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US Packaged Goods Companies Report Growing Satisfaction with Use of 100% Recycled Paperboard

(Folding Cartons)

December 08, 2003, The RPA-100%-commissioned study revealed, among other findings, that more than 55% of respondents rate 100% recycled paperboard as having superior value, especially in the categories of dry and frozen/refrigerated ...

100 Recycled Paperboard Makes 'Great' Stride

(Folding Cartons)

September 21, 2003, The 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance says 2003 has been a good year for the 100% recycled paperboard industry. NEW YORK, NY, USA—The 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance says 2003 has been a good year for ...

Weyerhaeuser to Shutdown Oregon Containerboard Mill Lumber Plant

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August 19, 2003, Weyerhaeuser recently announced it will close two manufacturing operations in Oregon—a containerboard mill in North Bend and an engineered lumber plant in Junction City—permanently. FEDERAL WAY, WA, USA—Weyerhaeuser ...

Customers Like Upgrades to IP Bleached Board Biz

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April 17, 2003, International Paper says "a major effort" by IP's bleached board business to improve customer service is paying off. According to the company's latest customer satisfaction tracking survey, the effort, which ...

Paperboard Packaging Co. Is Result of Riverwood Holding Graphic Packaging Deal

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March 27, 2003, Riverwood Holding Co., parent co. of Riverwood Intl. Corp., and Graphic Packaging Intl. Corp. report the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging ...

Bobst Aboard for IADD Diecutting Odyssey

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October 22, 2002, IADD says the list of reasons to attend its diecutting trade show is growing. According to the trade group, Bobst Group USA recently announced its intention to demonstrate its fully operational SP 104-ER ...

AIMCAL and CEMA Boards Say 'Yes' to Strategic Merge

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August 22, 2002, The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators (AIMCAL) reports its Board of Directors, along with the Board of Trustees of the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA), ...

Weyerhaeuser Closes Kentucky Containerboard Machine

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August 04, 2002, As a result of Willamette Industries integration into the forest paper products giant, Weyerhaeuser will shutdown its 200,000-ton-capacity corrugating medium machine located in its Hawesville, KY, plant ...

Sonoco Ups Paperboard (NA) & Tube/Core Prices (Europe)

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July 16, 2002, Sonoco (NYSE:SON) reports it will increase prices for paper-based engineered carriers in Continental Europe. The company will also increase uncoated recycled paperboard prices in the US and Canada. BRUSSELS, ...

Sonoco to Raise Paperboard Prices

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May 14, 2002, Sonoco reports it will raise prices on uncoated recycled paperboard by $50 (US) per ton, effective June 4, 2002. HARTSVILLE, SC, USA—Sonoco reports it will raise prices on uncoated recycled paperboard ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

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April 30, 2002, ... angle measurements for the same coating, printed over three different substrates. The choice of paperboard strongly impacts these surface properties. Table 1 Some Measured Surface Properties for the ...

Sonoco Ups Euro Coreboard Prices; Packaging Provider also to Close California Bag Plant

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April 30, 2002, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Sonoco recently announced its intent to increase prices (for all paper grades manufactured at its European mills) by 40 to 50 Euro per

International Containerboard and Corrugated Meeting to Explore Fast-Emerging Markets

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April 25, 2002, he 10th International Containterboard/Corrugated Conference is slated for October 17–18, 2002, in Chicago, IL. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—The 10th International Containterboard/Corrugated Conference is slated for ...

IP Paperboard Replaces Plastic in Medical Device

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March 31, 2002, ... carton board, Thoro turned to International Paper. Thoro Packaging, Corona, CA, has collaborated with Thayer Medical Corp. to develop LiteAire, described as a "unique, dual-valved holding chamber for use ...

Smurit-Stone Board Sales Division on Web to Provide More Customer Info.

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January 03, 2002, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. today announced the launch of a new web site, "an interactive [portal] with news and information about Smurfit-Stone containerboard products, mill and sales office locations, ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... characteristic from progressively thinner and transparent films. Increasingly, paperboard for food cartons is using recycled and secondary fiber. This requires paperboard barriers that can reduce the transfer ...

TAPPI Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div. Awards 2002 Klucken Scholarship

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August 31, 2001, The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division has awarded the 2001 Ralph A. Klucken Scholarship to Shilpa Sankhe, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at Clemson University. ATLANTA, GA, USA—The Polymers, ...

Sonoco Increases US Paperboard Position with US Paper Mills Purchase

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August 26, 2001, ... "The acquisition of US Paper Mills Corp. will provide us with additional lightweight paperboard capacity. [It also] will allow us to further reduce paperboard costs by increasing our supply of lightweight ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries Division Announces Honors The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division honors two people each year with prestigious division ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... University of Minnesota, Cussler is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Membrane Science and Associate Editor of AIChE Journal. He has published four books and more than 180 publications. Working ...