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Friday, 03 January 2014 07:00
Suzano starts up BEK pulp mill in brazil
Brazil's pulp and paper company Suzano kicks off production at the Maranhão pulp unit near the city of Imperatriz. The new mill adds 1.5 million tpy to wolrdwide BEK pulp capacity. Suzano Papel e Celulose has commenced bleached eucalyptus kraft…
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Monday, 30 December 2013 12:10
Pulp mills and sawmills in Latin America have among the lowest wood costs in the world
Declining costs for sawlogs and pulplogs in Brazil and Chile over the past few years have made the forest industry in the two countries quite competitive. In the 2Q/13, pulplog prices in both countries were among the lowest in the…
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Monday, 02 December 2013 08:00
Kemira Oyj sells its coagulant business in Brazil to Bauminas Química Ltda
Kemira and Bauminas have signed a contract according to which Kemira sells its Brazilian iron and aluminium coagulant business to Bauminas. The deal includes coagulant business related assets, liabilities and personnel of Kemira WaterSolutions Brazil Ltda and shares of Nheel…
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Thursday, 28 November 2013 05:58
Leading Packaging Corporation in Mexico purchases Mexico's first L&W Autoline 400 paper testing system
The leading packaging corporation Grupo Gondi, Mexico has made the decision to purchase an L&W Autoline 400 system from Lorentzen & Wettre for its mill Empaques Modernos Guadalajara, through Lorentzen & Wettres representative, IVF y Asociados, SA de CV. Empaques…
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Monday, 25 November 2013 09:00
Ahlstrom receives approval to sell its pre-impregnated décor paper and abrasive businesses to Perusa
Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that the European Commission and the Brazilian competition authority CADE have approved Perusa Group as the buyer for Ahlstrom's pre-impregnated décor papers and abrasive paper backings businesses. The divestment is made…
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:14
World’s first Advantage NTT tissue line supplied by future Valmet successfully started up at Fabrica De Papel San Francisco in Mexico
The world’s first Advantage NTT tissue line has been succesfully started up in Fabrica de Papel San Francisco’s mill in Mexicali, Mexico. The new line is Fabrica de Papel San Francisco’s third tissue machine supplied by Metso’s Pulp, Paper and…
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Monday, 04 November 2013 12:30
Ashland named Best Chemical Supplier of the Year by Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association (ABTCP) for the second time
For the second consecutive year, Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) was honored as Best Chemical Supplier of the Year for the Pulp and Paper segment by the Brazilian Pulp & Paper Association (ABTCP) at its annual awards dinner October 9, 2013.…
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Thursday, 31 October 2013 06:54
Future Valmet to deliver power boiler upgrade and repair to Arauco in Chile
Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, and Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. have signed an agreement to upgrade and repair a power boiler at Constitución mill in Chile. The order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and…
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013 08:00
Stora Enso cuts Uruguay pulp mill's 2014 output target
Finland's Stora Enso cut the 2014 production target for its new pulp plant in Uruguay after a fresh delay to its start date, raising concerns the company's shift from the weak printing paper market to products like tissues will take…
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Monday, 14 October 2013 04:49
Argentina denies having set any ultimatum regarding the pulp mill controversy with Uruguay
The Argentine Foreign ministry denied on Friday it had given a two-day ultimatum to Uruguay to suspend the decision allowing the controversial Botnia/UPM pulp mill a production expansion and also demanded an immediate return to bilateral negotiations. However the two…
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Thursday, 03 October 2013 07:20
Metso to supply integrated machine condition monitoring system to Suzano Pulp Mill in Brazil
Integrated online machine condition monitoring enables the mill to fully benefit from intelligent maintenance services that will deliver improved uptime and productivity. Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano has ordered a Metso DNA Machine Condition Monitoring system for its Maranhão…
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Thursday, 03 October 2013 06:13
State of Uruguay grants UPM Fray Bentos mill permit to increase annual pulp production
The State of Uruguay has granted permission for UPM Fray Bentos mill to increase its annual pulp production from the current 1.1 million to 1.2 million tonnes. “The decision demonstrates the State of Uruguay’s continuing support to the development of…
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Tuesday, 01 October 2013 05:03
Fitch Affirms CMPC's Ratings
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings for Empresas CMPC S.A. (CMPC): --Foreign and local currency IDR's at 'BBB+'; --Long-term national scale ratings at 'AA (cl)' --Short-term national scale ratings at 'F1+ (cl)' --Primera Clase Nivel equity rating at '1…
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Monday, 30 September 2013 08:00
Pulp mill UPM waiting for a reply from Mujica on its production expansion request
Uruguay’s largest pulp mill UPM announced that it will be making final checks of the plant’s equipment in the rest of the week, following on annual maintenance work, but production is not scheduled to resume until the Finnish company receives…
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Friday, 27 September 2013 04:53
Voith supplies complete tissue production line to Celulosa Argentina
Voith Paper has won the order to supply a complete tissue processing line to Celulosa Argentina in Argentina. The system, to be supplied as a Process Line Package (PLP), will go on stream in Capitán Bermúdez (about 300 km to…
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