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International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from ITC Bhadrachalam, Telangana Province, India, to supply a BCTMP fiber line with a production capacity of 300 tons per day. The new plant will be the first mechanical pulping line in India for production of high-brightness board grades. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.

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ANDRITZ is to supply a new BCTMP fiber line for ITC Bhadrachalam, India, including a high-consistency refiner (photo) Andritz

The order comprises the supply of a fiber line with 2-stage refining to ensure lowest possible energy demand and high fiber quality, as well as a two-stage bleaching system with minimum chemical consumption. Six counter-current washing stages are to reduce contaminants so that exceptionally clean pulp can be produced at low chemical oxygen demand. In addition, the ANDRITZ washing technology keeps fresh water consumption and effluent levels to a minimum.

The new fiber line uses available synergies with the existing eucalyptus pulping line at ITC Bhadrachalam. The effluent will be evaporated, the clean condensate re-used, and the white liquor from the kraft mill will be used as alkali source in the new BCTMP fiber line.

The ANDRITZ GROUP

ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors. The publicly listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of almost 25,000 employees worldwide. ANDRITZ operates over 250 sites worldwide.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER is a leading global supplier of equipment, systems, and services for the production and processing of all types of pulps, paper, tissue, and cardboard. The technologies cover the processing of logs, annual fibers, and waste paper; the production of chemical pulp, mechanical pulp, and recycled fibers; the recovery and reuse of chemicals; the preparation of paper machine furnish; the production of paper, tissue, and board; the calendering and coating of paper; as well as treatment of reject materials and sludge. The service range includes modernization, rebuilds, spare and wear parts, service and maintenance, as well as machine transfer and second-hand equipment. Biomass, steam, and recovery boilers, as well as gasification plants for power generation, flue gas cleaning plants, production equipment for biofuel (second generation), biomass torrefaction equipment, plants for the production of nonwovens, dissolving pulp, plastic films, and panelboards (MDF), and recycling plants are also allocated to the business area.

For further information, please contact:

Oliver Pokorny

Head of Corporate Communications

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www.andritz.com

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When the economy fell off the cliff in the autumn of 2008, both domestic and export recovered fiber markets quickly followed.  In fact, traded volumes and prices of all fiber grades fell so fast and far that processing plants hung placards on their doors telling all who approached: “No paper wanted.”
 
Before the 2008 collapse, general business in the industry was strong; the market was highly competitive, pushing prices steadily upward.  All the good done by an increasing fiber recovery rate in the US was quickly undone in the fall of 2008.  Tons were diverted to the landfill.  Companies that were being paid for fiber were forced to give it away. Some even had to pay to have recovered fiber hauled away. It was a scary time, made even more scary by the sheer magnitude of the decline and the absence of sufficient warning.
 
What if, through the summer of 2008, there had been a better market indicator available than a single published regional commodity price for each fiber grade?   Would prices have plummeted in the same dramatic way?  Could a better indicator have softened our industry’s landing?  To what degree did the widely used, subjective market price reports available to us at the time amplify the price decline? Did their tendency to reflect building negative sentiment and anxiety about the future market impact developing events? Would the market have played out differently—with less volatility and a softer landing—if we had known the actual current market price and had insight into more robust market trend information?
 
While we can’t know the answer to these questions for sure, we may have an opportunity to find out. Recovered fiber markets are once again softening, a result of lackluster overseas economic performance and a still recovering US economy.  We may need to brace ourselves, as survey-based price reporting mechanisms are likely to repeat their previous actions, magnifying anxiety, pushing prices lower than is rational and causing some in the industry to overreact in response.
 
Compare our last report (below) to what survey-based mechanisms reported for the same period, and you will see that this anxiety is already creeping in.
 
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Fortunately, there is an alternative this time, a transaction-based market snapshot that will allow informed businesses to review and analyze their buys and sells against an more accurate description of market performance. With better data and market trend information, an overreaction followed by an overcorrection might be avoided.  The fall of 2008 didn’t kill the recovered fiber market; this time, the availability of more accurate market information might even make it stronger.
 
source: forest2market
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Monday, 27 August 2012 10:30

Buckeye Announces New Board Member

Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BKI) has announced that Mr. Shannon A. Brown has been elected to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective August 24, 2012. Mr. Brown is elected to serve the unexpired term of former Board member Kristopher J. Matula, who resigned from the Board on August 7. The election of Mr. Brown increases the number of independent Directors from seven to eight.


Mr. Brown is Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. In that position - which he has held since 2008 - Mr. Brown is the Company’s senior human resources executive, with responsibility for providing strategic direction for all global human resources practices, policies and operations. Prior to his current role at FedEx Express, Mr. Brown served as senior vice president of human resources for FedEx Ground.

Mr. Brown earned his undergraduate degree from National Louis University in Evanston, Illinois and holds a Master of Science in Intermodal Transportation from the University of Denver. He is active in numerous national civic and professional organizations, having served on The University of Denver’s Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute; the Board of Trustees of National Louis University; and on the March of Dimes Board of Trustees. He was the 2010 General Campaign Chairman for United Way of the Mid-South and currently is the Chair Elect of the United Way of the MidSouth.

Buckeye Chairman John B. Crowe stated, “We are pleased that Mr. Brown has agreed to join the Buckeye Board of Directors. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, and we feel he will be a valuable contributor to our Company’s future success.”

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Saturday, 25 August 2012 01:18

Buckeye Announces a New Board Member

Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that Mr. Shannon A. Brown has been elected to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective August 24, 2012. Mr. Brown is elected to serve the unexpired term of former Board member Kristopher J. Matula, who resigned from the Board on August 7. The election of Mr. Brown increases the number of independent Directors from seven to eight.
 
Mr. Brown is Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. In that position - which he has held since 2008 - Mr. Brown is the Company’s senior human resources executive, with responsibility for providing strategic direction for all global human resources practices, policies and operations. Prior to his current role at FedEx Express, Mr. Brown served as senior vice president of human resources for FedEx Ground.
 
Mr. Brown earned his undergraduate degree from National Louis University in Evanston, Illinois and holds a Master of Science in Intermodal Transportation from the University of Denver. He is active in numerous national civic and professional organizations, having served on The University of Denver’s Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute; the Board of Trustees of National Louis University; and on the March of Dimes Board of Trustees. He was the 2010 General Campaign Chairman for United Way of the Mid-South and currently is the Chair Elect of the United Way of the MidSouth.
 
Buckeye Chairman John B. Crowe stated, “We are pleased that Mr. Brown has agreed to join the Buckeye Board of Directors. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, and we feel he will be a valuable contributor to our Company’s future success.”
 
Source: Buckeye Technologies Inc.
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The Indonesian subsidiary of Lenzing AG, PT. South Pacific Viscose (SPV) has started up first successful trials of its new fourth production line. Regular operation is expected to commence in the course of the second quarter. The new line will produce viscose fibers for textile applications and for the nonwovens industry. Production is intended for the domestic Indonesian market, as well as for export.

len logoA total investment of about USD 150 mill. makes the construction of the fourth SPV line the biggest individual investment project of the Lenzing Group in recent years. Up to now a total of more than USD 500 mill. have been invested into SPV. The project took 18 months to complete, with key components supplied by Lenzing's subsidiary Lenzing Technik.

The additional 60,000 tons of nominal annual capacity of this jumbo line boost total SPV capacity to 220,000 tons of viscose fibers per year, maintaining SPV's position as the leading Asian, and the world's second-biggest viscose fiber production site after Lenzing in Upper Austria with its annual capacity of about 255,000 tons. SPV's sales are going to exceed USD 400 mill. over the next years. The overall production capacity of the Lenzing Group with fiber productions sites in Austria, Indonesia, China, Great Britain and the United States will for the present be increased to about 670.000 tons of cellulose fibers.

Due to the strong demand for Lenzing fibers, a further debottlenecking program will be started along with the start-up of regular production. This will, still in 2010, increase SPV's total annual capacity by another 18,000 tons to 238,000 tons.

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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 14:51

Order for cleaning system at Rizhao, China

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Noss AB has received an order for a forward and reverse cleaning system to be installed in APRIL's existing fiber line in Rizhao, China. This is the seventh such system working at an extremely low feed consistency of only 0,4% to the primary forward cleaner stage that Noss will deliver to the APRIL group.

SUPER HIGH QUALITY SYSTEM
It will be the first ever super high quality system of this type to be delivered to China.The other six systems are successfully operating in Kerinci, Indonesia; the first two since 1994.

The new system in Rizhao is planned to be started in October 2010.

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