October 1, 2017 US Price Increase on Resolute Forest Products’ White Paper Grades

Domtar has been honored as one of the winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge, led by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag — a collaboration convened by Closed Loop Partners with leading retailers, environmental partners, global design firm IDEO and others. The challenge attracted more than 450 global participants, and nine winners were announced on Feb. 16. Though the single-use plastic bag remains ubiquitous in retail operations today, rising concerns about plastic waste have spurred efforts to identify viable alternatives. The consortium assembled leading retailers to find innovative solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag, offering ease and convenience for consumers while reducing the product’s negative environmental impacts. Domtar’s winning submission is a 100 percent paper-based material that is sourced from a renewable natural resource, robust enough for limited reuse in a bag application and curbside recyclable.

Appleton Coated sale 'like a death in the family,' worker says after Thursday ruling Industrial Assets Corp., a used machine dealer and liquidator based in Los Angeles, will be the new owner of the Appleton Coated paper mill as of Friday. The $20 million sale, plus a $1.5 million backstop fund, was approved by Outagamie County Judge Gregory Gill in a hearing on Thursday morning. It included $2.25 million to cover employee health insurance through October and wages for about 100 employees to be recalled for a few weeks to keep the mill at "hot idle" status. That number will then be reduced to 30 employees. The new modified agreement includes the stipulation that Industrial Assets will market the mill for 90 days to see if a new buyer can be found who will restart and operate the mill as a going concern. According to the modified purchase agreement, Industrial Assets met with Appleton Coated management and “determined that the management’s projections for profitable short-term operations were not achievable.” Click Read More below for more of the story.

Mactac® Graphics & Signage Solutions announces the launch of Printvinyl Scored™, the first of its kind for the wide-format graphics industry. The new product line includes two pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) products with a scored liner for screen and wide-format printers. Printvinyl Scored products have a durability of 5 years. These products are available in permanent and removable adhesives and can be wide-format digital or screen-printed *PVS528UR features an ultra-removable acrylic adhesive with a 3.2 mil matte white polymeric vinyl film and 78# bleached kraft liner back scored liner at 1.25” apart. *PVS528P has a permanent acrylic adhesive with a 3.2 mil matte white polymeric vinyl film and 78# bleached kraft liner back scored liner at 1.25” apart.