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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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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......
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European Paper Industry Unveils Major Investment Agenda to Drive Towards Its 2050 Vision

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CEPI foresees 40 percent more investment to transform industry and lead the low-carbon bioeconomy in Europe. At the 18th edition of annual event European Paper Week, CEPI’s new Director General Slyvain Lhôte and its Chairman, Peter Oswald (CEO Mondi Group, Europe & International Division) outlined industry’s ambitious investment agenda towards......
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Life Cycle of the U.S. Paper Industry

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By Cathy Greenleaf, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Typical Phases of Industry Growth PHASE CHARACTERISTICS Start Up Innovative product; entry to market not as difficult Growth Generally during this phase smaller companies are forced out through consolidation and barriers to entry are high Mature Profit margins are lowered; market share and......
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Better Practices, Better Business — Philip Tapsall

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The adoption of sustainable business practices is increasingly being seen a strategic means by which industries can address emerging risks to their business, with many companies recognizing its centrality to long-term growth. The same holds true for the paper industry, which is being faced with its own unique set of......
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From Lignin to Bio-based Fuels & Chemicals – A Path Much Sought-after!

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BioLi2.0 – a strategic innovation project by BioInnovation, Sweden will initiate the development of chosen processes to extract lignin and use in various industries as an alternative fuel which may further reduce carbon emissions. Led by Marie Anheden, the third strategic innovation project BioLi2.0 has been granted approval. This project......
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Conversion of Biomass Resources to High Performance Bioproducts

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sets up a research community to supports RD&D efforts to develop advanced conversion technologies to produce biofuels, form lignin and lignocellulosic sugars, that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Seeking inputs from academies, national laboratories, industries, and other biofuel or bioproduct stakeholders to......
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From Forestry Biomass to Natural Gas

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Gaz Métro in collaboration with G4 Insights proved that PyroCatalytic Hydrogenation is viable to convert biomass into natural gas. Over the efforts in past several months, Gaz Métro has been conducting a demonstration project aimed at converting forestry biomass into second-generation renewable natural gas. In collaboration with G4 Insights at......
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Fibria's New Technology to Reduce Water Consumption in Eucalyptus Planting

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The recent improvisations in application method of the new technology will reduce water consumption by around 6,500 liters/hectare planted. Fibria has developed a new technology that aims to reduce water consumption during the irrigation of seedlings. Through a partnership between the Technology Center and the Forest Operational Development Department, the......