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Teerenpeli Single Malt Whisky was launched in stylish packaging early this year. The packaging design is the result of co-operation between Design Foundation Finland and the Lahti Institute of Design. The designers were given a free hand to create an…
NewPage Wisconsin System Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, and AIM Demolition USA LLC jointly announced today that they have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement for AIM Demolition USA LLC's purchase of the NewPage Kimberly, Wisconsin facility…
The nanocellulose joint venture of Domtar and FPInnovations will be named CelluForce, the partners announced in early June. Construction of the NCC production facility is underway at Domtar's Windsor, Que., pulp and paper mill, and will be completed in the…
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, announces price increases on its graphics and packaging products as a consequence of the rise in raw material, chemicals and energy costs. The price increase will affect all graphics and packaging products worldwide…
Friday, 03 June 2011 21:21

Simpele board mill rebuild completed

M-real completes improvements at Simpele Mill increasing capacity by 80,000 tpa An additional 80,000 tonnes per annum of folding boxboard, primarily aimed at meeting increased demand from the food industry, is coming on stream following completion of a rebuild at…
Avilon Ltd, part of Neo Industrial's Viscose Fiber business, has made a revolutionary innovation of converting paper grade pulp into dissolving pulp. The technology was developed on Avilon's R&D and Technology laboratory, and it has already been taken into production…
Kemira is announcing price increases for its paper chemical products in all major markets. The increase, ranging from 5-20% depending on product, will be effective for all deliveries on or after June 1, 2011 or as specific contract terms allow.…
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:55

Equipped for future refining

In recent years, research has shown that refining is highly significant in terms of the strength properties of paper. Here at Innventia, we have a wide range of refining equipment for everything from laboratory-scale trials to full-scale trials. In Innventia’s…
Remote services are one of the newest innovations in Konecranes service business. Based on a remote connection we are able to help our customers to improve the safe use of their equipment, provide the right maintenance at the right time…
Our major subsidiary, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (President: YoshioHaga), has been deeply committed to the restoration of the Ishinomaki Mill (Ishinomaki, Miyagi), which was damaged in the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake, and we are pleased to announce that its reopening…
Forest products industry CEOs from around the world see an important opportunity ahead as a more competitive and significantly transformed industry emerges from the recent global economic downturn. This assessment came at the conclusion of International Council of Forest and…
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Monday, 30 May 2011 08:55

New materials by mimicking nature

Last week, Innventia’s Jasna Stevanic Srndovic submitted her thesis on interactions between polymers in the cell wall of spruce wood fibres. The new knowledge in this area contributes to making existing paper industry processes more efficient and to develop new…
The deep slump 2009 was followed by an almost dizzying rate of growth last year: the Endress+‌Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland) reported a new all-time high in net sales and profit for 2010. The company, specializing in measurement engineering and automation…
For more than 70 years Lenzing AG has been manufacturing fibers from the renewable raw material wood. The environmentally-friendly production process, the maximum attainable closed cycle as well as the optimized use of beech wood as a raw material are…