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Södra has today signed a Sales and Marketing Agreement with the Russian company Angara Paper, taking on the role of distributor for the pulp production from the planned mill Angara Paper. This establishes Södra as both the industrial and the…
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 09:00

Clariant closes Süd-Chemie acquisition

Clariant holds 96.15% in Süd-Chemie after closing Integration process launched Accelerating profitable growth Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has completed the purchase of 96,15% of the shares in Süd-Chemie from One Equity Partners and…
Member States over-confidently assume reaching 2020 targets thanks to bio-energy Preliminary analysis of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans shows that Member States count on wood to cover a high proportion of their 2020 Renewable Energy Targets. But are the…
International Paper has announced Glenn Landau has been named vice president of Investor Relations, effective May 1. Landau will report to Tim Nicholls, chief financial officer and senior vice president, and will be based in the company's Memphis, Tenn., headquarters.…
DNS®high-speed inkjet was developed for the growing high-speed inkjet market. High-speed inkjet printing has emerged as a viable alternative to offset printing for transactional and transpromotional applications. Professional print rooms continue to broaden their printing potential with state-of-the-art digital printing…
Logging residue is an inexpensive and easily accessible source of biofuel, but to improve the energy content it must first dry on the ground and after that it can be stored in piles for several months. To shelter the piles…
Temple-Inland Inc. has announced that Dennis J. Vesci (63) will retire as Group Vice President-Corrugated Packaging effective June 1, 2011. Commenting on the retirement, Doyle R. Simons, Chairman & CEO of Temple-Inland, said, "Dennis has provided 36 years of dedicated…
Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that it is launching AIRspun(R) Flushable, a new airlaid nonwoven substrate for use in moist toilet tissue applications. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John B. Crowe said, "We are excited about the launch of AIRspun(R)…
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:00

New tool for measuring packaging performance

“Performance within packaging logistics is all about doing the right things, doing things right, and positioning your products and services in relation to your competitors’ products and services,” says Innventia’s Chris Dominic, who will be defending his thesis on the…
A measurement device developed by Numcore Oy and based on impedance tomography produces a three-dimensional image in real time from the inside of pipelines and tanks used by the process industries. The pulp and paper industry is one segment that…
Shin-Chin Chen has been named a TAPPI Fellow for 2011. He is currently Corporate Executive Engineer with ABB Inc. in Westerville, Ohio, USA. Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon a very small percentage of TAPPI’s membership. It is given…
Friday, 01 April 2011 08:13

New MarCom Manager for BTG Instruments

Lydia Bley, Vice President & General Manager – BTG Instruments, is pleased to announce the appointment of Elke Winter in a new position as the Global MarCom Manager for the Instruments Division, effective as of the 1st of April, 2011.
Metso will continue its collaboration with the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) by supporting the goals and activities related to the main theme of the WWF’s 50th anniversary, the Year of Forests. Metso and four other main collaboration partners…
High Definition Television is a reality. The high definition image gives HDTV an extra dimension. Don’t be surprised to see paper offering a kind of ‘HD quality’ – with extremely good image reproduction – on the market in the not…