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Industry watch offers a look into the latest trends, newest innovations and new product development taking in the pulp and paper industry around the globe.

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Practical Strategies to Reduce Pulp and Paper Mill Energy Use

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Energy expert Richard Reese outlines the energy audit process, and shares strategies identified by mills that have reached their energy reduction goals. It is difficult to plan more than a couple of years out when it comes to energy sources. This leaves frustrated mill managers with one solution: use as......
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Paper Mill Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in India and the World

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By Subhash Deodhar, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Paper mills are fairly large consumers of thermal and electrical energy. Thermal energy is used mostly to dry paper by way of steam. Efficient use of energy is certainly an integral part of good paper mill operation. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are closely......
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Year in Review: Top News in Chinese Tissue Paper Industry in 2017

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In 2017, China tissue paper market continued steady growth with the highest growth rate in the world. However, the market became more competitive. The new investments were dominated by the production expansion of leading enterprises and the equipment upgrading of the existing small and medium enterprises, which further enhanced the......
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GST and Paper Industry, an Optimistic Stance

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The Indian paper makers feel that GST, through its sincere implementation, would surely have an overall positive impact along with noticeable outcomes such as improving the cost competitiveness, competitiveness against imports, higher tax compliance, undercutting of unorganized sector, greater cash flow, etc. Some however also feel that rate on the......
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Boom in New Paper Machine Projects in China – Is Another Investment Cycle Coming?

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— By Xia Min, Senior Consultant, Fisher International During the last 20 years, Chinese companies were competing with each other investing in huge increases in paper and paperboard capacities as large PMs bring economies of scale and thus enhance the competitiveness of the company. There was no doubt that this......
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CEPI: The Paper and Forest Fiber Industry in 2050 via CEPI Roadmap

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The European paper industry recently launched the reviewed version of its 2050 Roadmap detailing the pathways and investment needed to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent while creating 50 percent more added-value. The Roadmap projects the need for EUR 44 billion more investment – a 40 percent increase on......
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JK Paper to Continue Exploring Inorganic Growth Possibilities

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Four-Five mills in India at present may offer attractive propositions in the line of JK’s inorganic growth strategy. Companies other than JK, venture capital firms, and private equity firms are also willing to invest in such acquisitions. As the non-binding buyout offer by JK Paper Ltd to buy two units......