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West Fraser’s Hinton Pulp mill moving to single line unbleached kraft pulp production

West Fraser is reducing capacity at its Hinton Pulp mill in Alberta permanently by the end of this year. The mill will move to a single production line of Unbleached Kraft Pulp (UKP).


FPAC shares statement on Federal Budget 2022

Forest Products Association of Canada president and CEO, Derek Nighbor, released a statement following the tabling of Federal Budget 2022 by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.


Irving Pulp & Paper seeks community feedback for new environmental treatment facility

Irving Pulp & Paper plans on investing over $150 million to build a new Environmental Treatment Facility (ETF) at its current pulp mill site in West Saint John. The company is proposing to use the best available technology for the ETF.


Nominations now open for P&PC’s Top 10 Under 40 contest

The nomination period for Pulp & Paper Canada’s third annual Top 10 Under 40 contest is now open! Deadline for submissions is April 14, 2022. The winners of the 2022 Top 10 Under 40 will be published in the Summer 2022 issue of Pulp & Paper Canada, and on our website.
 
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Greener roads with a natural byproduct from pulp manufacturing

FPInnovations is working on a way to replace some of the bitumen in asphalt mixes with lignin, a natural by-product in the manufacturing of pulp. Lignin is considered a natural wood glue that binds together the cellulose fibres in plants. » Read more
 
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Rayonier Advanced Materials’s fluff pulp receives Nordic Swan qualification

Rayonier Advanced Materials recently announced that it qualifies as an “Inspected Raw Material” by Nordic Swan Ecolabelling. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel on products indicates that they have fulfilled strict environmental requirements in all phases of manufacturing, including requirements for eco-friendly chemicals used in them. » Read more

Valmet introduces new feature for automatic pulp quality prediction

Valmet recently introduced an additional option for new and existing users of the Valmet Fiber Image Analyzer, called Option C. This option allows pulp and paper mills to calculate and display correlations between measured fibre properties and their effect on end-product quality. » Read more

Voith, BTG and Toscotec introduce new Yankee service portfolio with the new ProServices

Voith and its subsidiaries BTG and Toscotec have announced a modular Yankee Service portfolio with the new ProServices. With this, papermakers will have access to eight different specialized measurement and diagnostic tools to troubleshoot most Yankee operational and safety issues. » Read more
 
EVENTS 
 

BLRBAC Spring 2022 Meeting

Date: April 4-6, 2022
Location: TBD
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TAPPICon 2022

Date: April 30-May 4, 2022
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
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32nd International Mechanical Pulping Conference

Date: June 5-8, 2022
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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International Pulp Week 2022

Date: June 12-14, 2022
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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