Friday, 07 May 2010 10:00

Heidelberg Print Media Academy Established as World Number One

Plenty of congratulations received the Heidelberg Print Media Academy (PMA) not only because of its tenth anniversary, but also for a top-class congress on learning from and with each other conducted on May 6, 2010 on the occasion of the…
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Friday, 07 May 2010 09:25

Ahlstrom to consolidate and expand its wiping fabrics capacity in Italy

Ahlstrom, a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers, will consolidate its nonwoven wiping fabrics manufacturing platform in Italy, with the aim of increasing capacity, efficiency and breadth of product range. The production…
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 11:23

Sonoco Investing in New Boiler Installation at Its Holyoke, Mass. Paper Mill

Sonoco one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that it is investing $2.8 million at its 100 percent uncoated recycled paper mill, located in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The investment includes the installation of two high-efficiency, natural gas-fired boilers…
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 10:11

Metso’s Interim Review, January 1 – March 31, 2010: Market recovery gaining momentum

Metso’s President and CEO Jorma Eloranta comments: “In the first quarter most of our markets and customer industries continued to recover. It seems that the recovery is gaining momentum, and is today broader based than during the past six months.…
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 08:06

Metso’s office space arrangements improve operating conditions in Tampere, Finland

Metso, the second largest company in the Tampere region, will relocate its more than one thousand energy and environmental technology experts currently working in Tampere to modern premises in the Rantaperkiö and Lahdesjärvi sections of Tampere. The target is to…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 13:15

M-real's operating result excluding non-recurring items for the first quarter

Result for the first quarter of 2010Sales EUR 602 million (Q1/2009: 623)Operating result excluding non-recurring items EUR 39 million (-65). Operating result including non-recurring items EUR 49 million (-118).Result before taxes excluding non-recurring items EUR 15 million (-62). Result before…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 11:00

Voith successfully rebuild Kimberly Clark's Tissue Machine

In February 2010, Voith Paper successfully rebuilt Kimberly Clark’s tissue machine TM 2 at the Enstra Tissue Mill in South Africa. The order covered structure refurbishment including installation and supervision service. To ensure improved operational reliability the framing was given…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 10:00

Metso Corporation has gained title to all the shares in Tamfelt Corp.

The Arbitral Tribunal appointed by the Redemption Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland has today by its decision confirmed that Metso Corporation has the right to redeem about 2 percent minority shares in Tamfelt Corp. and that…
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 17:29

Mondi Follow-up: Digital Specialist Forum

On April 15th, Mondi hosted key figures in Europe’s digital printing industry at the Digital Specialist Forum (DSF) in Vienna, Austria. Customer-representatives used this opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the rapidly burgeoning digital print market through a series of…
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 17:25

BURGO ARDENNES attained OHSAS 18001 certification

The Belgian Burgo Ardennes sa company, owned by Burgo Group, has attained the OHSAS 18001:2007 certification.The OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) certification identifies the International occupational health and safety management system specification standard.The certification of conformity attained by…
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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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