India’s Century orders virgin tissue machine
Valmet has been chosen to supply a tissue production line to Century Pulp and Paper (CPP) in India. The new Valmet Advantage tissue line will be installed at CPP’s mill… Thank you for checking us…
U.S. rail traffic up 3 percent from last year
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 8, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 570,225 carloads and… Thank you for checking us…
All Tetra Pak beverage carton components to be recycled
Tetra Pak said it has joined forces with global resource management company Veolia in a “game-changing partnership” that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European… Thank you for checking us…
Vietnam expected to ban mixed paper imports
Vietnam appears to be following the lead of China in banning the importation of mixed paper at the end of 2018. According to an email received by a U.S. exporter… Thank you for checking us…
GM buys Mid America plant
Mid America Recycling (MAR), of Des Moines, Iowa, has sold its Lincoln, Neb. operations to Kelley McReynolds, the facility’s general manager. The Lincoln facility will continue to operate in its… Thank you for checking us…
Justice Department clears WestRock-KapStone deal
The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared WestRock Co.’s acquisition of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. through Whiskey Holdco Inc., the companies announced. As this was the last antitrust approval… Thank you for checking us…
China is not the biggest problem for paper recyclers
Everybody in the recycling business knows that China’s recently implemented scrap commodity import policies have put the business into a state of pandemonium. But China may not be the biggest… Thank you for checking us…
Scrap Magazine Equipment Focus: Paper Sorting
China’s import policy changes have closed off some markets for recovered fiber and raised the quality requirements of others. A variety of new separation technologies are offering MRFs hope that… Thank you for checking us…
Beverage carton recycler hopes for big expansion
By Ken McEntee Updated from an earlier article The Des Moines, Iowa-based ReWall Company, which turns recycled food and beverage cartons, mixed paper and plastic into environmentally friendly building materials,… Thank you for checking us…
ReWall to open Colorado plant
The DesMoines, Iowa-based ReWall Company, which turns recycled food and beverage cartons into environmentally friendly building materials, said it will open a new facility in Colorado that will expand end… Thank you for checking us…