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Thursday, 23 September 2010 10:23
M-real is planning to invest approximately EUR 26 million at Simpele mill
M-real Corporation, part of Metsäliitto Group, is planning to increase the annual folding boxboard capacity of Simpele mill by about 80 000 tonnes. At the same time the sheeting capacity is planned to be expanded. The total value of the…
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:04
New SCA facility to meet Russian demand for hygiene products
SCA – the world's third-largest hygiene company – inaugurated a personal care plant in Russia. The facility is located in Veniov, in the Tula Region south of Moscow. The investment is valued at approximately EUR 85m and is the first…
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 12:02
SGS unveils it's 2014 strategic plan
At a meeting held during the weekend in Montreux (Switzerland), SGS launched with 150 of its key business leaders the next stage in the Groups' long history, unveiling a new four year strategic plan to 2014. The Plan has been…
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Friday, 17 September 2010 12:00
Pöyry awarded EUR 1.6 million tall oil plant contract in Austria
Pöyry has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract for a tall oil plant by Zellstoff Pöls AG in Austria. The value of the contract is about EUR 1.6 million and it will be executed over a period of…
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:00
New Chairman of the Körber PaperLink GmbH Management Board
Hildemar Böhm (51), previously CEO of the GEA Mechanical Equipment Segment, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Management Board of Körber PaperLink GmbH, and is consequently assuming overall responsibility for the Körber Group’s Paper Division. At the same…
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:00
Metso Group to donate funds to Finnish universities
Metso Corporation's Annual General Meeting on March 30, 2010 authorized the Board of Directors to decide on a donation of a maximum of EUR 2.5 million to universities. On the basis of the decision made by the Annual General Meeting,…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:00
UPM Timber prepares fpr production curtailments at the end of the year
UPM's Timber business will curtail its production in Finland during the fourth quarter of 2010. Demand for sawn timber has decreased and due to the seasonal changes demand is estimated to further slow down towards the end of the year.…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:00
Environmental Court of Appeal confirms sanction
On September 14, 2010 the Environmental Court of Appeal decided that Billerud, in accordance with the decision from the Environmental Court and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, is to pay a sanction of approximately SEK 19.5 million. On 10 December…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:00
Magali Depras resigns as CCO at Brødrene Hartmann A/S
Magali Depras has announced that she will resign from her position as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and member of the Executive Board of Brødrene Hartmann A/S to seek new challenges outside of the egg and packaging industry. Magali Depras will…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 14:00
New dryer hood reduces energy consumption
The Energietransitie Papierketen is an industry-wide innovation initiative. The goal is to achieve an energy saving of 50 percent throughout the supply chain by 2020. Van Houtum is a participant in a project that focuses on reducing dryer energy consumption.…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 11:00
Sonoco-Alcore Focuses on New Products at PacTec 2010
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, will exhibit a number of new products at the PacTec Exhibition, September 21-24, 2010. Held at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre,…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 10:00
UPM Shotton takes a step closer to zero waste with PHS
UPM Shotton paper mill have struck a long term deal with waste management company, PHS Special Contracts, part of PHS Wastetech, to reprocess all of its rejected material into valuable products. The paper mill already recycles 650,000 tonnes of recovered…
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Friday, 10 September 2010 12:00
Mondi launches its new digital printing paper brand DNS®: Digital Needs Specialists
Mondi launches its new digital printing paper brand DNS®: Digital Needs Specialists Mondi expands its digital printing portfolio to include DNS®, the new paper brand that offers professional printers a single solution for multiple applications on all digital printing presses.…
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 15:00
Stora Enso to permanently close down 195 000 tonnes per year newsprint machine at Maxau
Stora Enso will, subject to decisions by the respective German corporate bodies, permanently shut down the 195 000 tonnes per year newsprint machine at Maxau Mill in Germany by the end of November 2010. Newsprint production at Maxau will end…
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:00
Yorkshire consortium plans commercial printable electronic products
A consortium of Yorkshire printers and designers led by Print Yorkshire - focusing on the development of products incorporating printed electronic elements is very close to a commercially produced and a commercially acceptable product. The consortium successfully bid for funding…
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