Wednesday, 08 December 2010 08:44

SCA wins prestigious award for Best Sustainability Report

SCA has been awarded the Institute for the Accounting Profession in Sweden’s (FAR) prestigious prize for the Best Sustainability Report 2009 in the category Large companies. The award was presented today at Finforum 2010, an international conference in Stockholm, Sweden,…
Read 3898 times
Published in European News
Read more...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 11:50

Borregaard Opens High-Tech Control Centre

Minister of Trade and Industry, Trond Giske, has opened Borregaard’s new control centre, which will ensure innovative, knowledge based and eco-friendly industry in the years to come.          “This modern control centre demonstrates the focus on Norwegian process industry.…
Read 6902 times
Published in European News
Read more...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 08:33

PETRONAS and BASF sign MoU to explore new joint investment

BASF and PETRONAS today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake a joint feasibility study to produce specialty chemicals in Malaysia, a move that would extend the two parties’ existing business collaboration in the country. T he partners are considering…
Read 4242 times
Published in Asian News
Read more...
Monday, 06 December 2010 16:00

Södra Timber to invest in Unnefors sawmill

The Board of Directors at Södra Timber has approved an investment in an automatic sorting facility at the company's sawmill in Unnefors, outside Jönköping, Sweden. This sawmill produces 110,000 cubic metres of pine annually. The investment amounts to approximately SEK…
Read 4782 times
Published in European News
Read more...
Monday, 06 December 2010 14:00

ABB to deliver automation and electrical systems for paper mill in Philippines

Complete automation and electrification package will optimize productivity and energy efficiency for Schweitzer – Mauduit’s new paper machine ABB announced that it recently won an order from Schweitzer – Mauduit International Inc., to provide automation and electrification systems for its…
Read 4765 times
Published in Asian News
Read more...
Monday, 06 December 2010 11:00

Sanders Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonoco

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that M. Jack Sanders has been named president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Sanders, 57, will report to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., 66, chairman and chief executive officer.…
Read 2959 times
Published in North American News
Read more...
Monday, 06 December 2010 09:00

Winner of Danish FSC Design Award 2010 announced

FSC Denmark announced the winner of the FSC Design Award 2010 at an event in Aarhus, Denmark on 24 November 2010. Architectural student Mette Schelde of the School of Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark was awarded the prize for combining functionality…
Read 4159 times
Published in European News
Read more...
Monday, 06 December 2010 07:00

European sawmills’ profitability is being squeezed by high log costs and declining lumber prices, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Sawlog costs in Europe have gone up more than lumber prices the past year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. With the expected decline in lumber consumption, many sawmills in Europe are considering reductions in their operating rates. As a consequence, prices for sawlogs are likely…
Read 3523 times
Published in Financial News
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 10:56

Ahlstrom Oyj (FI) - Ahlstrom to exit Sealing & Shielding business through the sale of Altenkirchen site in Germany

Ahlstrom Corporation, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, has today signed an agreement to exit its Sealing & Shielding business unit through the sale of Ahlstrom Altenkirchen GmbH in Germany. The acquirer is Interface Solutions, a portfolio company…
Read 3569 times
Published in European News
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 10:00

Go Paper. Grow Trees. Connects Healthy Forests with Paper Use

An awareness campaign entitled Go Paper. Grow Trees.(TM) gives consumers the facts on how using paper products makes a direct contribution to the health and growth of trees and the forests. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the…
Read 3193 times
Published in North American News
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 09:00

The Global Forest Industry This Quarter, an update from the Wood Resource Quarterly

Global sawlog prices have trended upward in almost all regions of the world for the past two years. After a temporary drop in the 2Q, the Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) increased again in the 3Q to the highest…
Read 2800 times
Published in Financial News
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 08:30

ANDRITZ: approval for acquisition of AE&E GmbH & Co KG

International technology Group ANDRITZ has agreed with the authorities responsible for the insolvency proceedings on the acquisition of AE&E Austria GmbH & Co KG. The ANDRITZ tender offer to A-TEC was approved on December 2, 2010 in the evening. ANDRITZ…
Read 4661 times
Published in Press Releases
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 08:15

Stora Enso to invest EUR 30 million in Sachsen Mill

Stora Enso is investing EUR 30 million in its newsprint machine at Sachsen Mill in Germany. This project to improve paper quality is scheduled to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2012.                                        “This investment will…
Read 3204 times
Published in Press Releases
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 08:00

New award for FibreForm® at Salon Emballage in Paris

At Europe's biggest packaging fair, Salon Emballage in Paris, with its 1,300 exhibitors from 95 countries, FibreForm was voted one of the most sustainable and innovative packaging materials launched this year. Billerud received the `Coup de Coeur' award at the…
Read 6494 times
Published in Featured Products
Read more...
Friday, 03 December 2010 07:45

Metso to rebuild M-real’s board machines at Simpele and Kemiart Liners mills in Finland

Metso will rebuild two board machines for M-real in Finland to increase capacity and improve quality: the cartonboard machine at the Simpele mill and the kraftliner machine at the Kemiart Liners mill in Kemi. The start-up of the rebuilt Simpele…
Read 4054 times
Published in Press Releases
Read more...
Page 470 of 532