Valmet won this year's prestigious 'Palme d'Or' Innovation Award with its OptiFlo headbox with Aqua layering technology. The award was given by the French Paper Industry Technical Association (ATIP). The innovation contest was arranged in connection with the ATIP Conference…
The Paper Packaging Coordination Group comprises the major European paper and board packaging associations¹ which represent the interests of a wide range of packaging products used in transport, retail and consumer packaging. Paper and board packaging is based on a…
A Range Rover has traversed a specially constructed bridge made from James Cropper PLC paper in a jaw-dropping celebration of the luxury SUV’s 45th birthday. The unique freestanding bridge was commissioned in collaboration with British artist Steve Messam and specialist…
A Valmet-delivered TwinRoll Evolution press was successfully installed at Södra Cell's Mönsterås pulp mill in Sweden during the yearly shutdown in the end of September. This is the 85th TwinRoll Evolution press Valmet has delivered since the model was launched…
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM) — Xerium has just announced the hiring of Mr. John Schauer to the position of Product Manager – Nonwovens Market. Mr. Schauer comes to Xerium with 30 years of management and technical leadership experience and most…
Innventia, Nordic Paper and Paper Province have started a collaboration to develop the future forest-based bioeconomy. The first step is to establish an open test bed called LignoCity. Here, companies can develop and scale up technology that refines lignin to…
Valmet has received a major order to deliver cooking, fiber line and evaporation plant to SCA's Östrand pulp mill located in Timrå, Sweden. This delivery is part of SCA's investment to upgrade the production of bleached softwood kraft pulp at…
Pöyry and Stora Enso detail packaging trends at annual Investors Breakfast in London Executives from Pöyry Management Consulting and Stora Enso detailed the drivers behind a buoyant packaging market that is due to see growth across all materials. Pöyry Management…
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from SCA to supply production technologies and equipment for the extension of SCAʼs Östrand pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden. Start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of 2018. The order is expected…
A new report published by Smithers Pira this month examines the market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board packaging, which is expected to reach over $7.1 billion by 2020. According to new report The Future of Functional…
Arjowiggins Graphic, the European leader in the development of environmental paper solutions, has just announced that it will be an Official Partner of COP21 taking place in Paris from 30 th November to 11th December 2015. In 2015 COP21, will,…
Tieto has acquired Imano AB, a Swedish consulting company offering consulting services and helping its clients in the paper and forest industries digitalize their business processes. The company has approximately 50 employees in Sweden and its revenue in 2014 was…
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) has just released its statement on climate change ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting (COP21) in Paris, France. The statement presents the contributions of forests and the…
Following the successful rebuild and start-up of the wet section of the paper machine PM4 in 2010, international technology Group ANDRITZ has received a follow-up order from Cartiere Modesto Cardella to rebuild PM3 in Lucca, Italy. Start-up is scheduled for…
Monday, 23 November 2015 10:41

Holmen: Fire at Hallsta Paper Mill

A fire broke out on Friday evening at Hallsta Paper Mill in Hallstavik, outside Norrtälje, Sweden. No-one was injured, but production has been stopped. The fire took place in the pulp factory in the north of the factory site. It…