Ahead of the Curve Archive

Young Professionals get their own TAPPI division

23 Jul 2014 Are you a young professional new to the pulp and paper industry? If so, here's a way to get a head start on the competition and become highly-involved in the industry by building valuable networks and gaining first-class knowledge directly relevant to your job?

Young Professionals get their own TAPPI division

16 Jul 2014 Are you a young professional new to the pulp and paper industry? If so, here's a way to get a head start on the competition and become highly-involved in the industry by building valuable networks and gaining first-class knowledge directly relevant to your job?

Finland to lead the way in developing storage of solar and wind energy

09 Jul 2014 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has joined forces with Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku, in the launch of an extensive development project for a brand new energy system and its associated business sector in Finland.

FPInnovations and Kruger dedicate cellulose filament demonstration plant

02 Jul 2014 FPInnovations and Kruger Inc. [on June 17, 2014] dedicated the world’s first cellulose filament (CF) demonstration plant at Kruger’s Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, mill.

Shandong Tranlin Paper will invest $2 billion in first U.S. advanced manufacturing operation

25 Jun 2014 Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today at the Virginia State Capitol that Shandong Tranlin Paper Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese pulp and paper company will invest $2 billion over five years to establish its first U.S. advanced manufacturing operation in Chesterfield County.

Georgia Tech's Renewable Bioproducts Institute Receives $43.6 Million in Legacy Funding

18 Jun 2014 The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $43.6 million gift from the Institute of Paper Chemistry Foundation (IPCF).

UPM prepares its own PEFC certification group

11 Jun 2014 UPM is expanding its certification services in Finland and is preparing an application of its own PEFC group certificate in 2014.

Is Employee Cynicism Killing Your Culture?

04 Jun 2014 Mocking irony, snark, and cynicism are very much in vogue, but they are also toxic to your company’s culture. Most of us can agree that cynicism is ugly.

Skills shortage threatens future earnings and growth prospects of U.S. manufacturers

28 May 2014 U.S. manufacturers may be losing up to 11 percent annually* of their earnings as a result of increased production costs stemming from a shortage of skilled workers, according to a new study from Accenture and The Manufacturing Institute.

Record attendance at BDC Spring Symposium in Maine

21 May 2014 The Bioenergy Deployment Consortium (BDC) had record attendance at its Spring Symposium held in Bangor, Maine, April 7–9, as about 50 members and guests met to tour and learn more about the Old Town Fuel and Fiber’s (OTFF) upcoming commercial plant to be built on site, and be updated on commercial progress in the bio-industry.