Wednesday, 17 December 2014 07:19
SCA’s board chairman leaves his assignment in 2016
SCA’s Chairman of the Board Sverker Martin-Löf has informed the company's principal owners, that he is not available for re-election at the annual general meetings during the spring 2016 in the listed companies, where he currently holds board assignments. Stockholm,…
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 07:07
Universal Converting Equipment appoint top slitter sales executive
Universal Converting Equipment are pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Wilkinson as Sales Executive. Mike has a wealth of experience in the converting industry having worked in senior sales and general management roles for Titan, Atlas, Comexi and Kampf.…
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 06:58
Accrol welcomes Non-Executive Chairman
Accrol Papers (Accrol), a leading manufacturer of soft tissue products, has announced the appointment of Peter Cheung as Non-Executive Chairman. The Blackburn-based business is one of Europe’s largest independent converters of soft tissue products, with annual turnover exceeding £100m and…
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:34
Stora Enso to divest its Uetersen Mill
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Uetersen specialty and coated fine paper mill in Germany to a company mainly owned by the private equity fund Perusa Partners Fund 2. The cash consideration for the divestment of the…
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:29
A shimmering winter’s night on Iggesund’s Christmas card
Iggesund Paperboard’s 2014 Christmas card takes its recipients on a journey from a forest setting to the city of Stockholm profiled against a sky gleaming with the northern lights. Iggesund has a tradition of using its Christmas card as an…
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014 07:40
Changes in Kemira Oyj's management
President of Kemira's Paper segment Petri Helsky, M.Sc. (Chem. Eng.), M.Sc. (Econ.), will assume a second role as the President of the Asia Pacific Region as of January 1, 2015. Petri Helsky continues to be a member of the Kemira…
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Thursday, 11 December 2014 07:20
Iggesund Investing €60 Million in increased capacity and quality
The board of the Holmen Group, which includes Iggesund Paperboard, decided on Wednesday to give the green light for investments totalling EUR 60 million in Iggesund’s mills at Iggesund, Sweden and Workington, England. At Iggesund the investments will eliminate bottlenecks…
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Thursday, 11 December 2014 07:12
PROGETTO TOSCOLANO 1831: HANDICRAFT PAPER KNOW-HOW AND E-BUSINESS MEET EACH OTHER
"Progetto Toscolano 1831: a paper, a story, a future", a project of the Paper Mills Valley Foundation with the support of the City of Toscolano, is one of the eight projects selected among nearly 500 applications submitted in response to…
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014 12:20
Metsä Board renews its management and reporting structure
Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, renews its management and reporting structure to enable successful implementation of the company’s growth strategy. “Our main target is profitable growth of our paperboard businesses. At the same time we plan to take…
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014 12:17
Metsä Board grows its paperboard business
Metsä Board grows its paperboard business, plans to fully exit paper production and considers a rights issue to partially finance the final steps of transformation Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, is introducing the final steps of transformation to…
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Tuesday, 09 December 2014 20:18
Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University discover new low-cost process to make nanocellulose.
Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University discover new low-cost process to make nanocellulose. Promises wonder material break-through. Sappi to build a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils production Follows three year partnership between researchers from global pulp and paper producer Sappi…
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Tuesday, 09 December 2014 20:08
Universal Converting Equipment complete Phase 2 of their expansion strategy
In the last two years, Universal Converting Equipment has doubled its turnover. To support this turnover growth, Universal invested in additional manufacturing space, designers and assembly staff (Phase 1). However, Universal found that the business was being held back by…
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Tuesday, 09 December 2014 07:03
Stora Enso opens new biomaterials innovation centre
Stora Enso will concentrate its new biomaterials business development in an Innovation Centre that will be located in the Stockholm area in Sweden. The centre, which will open during the second quarter of 2015, will host research, application, business development,…
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Monday, 08 December 2014 09:01
Iggesund awarded for reducing environmental impact
Iggesund has embarked on a substantial initiative to reduce its environmental impact, which is now being recognized the world over. In October, the Pulp & Paper Industry (PPI) presented Iggesund with its “Bio Strategy of the Year” award based on…
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Friday, 05 December 2014 08:02
emtec Electronic banks on a new representation in France and the Benelux States
The company emtec Electronic GmbH from Leipzig in Germany expands its worldwide representation network by a cooperation with the company ODL Paper Service. As of now, Mr.Thierry Onder de Linden is the contact person for interests and questions concerning all…
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