McGill researcher develops eco-friendlynanocatalyst A new nanotech catalyst developed by McGill University ChemistsChao-Jun Li, Audrey Moores and their colleagues offers industry anopportunity to reduce the use of expensive and toxic heavy metals.Catalysts are substances used to facilitate and drive chemicalreactions.…
Stora Enso to centralise the use of recovered fibre-based packaging in Finland at Pori Closure of recycling plant at Varkaus and core plant at Pori planned - temporary newsprint layoff plan at Varkaus Stora Enso is planning to centralise the…
Voith Paper: 'Top Green Supplier', 'Intellichoix award' and 'Energia Award' in the field of technological innovation - these are three of the awards that the Canadian paper, tissue and board manufacturer Cascades has recently received. Cascades more efficient and ecological…
ISRA PARSYTEC – the world's leading supplier of surface and web inspection systems for strip products – received a purchase order by the stainless steel manufacturer for a surface inspection system at their Annealing Pickling (APF) line as well as…
NewPage announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year today. It is clear that the company has very serious financial issues, but this does not make NewPage unique in our industry. We won't speak directly to the…
ENESSCO D 2000 is an advanced deinking technology that improves tissue mills and deink plant performance substantially. ENESSCO D 2000 is a worldwide patented blend of inorganic chemicals. Operating at a neutral or alkaline pH, ENESSCO D 2000 effectively modifies…
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has released a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind study that examines a wide range of options for renewal of the Canadian forest products industry. "The study, The Future Bio-pathways Project, focuses on the triple bottom line:…
Rottneros Packaging AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary in the Rottneros Group, develops, manufactures and sells food packaging based on cellulose fibre under the SilviPak brand. Rottneros has concluded an agreement with the Swiss packaging company SIG Combibloc concerning the assignment of…
International technology Group Andritz has received an order from Nanning Phoenix Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd, Guangxi, China to supply a PrimeLine high-speed tissue machine. Start-up is scheduled for mid- 2011. Andritz™s scope of supply includes a complete stock preparation…
Oriental Japan has created a machine, the White Goat, that turns shredded papers into toilet paper that, it says, is soft and ready for use. For every 40 sheets of office paper fed into it, the machine produces a coreless…
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…
Metso will supply two fine paper machine rebuilds for Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited subsidiary mills in China. The total value of the orders is approximately €10 million. The orders are a continuation to Metso's earlier deliveries to Shandong Chenming…
Wisconsin Rapids Water Works and Lighting Commission (WRWWLC) signed an agreement with Consolidated Water Power Company (CWPCo), a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, to purchase CWPCo utility transmission and distribution assets. Located in Wisconsin Rapids, CWPCo provides power to retail customers…
In just over 4 weeks 3 more mills join the Enessco family. All 3 brown grade mills see better production, less deposition on the machine and less stickies .... For more info go to www.enessco.com
Standard & Poor's Rating Services has revised its long-term credit rating on Norske Skog to B, from earlier B+. The Negative Outlook is maintained. Norske Skog does not have interest or covenants linked to the rating level on the existing…