Vacon Plc's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in Vaasa today, 27 March 2012. The AGM adopted the proposal by the Board of Directors to pay a dividend of EUR 0.90 per share i.e. appr. MEUR 13.7 in total. The…
Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:30

Norske Skog sells Follum to Viken Skog

Norske Skog has entered into an agreement to sell the Follum site to Viken Skog, which has ambitious, future plans. After the decision to close the mill at Follum, Norske Skog has worked to find relevant stakeholders to create new…
UPM will begin a large construction project at its Pietarsaari pulp mill to rebuild the mill’s effluent treatment plant. The circa EUR 30 million investment will cover the rebuild of all of the main phases of waste water treatment. The…
Friday, 23 March 2012 12:40

New CEO of Acosense AB

In January, Linnéa Lindau began her work as new CEO of Acosense AB. Linnéa, 35 years of age, has spent the last ten years working as a business coach at Chalmers Innovation. She is also frequently engaged as director of…
Thursday, 22 March 2012 10:59

Managers in new positions at Södra

Klara Helstad, Ulf Edman, Magnus Olsson and Stefan Sandberg are taking up new positions at Södra now that Urban Eriksson, President of Södra Interiör, and Per Braconier, Director of Communications, have decided to leave Södra. Klara Helstad, Ulf Edman, Magnus Olsson…
The Annual General Meeting of Kemira Oyj ("Kemira") approved the Board proposal of a EUR 0.53 dividend per share for the financial year 2011. The Annual General Meeting elected six members (previously seven) to the Board of Directors. Annual General…
Smurfit Kappa has announced a three-year £98 million (US$154 million) investment project for its recycled paperboard mill in Townsend Hook, Kent, U.K. The installation and commissioning of a custom designed, 5-meter, lightweight recycled container board machine is due to be completed…
To cultivate greater awareness about World Forest Day (March 21), World Water Day (March 22), and the sustainable management of forest and water resources, Mondi has launched an online site that features a short trivia question and offers prizes for…
The first Q&A session in 2012 with Outotec's CEO Pertti Korhonen will be held on Monday 26 March, at 2.00 pm (Finnish time). Theme of the session will be the recent Numcore Ltd acquisition. JOINING VIA WEBCAST To follow the…
Metso will supply Kipas Kagit Sanayi Isletmeleri A.S with a containerboard machine for their new mill site in Kahramanmaras in south-eastern Turkey. The start-up of the new machine is scheduled for 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR…
UPM strongly believes that printed and digital channels complement each other, with paper assuming its natural role within the modern media palette. UPM Paper is bringing together its experts and visionary cooperatives at drupa trade fair in May to showcase…
Monday, 19 March 2012 13:00

Stora Enso rethinks Group Executive Team

Stora Enso is appointing three new members to its Group Executive Team. At the same time three current members will leave the team to take new positions inside and outside the Company. Karl-Henrik Sundström has been appointed Chief Financial Officer…
Friday, 16 March 2012 10:22

SCA launches new sustainability targets

SCA is one of the world’s most sustainable companies – environmentally, socially and financially. The company is now further raising its ambitions through the introduction of a number of new targets. According to a recent SCA survey, sustainability activities are…
Finland-based Pankaboard added to its environmental credentials after securing a certificate for complying with the latest version of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) standard. Since the beginning of 2012, the company has held the FSC chain-of-custody certification. The company, which focuses…
BASF will increase its capacity for cyclohexane oxidation at its Antwerp Verbund site by about 50,000 tons per year. The total investment amounts to about €10 million. Cyclohexane oxidation products are important intermediates for caprolactam and adipic acid, starting materials…