Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:30
Paper mills compete on the Kemira sponsored Water Efficiency Award
The annual PPI Awards recognize the achievements of companies, mills and individuals in the pulp and paper sector. The awards provide an opportunity for pulp and papermakers worldwide to show off their strategic accomplishment as well as achievements in leadership,…
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Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:28
Mondi hosts 2nd annual “Green Event”
Hosted by Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK, sustainability managers from PEFC™, WWF, WWT, HP and Mondi will present at the Green Event. Topic highlights include: sustainability in the paper and printing industries, current climate change issues, and Mondi’s active environmental…
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Friday, 07 September 2012 11:15
Metso Process and Quality Vision system’s new features bring papermakers further improved performance
Metso’s high-selling machine vision system, Metso Process and Quality Vision (Metso PQV) is now available with several new features to further improve runnability and ensure flawless quality for paper makers. These include: New Full HD digital matrix cameras allowing more…
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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 14:00
Metso signs global agreement with Swedish Huhnseal for supplying Metso-branded mechanical seals
Metso and the Swedish seal manufacturer Huhnseal have signed an agreement regarding mechanical seals for the global pulp and paper industry. The seals will be sold under the Metso brand with the product name SealMax. The agreement includes mechanical seals…
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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 13:00
UPM expands its forest services in Finland by offering FSC certification to forest owners
UPM offers FSC certification as a forest service to private forest owners in Finland. UPM has been granted an FSC group certificate, which enables UPM to group certify Finnish private forests and community forests in accordance with the Finnish FSC…
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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 11:00
Ahlstrom acquires Munktell to accelerate growth in advanced filtration materials
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, has today signed an agreement to acquire the Sweden-based Munktell Filter AB as a strategic step to grow the advanced filtration business particularly in life science and laboratory applications. Under the agreement, Ahlstrom…
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 11:00
UPM Raflatac completes the acquisition of Gascogne’s labelstock operations in Switzerland
UPM Raflatac has completed its acquisition of the labelstock business operations of Gascogne Laminates Switzerland of the Gascogne Group. The acquisition was announced on 1 June 2012. Gascogne Laminates Switzerland employs approximately 110 people in its operations in Martigny, Switzerland.…
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Friday, 31 August 2012 11:19
Change in Ahlstrom's Board of Directors
Nathalie Ahlström (M.Sc., Tech) has decided to tender her resignation as a member of Ahlstrom's Board of Directors due to a conflict of interest caused by her taking up a new executive position. The resignation will be effective as of…
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Friday, 31 August 2012 09:15
Metso-supplied spray sizing unit successfully started up at Papierfabrik Schoellershammer in Germany
Metso and Papierfabrik Schoellershammer have together succesfully started up Europe’s first spray sizing unit for the mill’s swing testliner and recycled fluting machine, PM 5, located in Düren, Germany. The new two-sided spraying unit was installed in an existing pond…
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Friday, 31 August 2012 08:53
Stora Enso to become sole owner of RETS Timber
Stora Enso Building and Living has today acquired UPM Kymmene’s 50% shareholding in the sawn timber trading company RETS Timber Oy Ltd. The acquisition makes Stora Enso Building and Living the sole owner of RETS Timber. The transaction is effective…
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:34
Södra decides to divest Södra Cell Folla
The Södra Cell Folla management has been given the task of creating a divestment plan for Södra's ownership of the mill. The Follafoss mill produces CTMP (chemithermomechanical pulp) which has a variety of uses including the manufacture of paperboard and…
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012 11:14
Walki invests in cutting-edge printing technology in Poland
Walki Group, a leading producer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials, will invest in a new multi-colour flexographic printing machine in Poland to further enhance the printing quality of its ream wrap products offered to Central and Eastern European…
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Monday, 27 August 2012 11:30
New General Counsel at SCA
SCA's current General Counsel, Anders Nyberg, will be leaving the company for a new position as Executive Vice President in charge of corporate governance and legal affairs for AB Industrivärden. "Anders Nyberg has served for SCA for 24 years in…
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Monday, 27 August 2012 08:12
Alexis Fries will take up his position as President and CEO of Pöyry
Alexis Fries, who was appointed as President and CEO of Pöyry PLC on 13 June 2012, will take up his position on 1 September 2012. The new compositions of Pöyry's Board Committees, as announced on 21 June 2012, will come…
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Friday, 24 August 2012 07:35
Stora Enso and Neste Oil to end their biodiesel project
Stora Enso and Neste Oil have decided not to progress with their plans to build a biodiesel plant, for which the two companies had applied for funding under the EU’s NER 300 program. The European Commission recently published a review…
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