8 billion to Fibria’s shareholders, who in turn became shareholders in Suzano, the company’s new trade name.


The Winter 2019 digital edition of Pulp & Paper Canada is available now!

The cover story is a profile on Canadian Kraft Paper, which just recently celebrated its two-year anniversary after near-closure as a former Tolko mill.
 
 
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Canadian Kraft Paper turns the page

In just over two years, a pulp and paper mill in The Pas, Manitoba has become the comeback kid of the industry, rebounding from the brink of closure with improvements in equipment and processes, and new measures in safety and sustainability. » Read More
 
 
NEWS 
 

Attis Industries partners with Novozymes to convert pulp into sugar at biorefineries

Attis, a renewable fuels and bio-based plastics innovations company, has successfully converted the pulp extracted from its patented biomass processing into high yields of sugar using Novozymes’s proprietary enzyme cocktails. » Read More

Northern Pulp: Fishermen's group 'appalled' about lack of transparency

A group representing the interests of Nova Scotia fishermen has expressed frustration at Northern Pulp's lack of public consultation ahead of its environmental assessment filing later this month. » Read More

ProcessBarron to be featured on World's Greatest!... TV show

The show will highlight the company's design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and repair of air, ash and bulk materials handling equipment. » Read More

VTT develops way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a sustainable new technique based on gasification to turn forest industry byproducts – such as bark, sawdust and forestry waste – into transport fuels and chemicals. » Read More
 
Events 
 

PaperWeek Canada 2019

Feb. 4-7, 2019
Location: Montreal, QC
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BIOFOR International 2019

Feb. 4-7, 2019
Location: Montreal, QC
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Paper2019

Mar. 24-26, 2019
Location: Chicago, IL
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International Munich Paper Symposium 2019

Mar. 27-29, 2019
Location: Munich, GER
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International Pulp Week

May 5-7, 2019
Location: Vancouver, BC
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PaperCon 2019

May 5-8, 2019
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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PACWEST Conference 2019

June 5-8, 2019
Location: Whistler, BC
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