Revision and reconstruction work at the Ziegler Paper Mill has been successfully completed.

This year several revision and reconstruction projects took place at Ziegler Paper Mill using substantial investments and following a long-term investment strategy by the family-owned company in CH-Grellingen, near Basel. The work focused on the reconstruction of the roll cutting machine which was equipped with a new control system and a cutter. With the additional replacement of the drive, significant performance and usability improvements can be achieved. The first dry section of the paper machine (PM3) has been rebuilt in order to improve product quality. With these investments and actions, also work safety has increased and a further contribution to environmental protection has been achieved.

Coinciding with this year's revision, the complete shutdown of SAPPI Biberist was announced by SAPPI. Ziegler Paper Mill and the entire Swiss paper industry lose a collegial firm and a recognised paper producer. With that shut down, Ziegler Paper Mill remains the last Swiss producer of premium-quality fine papers for the graphic industry.

Ziegler Paper Mill is, after successful completion of the revision work, newly and freshly ready for delivery and pleased to be able to supply its customers in the usual manner - with high quality Swiss paper products.

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – aims to obtain full ownership of its subsidiary Alfa Laval India Ltd and seek delisting of the shares from the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.

The proposal comes on the back of regulatory changes in India which requires Alfa Laval India Ltd to have a minimum public float of 25 percent, or seek delisting. At present, Alfa Laval holds 88.8 percent of the share capital of Alfa Laval India, meaning the public float is 11.2 percent. The objective is to achieve full ownership of the subsidiary, which will provide Alfa Laval with increased operational flexibility to support the business and meet the customers’ needs.

Alfa Laval has requested that the Board of Directors of Alfa Laval India Ltd. take all actions required under the delisting regulations, including convening a meeting of the shareholders to consider the delisting proposal.

The delisting process is expected to take approximately three months.

Alfa Laval discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on September 19th at 08:30 a.m.

Ahlstrom Corporation, a global high performance materials company, announces that its Board of Directors has today decided to utilize the authorization given by the Annual General Meeting held on March 30, 2011 to repurchase Ahlstrom shares for the implementation of the company's share-based incentive plan.

The maximum number of shares to be acquired is 250,000 corresponding to about 0.54% of the total number of shares and votes. The repurchases will decrease the distributable capital and reserves. Ahlstrom currently holds a total of 19,005 own shares, corresponding to approximately 0.04% of the shares and votes.

The share repurchases will start on September 22, 2011 at the earliest, and end by the end of the next Annual General Meeting on April 3, 2012 at the latest.

The shares shall be acquired through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange at the market price prevailing at the time of repurchase. Evli Bank plc will act as stock broker in the repurchases.

Ahlstrom's Board of Directors has an authorization to acquire 4,000,000 of the company's own shares, which is valid until the end of the 2012 Annual General Meeting.

The International Paper Beaverton Bag Plant, which began production on Sept. 16, 1961, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of producing high-quality, environmentally friendly paper bags for its customers. "Our bags are a great environmental choice as they are recyclable, reusable and produced using renewable resources," said Ron Gale, plant general manager.

The Portland City Council has recognized the benefits of paper and recently passed legislation limiting the use of plastic bags within city limits. The move is designed to lessen the impact on the environment. "Paper recycling is an environmental success story not only in the state of Oregon, but throughout the country. Paper bags are recycled at a rate between 50 percent and 72 percent, compared to 10 percent to 14 percent for plastic bags," said Craig Williams, general manager of International Paper's Kraft Bag business. "This is an exciting time for the families and team members of the Beaverton Bag Plant to celebrate 50 years of service to the greater Oregon area, and to assist current and new customers with the transition from plastic," Gale said.

International Paper employs more than 800 workers in the state of Oregon. The Beaverton Plant will recognize 50 years of excellence with a celebration to congratulate the team members and families that have worked at and supported the facility and its customers.

Metso will supply a biomass boiler for the We Energies/Domtar Biomass Energy Project owned by We Energies. The biomass boiler is a key component of a major investment to build a new biomass-fueled cogeneration power plant which will be located at the Domtar Mill in Rothschild, Wisconsin, USA. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

The biomass boiler plant will utilize circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology and will use waste wood from logging and mill activity, tree trimming and sawdust as the main fuel. The plant will produce approximately 50 megawatts of renewable electric power and provide process steam to the mill.

"We chose Metso for our biomass project based on their proven biomass experience and robust boiler design features, coupled with their strong organizational commitment to sustainable technologies. "We fully expect to realize the project goals of cogenerating cost-effective renewable electric power and process steam , while reducing overall emissions at the Domtar Rothschild mill", says Al Mihm, project director at We Energies.

"Metso is proud to be chosen by We Energies for such an industry-leading collaboration. This order continues to reinforce Metso's commitment to be the pre-eminent supplier of bioenergy plants", says Robert Deneault, General Manager Capital Sales at Metso's Power business line in North America. "Once built, this boiler will join a fleet of 33 Metso CFB boilers already operating in the US, and this one will be the largest and most efficient biomass-fired boiler of them all", adds Dave King, President at Metso's Power business line in North America.

The commercial operation of the plant is scheduled for 2013. The value of the order is included in the Energy and Environmental Technology's second quarter 2011 orders received.

The We Energies/Domtar Biomass Energy Project is owned by We Energies, an investor-owned electric utility company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. We Energies serves more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than 1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. We Energies is the trade name of Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Gas LLC, the principal utility subsidiaries of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC). Visit the We Energies website at www.we-energies.com. Learn more about Wisconsin Energy Corporation by visiting www.wisconsinenergy.com.

Metso will supply advanced automation systems and solutions to two new bioenergy power plants currently under construction in Finland, while receiving another replacement order.

Porvoon Energia Oy has ordered a Metso DNA automation system including safety automation for its new biomass-fired power plant located in Tolkkinen, about 50 km northeast of Helsinki. Representing the latest know-how and technology, the plant has a capacity of 12 MW of electricity and 38 MW of thermal heat that will be used for district heating in the town of Porvoo. The boiler will be supplied by MW Power Oy, a company co-owned by Metso and Wärtsilä. The delivery also includes an electrostatic precipitator controlled with Metso DNA. The plant, which will be started up in early 2013, will be fueled by forest residues, bark and sawdust.

Another Metso DNA system including safety automation, field design as well as information and reporting applications will be delivered to a bioenergy plant built by Hämeenkyrön Voima Oy in Hämeenkyrö, located about 220 km northwest of Helsinki. The BFB boiler plant will run on forest residues and other wood-based fuels, with peat as auxiliary fuel. It will produce electricity and process heat for the nearby M-real Kyro paper and board mill, as well as electricity and district heat for Leppäkosken Sähkö Oy, a local electricity company. When started up in the fall of 2012, it will have an electricity capacity of 12 MW and thermal capacity of 55 MW.

Additionally, Metso has received an order from Helsinki Energy, one of the largest energy companies in Finland, for a Metso DNA system to replace an existing automation system in its 118 MW Kellosaari reserve power plant. With the modernized system, the plant ensures that electricity will be available for the Helsinki region in case of sudden nationwide disturbance situations. The delivery also includes safety interlockings, field design, field devices, an information management application and integrated vibration monitoring. The new system will be integrated with the Metso DNA system already used at the Salmisaari power plant, which runs the Kellosaari plant. The renewed automation will be started up in February 2012

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation announced that they have ranked 20th overall on Fortune's annual list of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies and were ranked the 2nd fastest in the Industrial category. The ranking, from the September 26, 2011 issue of Fortune, is based on revenue growth rate, EPS growth rate, and three-year annualized total return to investors.

Roger Stone, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "This is the second year we have placed in the top 20 of the 100 fastest growing companies as ranked by Fortune. We are diligently working to maintain our profitable growth rate."

About the Company

Headquartered in Northbrook, IL, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation is a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard. The Company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation which includes paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, NC, and North Charleston, SC, a lumber mill in Summerville, SC, and five chipping mills in South Carolina. The business employs approximately 1600 people.

SOURCE KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation

At the Capital Markets Day in Helsinki, Harri Kerminen, President and CEO gave a presentation about Kemira's strategy. Kemira improves its customers water related processes through chemistry applications, and has strong market positions in targeted customer industries.

Kemira's strategy is designed to leverage growing demand for water and continuous productivity improvement, reducing volatility of business performance over cycle. Kemira has improved its operative EBIT in January-June 2011 by 4% despite a 20% increase in its raw material costs.

"Regarding the JV Sachtleben TiO2 business, Kemira and its partner Rockwood have both stated that they do not consider TiO₂ to be a long-term core business.  Therefore, although we are currently happy with the performance of this business, we continue to consider and evaluate strategic options for this business for the long-term", Harri Kerminen said in his presentation.

Other Kemira speakers at the Capital Markets Day included Jyrki Mäki-Kala, CFO, Petri Helsky, president, Paper segment, Pekka Ojanpää, president, Municipal & Industrial segment, Randy Owens, president Oil & Mining segment, Heidi Fagerholm, Executive Vice President R&D and Technology.

Kemira kept its outlook for 2011 announced in the beginning of the year unchanged. Kemira expects the volume recovery that was seen in 2010 to continue in 2011 and Kemira's revenue is expected to be slightly higher than in 2010. Despite the rising raw material prices, Kemira expects the operative EBIT in 2011 to be higher than in 2010.

In 2011, Kemira expects the capital expenditure to be between EUR 100-110 million.

Kemira's financial targets remain as communicated in connection with the Capital Markets Day in September 2010. The company's medium term financial targets are:

- revenue growth in mature markets > 3% per year, and in emerging markets > 7% per year

- EBIT, % of revenue > 10%

- positive cash flow after investments and dividends

- gearing level < 60%.

Reliable, efficient automation and power solutions for JK Paper production expansion 

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth more than $15 million to supply integrated automation and power equipment and related engineering and commissioning services to JK Paper Ltd for its expansion project. The Company is a major player in the Indian Paper industry and is the largest producer of Branded Copier papers in India.

The order is for capacity enhancement for one of its units, JK Paper Mills. Located in Rayagada in the state of Orissa, southeast India, this mill annually produces 125,000 tons of branded printing, writing and copier paper. The mill expansion and modernization project will more than double its production capacity. It will add a new paper machine with a capacity of 165,000 tons per year, a pulp mill that will produce 215,000 tons of wood pulp per year, and a 55 MW power plant. This expansion project is one of the largest in the Indian Paper industry involving close to USD $400 million

ABB’s delivery for the mill will help to improve its overall production efficiency and capacity. While maximizing energy efficiency and ensuring a reliable source of power, it will provide further impetus to the Company’s resource conservation efforts in energy and water.

“Our ability to deliver a complete mill solution, with leading edge automation and power technology and industry standard equipment, and related pulp and paper industry expertise will help this project to be implemented and operated successfully from design to start-up," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division.

ABB will deliver energy efficient drive systems for the new paper machine, standalone drives and motors, and intelligent motor control centers (MCCs). The scope of supply also includes electrical infrastructure equipment such as transformers, transmission lines, other power equipment, and power management system for the pulp mill & paper machine. ABB’s flagship automation System 800xA will control the new pulp mill and provide a common control and visualization platform for all mill systems to optimize energy efficiency, the use of production resources and overall mill maintenance.

ABB will also provide design, engineering, commissioning and related on-site services. Project commissioning is scheduled for the early fourth quarter of 2012.

ABB’s Process Automation division delivers industry specific solutions and services for industrial automation and plant electrification. These solutions help customers meet their critical business needs in the areas of energy efficiency, operational profitability, capital productivity, risk management and global responsibility. Available industry specific solutions include process control, instrumentation, analytics, safety, plant optimization, telecommunications, energy management and power distribution.