Valmet will supply an Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) line, three stock preparation lines, and an OptiConcept M container board making line with automation and services to Kivanc Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret’s mill in Adana, Turkey. Kivanc Tekstil’s new board making line (PM 1) will produce high-quality testliner and fluting grades. The start-up of PM 1 is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the fourth quarter 2 Read more...
SOFi Products, the Miami-based creator of durable, compostable paper SOFi, announced today it has released the first 100% biodegradable cup that eliminates the need for a plastic lid. The SOFi Cold Cup is a foldable, plastic-free, and bioplastic-free cup that will biodegrade naturally within 180 days in landfills, soil, or marine environments. "There are no cups currently on the market that are 100% biodegradable and eliminate the need for a plastic lid," said SO Read more...
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The NextGen Consortium, convened by Closed Loop Partners, announced today the winners of the NextGen Cup Challenge - an open-sourced, global innovation challenge to redesign the fiber to-go cup and create a widely recyclable and/or compostable cup. After a rigorous four-month review process by an esteemed group of Read more...