Board Converting News, February 28, 2022

Board Converting News, February 28, 2022

BoardConverting Serving the North American Corrugated and Folding Carton Industries for 38 years February 28, 2022 VOL. 38, NO. 9

Drug Use In The Workplace: Spotting Impaired Employees BY PHILLIP M. PERRY The employee’s request had a certain degree of logic. He had just re- ceived a prescription for medical marijuana from a naturopathic physi- cian. Could he get permission to smoke the substance on the job? The employee argued that Colorado—the state where the business was located—had recently legalized marijuana. “We had quite a talk

Domtar To Open Repurposed Plant In TN By End Of 2022 The Domtar paper mill in Kingsport, Tennes- see shut down production of writing paper in April 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic cut budgets by $200 million and over 300 peo- ple were laid off. According to multiple media reports, the mill was idled and was originally supposed to reopen after three months. Then came the announcement that the paper mill would cease to produce uncoated freesheet, but would make recycled linerboard and me- dium instead. Ahead of schedule, Domtar’s Kingsport plant manager Troy Wilson said approximate- ly 170 employees are currently in training to be able to safely produce containerboard. “Now they’re going through their onboard- ing, their safety training, and they’re learning to run the new operation,” Wilson said. “As far as construction goes, now we’re starting to bring things out of the ground. We have a new warehouse, it’s almost complete. Parts and pieces arrive daily. Some of the process pieces are actually being put in place now.” He said 685,000 tons of recycled paper a year is to be converted into packaging instead of going to a landfill at the Kingsport mill. “It’s

about that,” recalls his supervisor. “He told me I should allow him to smoke the marijuana on the job just as I allowed other people to take their legal medications.” What did the employer decide? The answer appears at the end of this article, but for themoment our anecdote illustrates a larger problem: Businesses large and small must deal appropriately with the growing incidence of impaired employees. Alcohol. Marijuana. Amphetamines. Cocaine. Heroin. Codeine. Morphine. Workers under the influence of any such substance—legal or otherwise—threaten the bottom line. “Impaired workers are safety risks,” says Faye Caldwell, managing partner of Caldwell Everson PLLC, a Houston-based law firm special- izing in workplace drug testing (caldwelleverson.com). “They pose a danger to themselves, to coworkers, to company property, and to the public.” Costly Habits For businesses, the downsides of worker impairment are many. “Employers responding to our surveys cite absenteeism as the number one negative result of substance misuse,” says Karen Pierce, Managing CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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WHAT’S INSIDE

6 x x 8 x x 12 x x 26 x x Cascades Plans To Target Isothermal Packaging Market 10 NEWW Upgrades Capabilities With Kolbus RD 115S Flexo RDC 2 Colbert Packaging Continues To Invest In Print Technology 4 Supplier Reports: Part 4

AVERAGE CONTAINERBOARD PRICES The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout the United States the week previous to issue. Prices in some areas of the country may be higher or lower than the tabulated average. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.

REGION E. Coast Midwest Southeast Southwest

42# Kraft liner

26# Semi-Chem. Medium

$1005.00-1010.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1020.00-1030.00 $1050.00-1060.00 $1023.00-1032.00

Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del. Short Ton Del.

$940.00-990.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $955.00-975.00 $975.00-995.00 $958.00-978.00

West Coast U.S. Average

The Price is Right

SHEET PRICES BY REGION (AVERAGE) Per 1MSF, local delivery included, 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. Sheets

E. Coast Midwest South-SW S. CA N.CA/WA-OR US Aver.

200# 275#

$62.26

$72.05

$62.69 $82.80

$85.35 119.54

$73.13 101.29

97.32

99.89

90.86

113.65

OYSTER UP-CHARGE 8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

8.34

275# DBL-WALL 350# DBL-WALL

107.46 118.45

114.69 129.32

116.54 137.25 117.82 145.56

141.08 148.46

122.76 131.80

More box makers and brokers are relying on the containerboard pricing in Board Converting News to negotiate their contracts with end users.

CANADIAN SHEET PRICES (AVERAGE) In Canadian Dollars, per 1MSF, local delivery included, under 50MSF single item order, truckload delivery. 200# 275# Oyster UC 275#DW 350#DW $78.56 $99.18 $9.00 $96.32 $105.83 CANADIAN LINERBOARD & MEDIUM The average prices reported are tabulated from prices PAID by various sources throughout Canada. Prices may be higher or lower in various areas of the country. The prices tabulated here are intended only for purposes of reference. They do not connote any commitment to sell any material at the indicated average. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. Prices are Canadian $ and per metric ton.

SEE THE CURRENT PRICES IN PRINT OR ONLINE AT WWW.BOARDCONVERTINGNEWS.COM.

Len Prazych at 518-366-9017 [email protected]

42# Kraft Liner 26#

Semi-Chem Medium

East West

$970.00

$960.00 $995.00

$1,015.00

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a $350 million project; we’re converting it from fine paper writing grades to brown board packaging,” Wilson said. Going from over 300 employees to just over 150, Dom- tar is changing not only in look but production as well. “How we do work has changed as well; on-site, we’re go- ing to adopt a true flow to work team concept environment here,” Wilson added. The hourly workforce was brought back to Domtar in three waves starting Nov. 29, 2021, the second wave be- gan training on January 4, and the final wave returned Jan- uary 31. The waves followed the construction schedule. “This will be new equipment to them, so we’re teach- ing the operators how to run it,” Wilson explained. “With the new process, we’ve actually become a smaller mill be- cause a lot of the production areas that we had in place when we were making writing paper are gone now. So, we’ll be a 100 percent recycled facility that will make grade liner and medium and packaging grades here.” He explained that the chemistry necessary to produce the paper Damtar used to make is no longer viable or nec- essary at the Kingsport mill because of the new production system. Wilson said the plant is set to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2022. “Construction pieces will continue to flow through the summer as systems become available for checkout and commissioning.”

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Cascades Announces Plan To Target Isothermal Packaging Market Kingsey Falls, Quebec, Canada based Cascades has an- nounced an expansion plan in the isothermal distribution market with the commissioning of a new production site in Tacoma, WA, and with the launch of new products under its northbox® brand of insulated boxes for fresh foods. The new Cascades Enviropac–Tacoma production site marks the start of this expansion in the U.S. with a first start-up in the America West. It includes a new automat- ed line for manufacturing isothermal packaging under the northbox brand. Its state-of-the-art automation systems make operations more labor efficient. This new site will allow Cascades to increase its production capacity and expand its geographic coverage in the growing isother- mal distribution market for ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook

meals delivered at home, as well as fresh fish and seafood. While its infrastructure was originally located in eastern North American, Cascades is opening up opportunities in the West to meet the needs of its customers in the sector. Cascades is also expanding its line of eco-designed north-

box® OCEAN products. This alternative to non-recycled packaging in the fishing indus- try contains a minimum of 65 percent recy- cled fibre and is recyclable. The proprietary and patented sealing technology is perfect for maintaining freshness while transporting fresh seafood. The new design of northbox OCEAN is adapted to the assembly lines of fish farmers in order to increase their oper- ational efficiency. Experts at Cascades have also developed an innovative automated as- sembly system that minimizes costs for the client. “We are pleased to offer the fishing in- dustry an effective alternative to standard polystyrene packaging. This solution fits perfectly into our sustainable and recyclable packaging offering,” said Luc Langevin, Pres- ident and Chief Operating Officer, Cascades Specialty Products Group. “Our investment in Tacoma also confirms our desire to work close to our customers and stay connect- ed to their needs, to remain their partner of choice.” Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sus- tainable, innovative and value-added solu- tions for packaging, hygiene and recovery needs. The company employs approximately 10,000 women and men who work in almost 80 facilities in North America. Cascades’ mis- sion is to improve the well-being of people, communities and the planet by providing sustainable and innovative solutions that create value. The company develops the hid- den potential of the resources that surround us to offer its customers packaging, hygiene and recovery solutions. Visit www.cascades. com/en/products-services/packaging/pro- tective-packaging/insulated-boxes .

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40 ft of paper travel from preheater to hot plates 3 seconds of heat, glue and bonding 1 chance to get it right! the ZONE

Design & Production

Chicago Electric offers 10 technology solutions to control ‘the Zone’ CORRUGATOR Sectoral preheating plate

Our sectoral preheating plates provide direct heat by means of a double steam circuit, allowing for efficient heating in hard-to-access locations, as well as to act as a steam shower to open the paper’s fibre, making it receptive to absorbing the heat and the glue.

This translates into increased speed and improved quality of the cardboard sheet finish.

The system’s main advantages are as follows:

• The plate may only be used to heat, only to humidify, or both options at the same time. • The plate is sectored, which allows for applying humidity to the sections. • It provides temperature in previously inaccessible locations and near the location needed. • It compensates the loss of temperature dissipated due to distance, speed or limitations of the exiting preheaters. • Quick transferring of heat to the paper. • The combination of the hot plate and steam shower allows for providing heat even to the hardest papers to heat. • Does not dry out the paper. • Possibility of operating as a humidifier and pre-conditioner. • Maintains and improves the fibre’s elasticity. • Acts according to the operator’s needs. • Facilitates the paper’s hygroscopy to absorb the glue and improve rubberising.

CONTROLLABILITY

1. Wrap Arm - Position & Temperature 2. Preheater Direct Drive

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

3. Steam Plate 4. Contact Roll 5. Glue Machine Direct Drive Touch Productivity Issue—Glue Unit Many glue units run with a rider roll or a guiding bar system. The rider roll with paper gap allows a precise glue application, but requires frequent Contact Roll

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calibrations and settings. Bar systems avoid this, but compensate this with the risk of exces- sive glue application. The system contains many wearing parts. Solution The contact roll combines the ad antage of both systems and ensures minimum contact between board and applicator roll. The system uses small pneumatic cylinders in order to achieve a “soft touch.”

6. Gap Control 7. Curved Plate 8. Roller Shoe Press When it comes to a short-term increas of web tension, spring loaded systems with shoes or airpressure activated system have problems in compensating these. The system is lifted for a short time. This may result in de-lamination and in the ‘double kiss’ effect. Solution For a defined and exact bonding point of the web fiv weight rollers will be installed usually over the first flat hotplate of the heating section. The rolls are mounted into a frame, which is actuated by means of two pneumatic cylinders. P oductivity Issu —Double Kiss Bonding

PRODUCTIVITY

PRODUCTIVITY

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

Roller Shoe

DOUBLEBACKER IMPROVEMENT

9. Thin Wall Hot Plates 10. Pressure System Benefits —Exact glue application due to defined contact of applicator roll to web. Web is in contact to less flute tips compared to bar systems. • High precision glue application • Less moisture applied to web —No wear of shoes and springs —No adjustment of shoes or paper gap —Uniform glue application over entire w orking width for all flutes by use of pneumatic cylinders instead of springs — Less contamination by paper dust and glue remains —No jam of board because of web breaks caused by splice joints going through 630-784-0800 Benefits —Rollers secure exact defined first point of contact of liner and single-faced board - No double kiss —Frame design avoids unintended lifting of roller shoe (compared to spring or air loaded systems) - No double kiss —Pressure can be increased or released for special grades or products 490 Tower Blvd., Carol Stream, IL Contact Chicago Electric to GET IT RIGHT 630-784-0800 [email protected] chicagoelectric.com Solution The ProPress system ensures an optimum heat transfer to the board. It offers a wide range of set- tings. The loadi g pressure can be varied, the number of shoes can be lifted in accordance t the line speed. The outer shoes can be lifted in accordance to the paper width. The shoe bars will be delivered pre-assembled for a short installation time. —Liftable for easy paper infeed and for cleaning of the machine —Position adjustable in paper direction to avoid grooves in hotplate Press Productivity Issue—Poor Heat Transfer Rollers are usually limiting the heat transfer, since they often have contact mainly on the edges of the plates due to wear or bent plates. They also cause often loss of caliper and bearing need to be replaced frequently. Airpressure actuated systems can only supply a limited pressure and have com- pared to shoe systems a closed surface. Pressure Shoe

Plate vity Issue—Poor Heat Control l hotplates are slow to react to pressure due to high steam volume and massive y also have high heat radiation and heat profile. Worn plates can damage crease edge crush.

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t by peripheral drilled hot plates. anufactured out of special wear and nt steel, through which a continuous is drilled, with one inlet and one outlet. ecured by a massive steel frame.

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ance from steam to paper surface results in fast heat flow n higher plate surface temperature

Benefits

NAM: Manufacturing, Retail Spending Jump In January

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2021

Retail sales jumped 3.8 percent in January, rebounding from the 2.5 percent decline seen in December, accord- ing to Chad Moutray, Ph.D. and Chief Economist at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). This result suggests that Americans again opened their pocketbooks more willingly at the start of the new year after pulling back at year’s end. Retail spending soared 13.0 percent over the past 12 months, consistent with the opening of the econ- omy and with consumers who have been flush with cash. Manufacturing production rose 0.2 percent in January, rebounding slightly after edging down 0.1 percent in De- cember. Speaking to the softness of the latest >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48

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