Paul Zalai. On the 30th of March, 2016, at their Annual General Meeting, members of the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) agreed unanimously to merge with Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), Australia’s leading body for ...
Tim Woods, managing director of IndustryEdge, knows that corrugated packaging is the powerhouse of Australasia’s paper industry. Here, he explains why. Australia and New Zealand use the full array of fibre packaging options, from ...
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Paper and board packaging is the most widely used packaging material in the UK. It has been growing year-on-year since 2009 and in 2013 increased by 1.8% in 2013. Its forecast is healthy too – a growth of 6.3% is expected over the ...
Transport company Qube Logistics purchased its first Vawdrey trailer in 2002. The latest order of almost 50 trailers marked yet another historical milestone – the production of Vawdrey's 30,000th trailer. The celebrated milestone ...
Metso will manage the mill maintenance operations of Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill in Victoria, as part of a multi-year agreement. All maintenance systems and procedures at the mill will be managed by Metso, which will also take ...
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Australian Paper will start construction of its new $90 million paper recycling plant at Maryvale in Victoria later this month. “Last week's ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction and Australian Paper ...
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The breakthrough carbon neutral bag is being offered by Stirling Fildes, an Australian-owned pharmacy labelling, printing, packaging and consumables company. Australian Paper created the carbon neutral MG bleached paper for bags last ...
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra calling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched workers in TCF ...
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Australian Paper has welcomed the Federal Government's response to the Pulp and Paper Industry Strategy Group report, which has been underlined by the establishment of procurement targets for the use of recycled paper by government ...
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) has strongly condemned the Federal Government for slashing $7 million available for redundant workers in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry to secure alternative ...
Nippon Paper, the parent company of Australian Paper, has approved construction of a $90 million waste paper recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. “Australian Paper is delighted to confirm this ...
Australian Paper has been under "intense competitive pressure"from cheap imported papers and its export markets have been significantly impact as a result, according to the company's CEO Jim Henneberry. Releasing the company's 2011 ...
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The HP Eco Solutions Printing Awards recognise Australian and New Zealand businesses that are leaders in their industries for driving environmentally sustainable methods in imaging and printing. The winners of the 2012 awards are: ...
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STATIONERY NEWS: Australian Paper recently announced a feasibility study into the development of a major recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill as part of its Future Fibre Strategy. Can you summarise some of the key aspects of the Future ...
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A campaign to more clearly identify and rank the myriad sustainability claims surrounding the production of printer paper has gained momentum with the release of a draft report by a government-supported environmental group. The report ...
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