Tuesday, 04 May 2010 10:02

Verso Reports Sustainability Progress in "A Renewable Commitment"

Verso Paper Corp. has announced its release of "A Renewable Commitment - Sustainability Report 2009." The report shares Verso's continued commitment to valuing the principle of sustainably balancing environmental, social and economic needs."The focus on renewable commitment was particularly important…
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 08:42

Heimbach adds shoe press belts to its product portfolio

Heimbach is pleased to announce that an exclusive distribution agreement has been signed with Yamauchi for the supply of YAMABELT shoe press belts into the European paper industry.Modern paper and cardboard production facilities are increasingly furnished with shoe press technology.The…
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Monday, 03 May 2010 16:37

European demand to drive production of wood pellets

European Union demand for wooden pellets will continue to drive U.S. production but will also limit the industry’s profitability, according to the head of a bioenergy, wood and forest products consulting firm.“The pellet business is marginal,” said Pete Stewart, president…
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Monday, 03 May 2010 13:29

Elisabet Salander Björklund appointed as new CEO of Bergvik Skog AB

Stora Enso Executive Vice President Elisabet Salander Björklund, M.Sc. (For.), has been appointed CEO of Bergvik Skog AB as of 1 September 2010. Bergvik Skog is one of the biggest forest-owning private companies in Europe and is owned by Stora…
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Friday, 30 April 2010 09:26

Stora Enso launches new web solution for hard talk on Global Responsibility

Stora Enso has launched the Global Responsibility website and Facebook page for discussing responsibility topics. One of the highlights of the website is a dialogue session between Sini Harkki from Greenpeace and Stora Enso's CEO Jouko Karvinen. The Facebook page…
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Friday, 30 April 2010 09:17

BASF: Strong start to 2010

BASF’s business continued to develop favorably in the first quarter of 2010. In conjunction with the recovery of the economy and some restocking of inventories by customers, demand has risen strongly in almost all divisions. At the same time, some…
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Friday, 30 April 2010 08:00

U.S. Department Of Commerce Announces Preliminary Dumping Margins Against Chinese and Indonesian Coated Paper Producers

Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America – together with the United Steelworkers (USW) -- commended the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary dumping duty determinations against certain coated paper imports from China and Indonesia.…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:22

Billerud's second consecutive quarter with an operating margin above 10%

CEO Per Lindberg comments on the development during Q1 2010: “With an operating profit of SEK 234 million for the first quarter of 2010 we now have two consecutive quarters behind us when we have achieved our target of an…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:20

Billerud's Interim report January-March 2010

January-March 2010 compared with the same period in 2009• Net sales amounted to SEK 2 190 million (1 900).• Profit for the period amounted to SEK 156 million (-39).• Earnings per share amounted to SEK 1.52 (-0.53).• Operating profit amounted…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:57

KapStone Paper and Packaging Announces Time Change to First Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call

 KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS), a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard, will release its 2010 first quarter earnings on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, after the market closes. The Company will host a…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:52

New business to start at UPM's former further processing mill in Parkano

UPM has signed a preliminary contract for selling the real estate of its former further processing mill in Parkano, Finland. The premises are to be taken over by a wood processing company to be established by the mill's former local…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:49

Catalyst Paper Q1 results hurt by lower paper prices, cyclical price recovery emerging

Catalyst Paper (TSX:CTL) has recorded a net loss attributable to the company of $44.1 million ($0.12 per common share) on sales of $273.3 million for the first quarter of 2010. The net loss increased from $35.8 million in the preceding…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:42

AbitibiBowater seeks permission to sell four closed mills, machinery

Newsprint producer AbitibiBowater is asking the bankruptcy court for approval to sell four closed mills and their machinery to Montreal-based American Iron & Metal, according to a Canadian Press news report on April 19.The scrap metal company would buy to…
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:36

Global Forest Certification Standard Open for Public Consultation

PEFC International is pleased to invite all stakeholders to comment on the enquire drafts of three of its core standards by 30 June 2010. With more than two-thirds of the world's certified forests managed in compliance with PEFC's Sustainability Benchmarks,…
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:06

ABB to deliver electrical systems for SCA's new line

ABB announced it is to engineer, deliver and commission the electrical systems to a new tissue production line supplied by Metso to SCA's new factory in Mexico. The delivery includes intelligent control and monitoring systems for power distribution, the new…
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