Wednesday, 09 March 2016 14:35
James Cropper helps fashion a sustainable future
British master papermaker James Cropper has teamed up with long-standing client Selfridges for a dramatic art installation to promote sustainability in the fashion industry. The large-scale sculpture, unveiled in all its glory to shoppers on 27 February, depicts two hands…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 14:07
Prize for Innventia's Ali Naderi for nanocellulose research
Ali Naderi at Innventia has been awarded this year's Kompetensutvecklingspris (Skills Prize) from the Gunnar Sundblad Research Foundation. The prize of SEK 500,000 is for development of methods for studies of nanocellulose-based materials. Ali Naderi is a senior researcher within…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 10:20
Valmet receives two new orders for automation technology from Kotkamills in Finland
Valmet has received two orders for automation technology from Kotkamills Oy in Finland to complement the paper machine technology and automation system orders received in April and July 2015 for a paper machine conversion project. Kotkamills is currently rebuilding its…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 09:56
Valmet to supply an OptiConcept M boardmaking line and mill-wide automation system to Pro-Gest in Italy
Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line and a mill-wide Valmet DNA automation system for Pro-Gest S.p.a. for the company's new Mantova site in Italy. The new production line is planned to produce high-quality lightweight recycled case material.…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 09:51
Rottneros invests 98 million in fossil-free energy
Rottneros’ Board of Directors has granted Rottneros Mill to invest SEK 98 million in a new energy and emission efficient biomass boiler. It will replace fossil oil as the energy source used to dry pulp in the mills flash dryers.…
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Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:36
BW Papersystems at drupa 2016: leading brands for stationery, digital print converting, and folio sheeting united for the first time
BW Papersystems and its brands MarquipWardUnited, WillPemcoBielomatik, Kugler-Womako and BW Bielomatik will present its wide range of solutions for stationery and digital print converting as well as for folio sheeting at drupa 2016. The world’s largest printing trade fair, will…
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Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:32
Paper and Fashion unite on the catwalk
British master papermaker James Cropper recently teamed up with influential fashion designer Edeline Lee to deliver the paper for the set of her Autumn/Winter 2016 show at London Fashion Week. The heritage paper manufacturer supplied beautiful and tactile papers for…
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Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:29
Fully automated paper strength tester increases product consistency and reduces waste
Uniform strength is an important property when producing multi-layered paper products. It can now be measured accurately across the entire reel width – 10 position measurements within six minutes with a fully automated test method. ABB, the leading power and…
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Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:25
Circular Economy for paper: Better design and management guidelines
A World Economic Forum publication in collaboration with industry The European paper industry was invited to collaborate with the World Economic Forum (the Forum), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment on Circular Economy to…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2016 22:54
Valmet to supply an Advantage NTT tissue production line to Sofidel S.p.A in Poland
Valmet will supply a complete automated tissue production line to Sofidel's Delitissue mill in Ciechanóv, Poland. The delivery includes an Advantage NTT 200 tissue production line, stock preparation equipment and automation system. The order was included in Valmet's 2015 orders…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2016 22:52
Xerium Introduces New SMART Connect Technology with Mobile Device Support, Enhanced Collaboration, and Real-time Value Opportunities Functionality
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, recently launched SMART(R) Connect Technology, further extending functionality of the company’s patented SMART Technology platform. SMART Connect now includes seamless connectivity to existing site computer systems…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2016 07:46
Stora Enso is further investing in the competitiveness of Consumer Board and Biomaterials
Stora Enso is investing a total of approximately EUR 63 million to further improve competitiveness in strategic growth areas in China and Sweden in the Consumer Board and Biomaterials divisions. Stora Enso will invest EUR 31 million in a new…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2016 07:44
IQ Color dress rocks Cracow Fashion Show
On February 7th, the Junk Fashion Show took place in Cracow, Poland. Students of the School of Art and Fashion Design again proved their creativity working with paper and other materials. The idea behind the initiative is to create art…
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Monday, 29 February 2016 09:54
Kimberly-Clark Europe chooses Futura JOI Embosser
Kimberly-Clark Europe has specified the latest generation Futura JOI Embosser for an existing tissue converting line at its Niederbipp facility in Switzerland. The new JOI Embosser started up in October 2015 and is being used to produce Kimberly-Clark’s high quality…
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Friday, 26 February 2016 09:36
Voith and the Oscars® – a Short Story about the Night’s Glamorous Envelopes
Los Angeles. “And the Oscar goes to…“ – these magic words will once again make 24 movie stars very happy at the 88th presentation of the Academy Awards®. The famous stage at the Dolby Theater® will also feature a little…
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