Outotec strengthens its process control technologies by acquiring all shares in Numcore Ltd in Kuopio, Finland. Numcore is a start-up company developing and marketing innovative online process control solutions based on 3D-imaging. With a strong focus on R&D, the company…
UPM and HCL Technologies Limited (HCL) have signed a five year outsourcing frame agreement of IT infrastructure services.  As part of this agreement, HCL will provide data center, end user support, network services and professional IT services to UPM. HCL…
  Pöyry and Metsä Group have signed a frame agreement for technical consulting and engineering services. The frame agreement will enable easy cooperation in small and medium sized operations improvement and engineering assignments and provide Metsä Group access to Pöyry's…
OMNOVA Solutions has announced that it has sold its U.K.-based Muraspec commercial wallcovering business to affiliates of a2e Venture Catalysts Limited, and its principal Amin Amiri based in Manchester, United Kingdom.  Muraspec produces and distributes wallcoverings and other interior surfacing…
On February 23, 2012, the Metso-supplied PM 2 containerboard machine at Propapier PM2 GmbH in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, set yet another 24-hour world speed record of 1,675 m/min. The PM 2 thus became the first containerboard machine to break the 100…
The global AC drive manufacturer Vacon announces the renewal of its entire Vacon NXP premium product range. The update involves improvements to both the air-cooled and liquid-cooled units in the complete power range from 0.55 kW to 5,300 kW. The…
A Metso-supplied Advantage DCT 200 TS tissue production line successfully came on stream on January 24, 2012 at Lila Kagit’s mill in Corlu, about 100 km west of Istanbul in Turkey. This is the second production line supplied by Metso…
Metso will supply a new evaporation plant and an upgrade of an existing recovery boiler for Billerud Skärblacka AB’s Skärblacka mill outside Norrköping in Sweden. The goal is to strengthen the mill for the future by improving environmental performance and…
The cornerstone of the new 100-million-euro Clariant Innovation Center was officially laid during a ceremony today at the Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt. Attending the event were Hessen State Finance Minister Thomas Schäfer; Clariant Executive Committee member Christian Kohlpaintner; and Ulrich…
The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon has appointed Tomas Duba the Managing Director for the company's sales offices in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. "During the past few years, Vacon has expanded its operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,…
Promoting sustainable development and science Metso Tissue Technology Award Metso continuously strive to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions to water as well as the atmosphere. Now we want to take one step further and challenge students and scientists around the…
MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of advanced sheeting, corrugating and finishing equipment, has announced the addition of Frederic Duquenne to its European Sheeter sales force. Duquenne joins the company as the sales executive for new sheeting machinery for Western Europe and…
M-real Corporation, part of Metsä Group, has concluded the information and consultation process at the Gohrsmühle mill in Germany. In order to eliminate the severe losses of the mill, M-real started the negotiations with the workers’ representatives concerning the planned…
BASF significantly surpassed the record levels of 2010 in sales and earnings, and thus again earned a high premium on its cost of capital in 2011. Compared with 2010, sales increased by 15% to €73.5 billion. All regions contributed to…
Klara Helstad has been named as the new Sustainability Director at Södra and as a new member of the group executive team at Södra as of 1 March. Helstad has been with Södra since 2005, and her last position was…