Tuesday, 12 February 2013 08:36
Rottneros brings AGM forward to 22 March 2013
Arctic Paper S.A. presented a public takeover bid to shareholders of Rottneros AB in November 2012. The acceptance period has since been extended and is now open until 26 February 2013. Arctic Paper controls 51.3 per cent of the shares in…
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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 13:00
Rottneros' CFO is leaving the company
Tomas Hedström is leaving his post as Chief Financial Officer at Rottneros. He is taking up a corresponding position at PA Resources AB. "Tomas Hedström has been employed by Rottneros since 2010. I wish to thank Tomas for the extraordinary contribution…
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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 09:00
Stora Enso plans restructuring and profitability improvement actions
Permanent shutdown of 475 000 tonnes of newsprint capacity planned Stora Enso plans to restructure its operations through the permanent shutdown of two newspaper machines in Sweden. Stora Enso also plans efficiency improvements in the Printing and Reading customer service…
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Tuesday, 05 February 2013 10:30
Södra Cell reaches 100,000 tonnes of textile pulp
Södra Cell has sold 100,000 tonnes of textile pulp since production began at its Morrum mill in December 2011. This milestone has been reached sooner than planned. "We had budgeted to produce 50,000 tonnes in 2012. That we have now…
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Friday, 01 February 2013 11:30
Paolo Roberto’s fresh pasta in the safe care of FibreForm
Paolo Roberto is set to launch his first food products on the Swedish market, under the PAOLOS brand. A range of pasta and sauce products will be presented. BillerudKorsnäs’ collected knowledge helped to identify the ultimate packaging solution – made…
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Thursday, 31 January 2013 10:10
Endress+Hauser celebrates its 60th anniversary!
The specialist for measurement and automation engineering is in fine fettle in its 60th year: the family-owned company has just welcomed its 10,000th employee. In the last year alone, over 500 jobs were created worldwide. A global network of companies,…
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:35
Spanish Paper Industry Touts Regional Preference Law
In 2013, large retailers, banks, hotel chains, service companies, town councils and other large generators of scrap paper can “legally demand that their recyclable waste materials be [consumed] in Europe,” according to Spanish paper industry association Aspapel. The Spanish Waste…
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013 11:04
GL&V to deliver 600 t/d OCC-line to Ukraine
GL&V Sweden AB has received an order for a new OCC line based on the innovative TamPulping™ process technology, designed to produce high quality pulp with a minimum of energy usage. The TamPulper™ two-layer pulper enables the pulper and coarse…
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:44
Burgo distribuzione is now PEFC certified
Burgo Distribuzione attained the PEFC chain of custody forest certification (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes), for purchase of wood and pulp from PEFC certified sources. The Company was certified for the purchase, warehousing, sheet cutting, logistics and sale of paper…
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:31
CellMark is introducing a new line of business!
CellMark Basic Chemicals The new business unit, CellMark Basic Chemicals, has commenced trading and distribution of a selected range of Basic Chemicals, such as Acetic Acid and Acetyls, Caustic Soda and other broadly used inorganic and organic commodity chemicals. The…
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Friday, 25 January 2013 12:00
Serla launched cooperation with Tukikummit Foundation
Serla’s good deed for 2013 is donating 100,000 euros to prevent the social exclusion of underprivileged kids. Serla is participating in the charity campaign Nuorten hyväksi’ (Let’s Help Young People) organised in Finland by the Tukikummit Foundation. The aim of…
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Friday, 25 January 2013 09:00
Södra celebrates 75 years in 2013
In 2013, Södra will have its 75th anniversary. Södra's anniversary will be celebrated and marked in several ways. The theme of the 75th anniversary celebration is the past, the present and the future, where the focus is on Södra's stability,…
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 12:00
Simon Utsel awarded 2013 Alf de Ruvo scholarship
The 2013 Alf de Ruvo scholarship, worth SEK 500,000, has been awarded to Dr. Simon Utsel for his pioneering work on surface modification of cellulose-based materials. By modifying the surface properties of, or by adding new properties to, cellulose-based materials,…
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:00
Intergraf takes on ERPC chairmanship
The European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Beatrice Klose as next chairperson. Ms Klose is the Secretary General of Intergraf - the European Association representing print and digital communications, one of the member organisations…
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Monday, 21 January 2013 14:14
Metso-supplied Yankee hood and dust control system successfully started up at Disley Tissue in the United Kingdom
The Metso-supplied Advantage AirCap hood and Advantage WetDust system at Disley Tissue near Manchester in the United Kingdom were successfully started up in October 2012. “We chose Metso, because they provided the best technological solution for the hood replacement and…
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