Thursday, 19 November 2015 10:17
Pöyry awarded two engineering services assignments for BillerudKorsnäs, Sweden
BillerudKorsnäs has awarded Pöyry with two engineering services assignments in Sweden. One for a new board machine project in their production site in Gruvön; and the other for the machine glazed (MG) paper machine relocation project from Tervasaari in Finland…
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Thursday, 19 November 2015 10:12
Improved paper as a result of a dryer section rebuild at BillerudKorsnäs, Pietarsaari
EV Group (EVG) has delivered a dryer section modification on the PM1 at BillerudKorsnäs Finland Oy, Pietarsaari. After the modification the draw differences between the press and dryer section have been reduced with improved end product properties as a result.…
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Thursday, 19 November 2015 08:22
Environment and Energy Award for Workington Mill
Iggesund Paperboard’s commitment to continuous improvement and sustainability was recognized last night when we received the Environmental and Energy Awareness Award at the CN Group Business Awards. The judges picked out Iggesund as winners having understood the scale of the…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:19
Linde to make EUR 15 m gas production investment in Finnish pulp and paper industry
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has announced it will construct ECOVARTMstandard on-site nitrogen and oxygen production plants for CP Kelco and Metsä Fibre,respectively, in Äänekoski, Finland. The long-term on-site gas supply agreements include plant installation, operation and…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 11:46
Lenzing Presents New Group Strategy “sCore TEN“: Profitable Growth Thanks to Eco-Friendly Specialty Fibers
The Lenzing Group is presenting its business strategy for the coming years entitled “sCore TEN”. Accordingly, Lenzing’s main priorities are strengthening the company’s core business, intensifying cooperation with customers along the value chain, increasing the share of specialty fibers to…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 11:14
Commercial journey continues for DuraPulp
Södra is now taking further steps to commercialise the composite material DuraPulp. A project to construct a dry-process machine has commenced, financed through a grant of EUR 2.1 million from the EU's LIFE funding programme. The material in DuraPulp has…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 11:07
UPM and LEIPA discuss the potential sale and conversion of UPM Schwedt mill into liner production
UPM and LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH discuss the potential sale of the UPM Schwedt mill site and relevant assets to LEIPA for the aim of a conversion into liner production. LEIPA will commence a study on the potential conversion at…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 06:53
Metso selected as main supplier of valve solutions for Metsä Fibre's next-generation bioproduct mill to be built in Finland
Metso has signed a comprehensive framework agreement with Metsä Fibre to supply valve solutions for the world's first next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland. Metso's valve solutions will be used in all of the mill's process phases. The delivery includes…
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Monday, 16 November 2015 12:23
UPM celebrates its 20th anniversary on EU's EMAS registration
The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMAS celebrated its 20th anniversary on 13th November by organising a high level conference at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. The conference highlighted the best practice approaches to environmental management and the experiences…
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Monday, 16 November 2015 12:19
Valmet started up new coaters at Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo board machine in Slovenia
Valmet has successfully started up new coating technology, featuring multilayer curtain coating, at Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo board machine 3 (BM 3) in Slovenia. Valmet's delivery included a new OptiCoat Layer curtain coater with supply system and a new OptiCoat blade coater.…
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Friday, 13 November 2015 08:51
Portucel officially opens two production units at the Cacia and Vila Velha de Ródão complexes
The Portucel Soporcel group, Portugal's third largest exporter and the leading European manufacturer of uncoated woodfree (UWF) printing and writing paper, has officially opened two of it latest capital projects at its industrial complexes in Cacia and Vila Velha de…
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Friday, 13 November 2015 08:28
Intertek supports Sappi's development of novel materials for automotive or consumer product applications
Supporting innovation through assessment of a new cellulose reinforced polypropylene Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions worldwide has successfully completed an assessment of Sappi’s new cellulose reinforced polypropylene material, in order to determine its suitability for processing and automotive…
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Friday, 13 November 2015 08:25
Successful startup: Voith retrofits Braviken PM 53 to produce new paper grades
Voith has upgraded and successfully commissioned the paper machine PM 53 at Holmen Paper in Braviken, Sweden. The PM 53 can now produce various paper grades ranging from newsprint to sophisticated SC papers, including the recently developed Holmen UNIQ SC…
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Thursday, 12 November 2015 06:58
Mondi launches PERGRAPHICA® design papers
New portfolio aims for perfection in graphic design and fine printing Mondi has launched PERGRAPHICA®, a new portfolio of premium uncoated fine papers designed for the exacting needs of the creative and commercial print industries. In central and eastern Europe,…
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Thursday, 12 November 2015 06:54
Strong cellulose filaments win the Van den Akker Prize
A research team from the Wallenberg Wood Science Center has won the Van den Akker Prize for Paper Physics for the article ‘Hydrodynamic alignment and assembly of nanofibrils resulting in strong cellulose filaments’, published in Nature Communications. The prestigious Van…
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