International Paper

TAPPI members have elected three individuals to the TAPPI Board of Directors for the 2007-2009 term: Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar, President & CEO, Aracruz Celulose S.A.—Brazil Jukka Tiitinen, President, Metso Paper North America Mark T. Watkins, Senior Vice President, MeadWestvaco Corporation These new TAPPI directors will begin their terms of office following the TAPPI Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, March 15, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, terms of service are ending for the Board’s top two officer positions. The incoming Chairman is Mark R. McCollister, Paperchine Inc.; Jeffrey J. Siegel, president of Mica Corporation, will assume McCollister’s former role as vice chairman. Born

PENSACOLA, Fla.—International Paper announced it will discontinue production of uncoated paper at its Pensacola, Fla. Mill in April or May of this year to begin the conversion of its 350,000-ton-per-year uncoated paper machine to a 500,000-ton-per-year lightweight linerboard machine. Originally, International Paper planned to cease uncoated paper production in July 2007 at the Pensacola mill, but the company moved up the date to provide adequate time to complete the conversion and provide for an on-schedule startup of lightweight linerboard production this fall. “This timeline will enable our conversion teams to complete equipment changes and employee training while delivering the project on schedule at the

BARRINGTON, Ill.—Merix Pharmaceutical Corp has switched its retail packaging for RELEEV 1 Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment to the award-winning BlisterGuard security package from Colbert Packaging to thwart tampering and pilferage. The new package is now being used nationwide at Walgreens and Kmart stores, with broadened retail distribution planned for 2007. The Barrington, IL-based pharmaceutical manufacturer had been asked by the two chains to provide better pilfer-resistant packaging because of theft issues. RELEEV is a cold sore medication that has proven to relieve the painful symptoms of cold sores in just a day. Although the most expensive in the market, it is a huge

Things are looking good for folding carton converters in 2006. In a July press release, the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) announced that folding carton shipments brought in about $4.7 billion and 2.9 million tons in the first half of the year. Shipments increased in dollars by 4.2 percent, and tons increased by 4.7 percent versus the same period last year. If the remainder of the year keeps in step with the first half, those numbers will pass those of 2005, which had decreased from the previous year. “The primary reason for the lower growth in carton shipments [in 2005] was a much slower economy than expected,

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STAMFORD, Conn.—International Paper recently announced that it has once again been named by FORTUNE magazine as the No. 1 company for the Forest and Paper Products sector in FORTUNE's annual report of "America's Most Admired Companies." The company also received the second-highest score of all companies surveyed in the area of Social Responsibility. The survey assessed companies on eight key attributes of reputation: innovation, employee talent, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment value and quality of products and services. International Paper was rated first in six of the eight forest and paper products industry attributes, including employee

Solventless lamination provides the versatility needed by Hood Packaging Corp.'s plant in Decatur, Ga. to help it meet the needs of its customers. HOOD PACKAGING CORP. is a fast-growing manufacturer of printed packaging products, specializing in customized paper and plastic bags. The company's roots go back to 1959, and it spent its first 30 years as a one-plant operation named Southern Bag Corp. In the early 1990s, the company began a series of acquisitions to expand its reach in packaging. First, two multi-wall bag plants were acquired from Georgia Pacific, along with the operation of Patria Packaging of Valdosta, Ga. In 1996, Southern

"THE BOX INDUSTRY'S emphasis on visual appearance, spurred by printing and graphic design enhancements, will increase and continue to be a driver of growth." So says a study released earlier this year by The Freedonia Group titled, Corrugated & Paperboard Boxes to 2005. Folding carton converters' businesses will benefit the most from the improved printing capabilities, with the study indicating the largest growth in this segment—albeit, a modest 2.5 percent. The growth will come from increased use in the durable-goods markets, along with a general emphasis on innovative packaging designs and visually appealing graphics content. Consumer goods manufacturers are drawing up battle lines

If you're looking for a U.S.-based folding carton converter offering the benefits of sheetfed gravure package printing, you should look no further than Shorewood Packaging's plant in Englewood, NJ. As a matter of fact, you would be wasting your time looking according to Shorewood Packaging's Account Executive Bill Martin, who says that the Englewood plant is the only U.S. facility that offers sheetfed gravure package printing. More than likely though, a consumer products manufacturer is not looking specifically for sheetfed gravure printing. However, if it is looking for color consistency from run to run, with relatively short production runs, then sheetfed gravure

Paperboard raises its value-added appeal with new and underused printing techniques. By Jessica Millward, Associate Editor THERE WERE NO easy winners in pP's Excellence Awards competition, but the "Folding Carton" categories have been the toughest races to call in the last few judgings. With a growing pool of high-end products demanding value-added packaging, a new breed of paperboard materials has emerged to support expanding printing techniques. White noise Today's paperboard materials have a dual mission: to enable the best possible aesthetic appearance, and to be durable throughout the post-press process. "As a result, packaging professionals are … specifying higher-quality paperboards