Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:35

Mondi completes major Russian mill modernisation project

Mondi announced today the completion of its STEP project, the largest mill modernisation project in the Russian pulp and paper industry. The EUR 545 million expansion and modernisation of the Syktyvkar mill in Russia began on July 1, 2008. David…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:00

Stora Enso continues to expand in solid biofuels

Stora Enso is continuing to expand in solid biofuels by investing EUR 10 million in starting pellet production at Imavere Sawmill in Estonia. The pellet plant project will commence in the fourth quarter of 2010 and is expected to be…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:00

BASF increases prices for polymer dispersions, polymer powders, resins and additives

Effective October 1, 2010 or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices in Europe, Africa and Western Asia for polymer dispersions as well as additives by 100 Euro per metric ton, resins and redispersible powders by 170 Euro per metric…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:00

U.S. Taxpayers' Black Liquor Tab Surpasses $30 Billion

The cost of "green" energy subsidies involving the pulp and paper industry shot well past $30 billion today -- with not a cent of it doing anything to help the environment. President Obama today signed the Small Business Jobs Act…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 09:00

UPM papers part of the winning formula

The WAN-IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club membership winners for the years 2010-2012 have been chosen. According to the global organisation of the world's newspapers and news publishers 109 different titles achieved the membership this time. Out of these the…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:55

DHL new product campaign manifests global leadership in cross-border express shipping

DHL Express today announced that it will launch a new product campaign on October 4 that underlines its time-critical shipping capabilities. As trade volumes are surpassing pre-economic crisis levels on key international trade lanes, DHL is highlighting its cross-border shipping…
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010 20:28

NEW Contact Impression Film from Sensor Products Inc.

Mold-Align® is a unique, affordable and easy to use tool that reveals pressure distribution between mold platens. Of the hundreds of variables involved in injection molding, clamping mechanisms and platens often get less attention than they deserve. Good clamp performance…
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010 07:36

IPX India International Paper Exhibition launched

Adforum, organizers of the World leading pulp and paper trade fairs PulPaper, SPCI and China Paper are now launching, IPX India, International Paper Exhibition, in association with Inter Ads-Brooks Exhibitions, a joint venture company between Inter Ads Exhibitions, India and…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 14:27

Sonoco-Alcore Announces European Paperboard Price Increase

Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. will increase prices in Europe for all uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) grades by EUR 40, or £35, per metric ton, effective with shipments on October 18, 2010, according to Eddie Smith, vice president, Sonoco-Alcore. "This price change is…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 13:24

BASF to establish world-scale production of water treatment and paper chemicals in Nanjing, China

Wholly-owned world-scale plants with capacities of 40,000 tons of quaternized cationic monomers and 20,000 tons of cationic polyacrylamides per year Production planned to start up in 2012 BASF has decided to establish a wholly-owned world-scale production base for water treatment…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 12:21

Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10 after having trended downward since early 2009, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10 after having trended downward since early 2009, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review Prices of wood fiber used for energy declined during most of the recession, partly as a result of the low…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 11:18

FSC and AkzoNobel partner to promote forest stewardship

FSC is pleased to announce the launch of the FSC Global Partner Program through an exclusive partnership agreement with AkzoNobel. The official start of the partnership was celebrated at the FSC Global Partner Awards ceremony which honored companies from around…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 10:16

Insurance Buyers Rank Commercial Property Insurer FM Global #1 in Canada for Quality and Client Satisfaction

Canada-based corporate insurance buyers have ranked commercial property insurer FM Global as number one for “overall carrier quality” and “overall client satisfaction,” according to the latest independent research conducted by Greenwich Associates, a leading international research firm in institutional financial…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 09:14

International Paper Completes Sale of 163,000 Acres of Real Estate Properties

International Paper has announced that it has closed the sale of 163,000 acres under contract with Figure 8 Partners, LP, an affiliate of Rock Creek Capital (the "Partnership"). The total consideration of $199 million includes $160 million in cash and…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 08:30

Ahlstrom's new plant in Binzhou, China inaugurates today

Ahlstrom Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of nonwovens and specialty papers, today celebrates the inauguration of its new facility in Binzhou, Shandong province, in northeastern China.The plant produces transportation filtration materials and currently employs 170 people. Ahlstrom acquired the…
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