Tag Archives: reusable paper

Elopak to build new manufacturing plant in US

Elopak has announced that it will build a new plant in the USA to better serve its customers in the Americas and accelerate growth in the region. Elopak will invest around $50 million (including lease liability) in the new plant over the period 2023 – 2024. The investment will be financed by utilizing Elopak’s existing Revolving […]

Andritz to supply a major expansion of the OCC line to Norpac, USA

Andritz has received an order from North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) to supply a major expansion of the OCC line for its mill in Longview, Washington, USA. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.   Andritz will install a FibreFlow drum pulper, type FFD450EE, as well as various fiber cleaning and reject handling […]

Scientists have invented paper that you can print with light, erase with heat, and reuse 80 times

reusable paper

Nearly 1% of carbon emissions annually can be attributed to paper production, even though we recycle much of the paper we produce. Yadong Yin has a solution. He and his colleagues at the University of California at Riverside have invented a type of paper that can be printed on using just light, erased by heating, and reused up to 80 times. Yin […]