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International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the PrimeDry Steel Yankee (diameter: 3.7 m; shell length: 4.3 m) supplied to Doh-Ei Paper, Japan. At its Hokkaido mill, Doh-Ei produces 4,500 t/a of facial tissue and 14,500 t/a of toilet tissue from 100% recycled…
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine delivered to Saigon Paper Corporation, one of the leading Vietnamese producers of tissue and board. With a speed of 1,650 m/min, the 2,850 mm wide machine has an…
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a Steel Yankee cylinder and headbox supplied to a customer in Indonesia for a new MG paper machine. With a shell length of 7.4 m, this Steel Yankee is the longest of…
China log and lumber imports down in 1Q/12, with Russia and New Zealand suppliers hit the hardest, while North America gained market share, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly China’s demand for logs and lumber fell in late 2011 and early…
The Italian company Toscotec has been awarded an order to supply eight new tissue machines to Vinda, a branded seller and leading manufacturer of tissue paper products in China and Hong Kong. The Toscotec's scope for each of the new…
With mill closures threatened throughout China to reduce pollution, how is China's tissue industry placed to meet growing demand? There are two faces to the Chinese paper industry. It will come as no great surprise that around half of the…
Metso opens a new valve supply and service center in Vadodara, India. The new supply center supports company's strategy to grow valve business globally and strengthens Metso's service capabilities in India for major petrochemical, energy, and oil and gas companies…
BASF India Limited will invest €150 million to set up a new chemical production site at the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR), located on the west coast of India in Gujarat. The new site will be an…
According to the 2012 Global forest, paper, and packaging sector outlook from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Global Manufacturing Industry group, the forecast for this sector is closely tied to economic and operational dynamics at the regional level, and how…
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 09:00

SCA increases its ownership in Vinda

SCA has decided to acquire an additional 5 percent of the shares in the leading Chinese tissue company Vinda. The purchase price is around 600 MSEK. The seller in the transaction is Fu An, a company majority owned by Mr…
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 08:00

M-real reduces its pulp surplus

M-real Corporation, a part of Metsä Group, has agreed to divest 7.3 percentage points of its shareholding in Metsä Fibre Oy to the Japan-based Itochu Corporation for EUR 138 million and approximately 0.5 percentage points of its holding in Pohjolan…
International technology Group ANDRITZ received an order from Jeonju Paper Corporation to supply a FibreFlow drum pulper for its Cheongwon mill, South Korea. By installing the new system, the quality of the newsprint pulp produced will be improved, fiber losses…
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from EcoPaper JP to supply a flotation system for its Nagoya mill, Japan. By installing the new system, the power consumption will be significantly reduced, the quality of the pulp produced will…
Offering customized fully integrated automation systems for China’s papermaking machines, narrowing the gap between China’s papermaking machines and internationally advanced machines, and helping to achieve efficient and high quality production   ABB, a Fortune 500 company, signed a contract with…
The acceptance of SCA´s binding offer follows the privatization of Everbeauty under Taiwanese law. As a result, a sale and purchase agreement has been signed by SCA and the sellers. On February 25th2012 it was announced that SCA had delivered…