Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:00
Metso has signed a Letter of Intent with Walpella Oy regarding transfer of certain businesses and contract manufacturing
Metso Paper Inc. has today signed a Letter of Intent with Walpella Oy regarding transfer of business and contract manufacturing concerning parts manufacturing, automation manufacturing, internal goods receiving logistics and warehouse functions at its Järvenpää unit in Finland. The target…
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:30
Unfold the Future: the forest fibre industry nominated Report of the Year
CEPI's 2050 Roadmap has been nominated in the category Report of the Year at the European Public Affairs Awards. Now in their fifth year, the awards highlight success and encourage best practice throughout the European public affairs community; bringing recognition to…
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:30
Changes in Ahlstrom's Executive Management Team
Jari Koikkalainen (b. 1965), M.Sc. (Tech), eMBA, is appointed Executive Vice President, Transportation Filtration, and member of the Executive Management Team as of February 1, 2013, at Ahlstrom Corporation. Koikkalainen will report to Jan Lång, President and CEO, Ahlstrom. In…
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 09:00
Metsä Fibre Price announcement
Metsä Fibre will announce a new price of Botnia Nordic Pine (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe, effective November 1, 2012 until further notice. The new price is 820 USD, CIF Metsä Fibre’s usual European ports. The other terms remain…
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Monday, 29 October 2012 13:00
Ahlstrom completes the acquisition of Munktell
Ahlstrom, a global high-performance materials company, has completed the acquisition of Munktell Filter AB. The company produces filtration materials mainly for life science and laboratory applications. Under the agreement, Ahlstrom acquired 100 percent of the shares in Munktell Filter AB,…
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Monday, 29 October 2012 12:00
Meech presented with Queens Award by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
Meech International was presented with its 2012 Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade by Mr Tim Stevenson OBE, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, on Tuesday this week. Also in attendance were Mr William Alden, the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire;…
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Monday, 29 October 2012 11:30
Jürgen Amedick becomes new CEO for the Siemens Drives Portfolio
Jürgen Amedick took over the leadership of the Large Drives Business Unit of the Siemens Drive Technologies Division on October 1, 2012. The Large Drives Business Unit develops, manufactures, and markets products, systems, solutions, and services for drive engineering in…
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Monday, 29 October 2012 11:00
Lenzing Repeats Last Year’s Success and Wins Austrian Ranking in the Category “Big Player“
For the 14th time, the business daily WirtschaftsBlatt set out to identify the most successful companies in Austria together with the credit reference agency KSV1870 and PwC. Lenzing AG once again convinced the jury and won the Austrian ranking in…
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Monday, 29 October 2012 06:51
Clariant and Wilmar establish Joint Venture for amines and selected amines derivatives
Clariant Ltd, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and Wilmar International Limited, a leading Asian agribusiness group, have, through their respective subsidiaries, signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of…
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Friday, 26 October 2012 08:44
Metso concludes its evaluation of strategic alternatives for its Recycling business
Metso announced on September 1, 2011 that it intended reviewing strategic alternatives for its Recycling business. As part of this process, Metso evaluated both external and internal options. The review concluded that integrating Recycling into the Mining and Construction segment…
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Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:14
Walki to Demonstrate its Commitment toward Innovation at Moscow Forum
Walki Group is in the forefront of innovation and committed to being so also in the future. As one of the few companies in the field of intelligent packaging materials, Walki will showcase its cutting-edge technologies at the Moscow International…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:51
ASCO Numatics introduces stainless steel pulse valve for dust collector systems
ATEX certified series 353 pulse valve is ideally suited to challenging environments in the agricultural, grain, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, wood, plastics and cement industries ASCO Numatics has introduced a 316L stainless steel version of its series 353 pulse valve for…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 14:56
Metso's automation to control a new biopower plant in Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Modern automation technology and sophisticated reporting applications contribute to higher energy efficiency and sustainability at a biopower plant. The new biopower plant built by Pohjolan Voima, Leppäkosken Sähkö and Metsä Board in Hämeenkyrö, Finland, is extensively controlled with automation supplied…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 10:04
Smart packaging – filled with baby food!
This was the winning entry in this year’s Billerud design competition SPICE: 12 at Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm. This is the third year in succession that Billerud, the design agency NINE and Berghs School of Communication have organised…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 09:09
Ahlstrom revises its organization
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, announced that it will revise its organization to accelerate growth. The current operating model will remain unchanged. The new organization will become effective as of January 1, 2013. Ahlstrom currently has four business…
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