Friday, 04 January 2019 12:46
Shredding spotlight – XR waste shredder single-handedly tackles pulper ropes
The shredding of pulper ropes is a complex, heavy duty operation which has traditionally required the efforts of two machines. But when UNTHA shredding technology was approached by recycled paper manufacturing specialist VPK Packaging Group, the team soon proved that…
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Friday, 04 January 2019 12:33
Packaging material a key issue for the climate
Switching material from plastic to paperboard can reduce a packaging’s climate impact by 99 per cent. For people who influence the choice of packaging material, this single choice can make the biggest climate impact during a product manager or designer’s…
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Tuesday, 04 December 2018 10:06
Valmet signs on-line performance monitoring agreement with Mercer Group's Stendal pulp mill in Germany
Valmet and Mercer Group have signed an agreement for on-line performance monitoring for nine Valmet TwinRoll wash presses at the Mercer Stendal mill in Germany. The agreement is valid for one year, with the option of being extended. During this…
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Monday, 03 December 2018 21:13
Lenzing applies for 25 patents for LENZING™ Web Technology
Lenzing – The Lenzing Group filed a first wave of patent applications for its new LENZING™ Web Technology with the World Intellectual Property Organization. The 25 applications focus on product, process and application inventions and are part of Lenzing’s intellectual…
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Thursday, 29 November 2018 08:29
Lucart starts up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine at its Porcari mill.
Lucart fired up an AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine and a TT WIND-H slitter rewinder supplied by Toscotec at its Porcari mill, Lucca, Italy. The AHEAD-2.0S machine has a paper width of 2,850 mm, an operating speed of 2,000 m/min, with a…
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Monday, 26 November 2018 10:14
Expansion in Laakirchen: New production and office areas for Voith
Voith is expanding its facility in Laakirchen. For more efficient production, the company is currently extending its production areas by around 3,150 square meters. It is also adding new offices and a logistics hall with a new access road for…
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Thursday, 22 November 2018 10:32
JAMES CROPPER SIGNS WASTE TO WEALTH COMMITMENT AT SUMMIT ATTENDED BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES
Master papermaker, James Cropper, will sign the Waste to Wealth Commitment today at the Waste to Wealth Summit - an event convened by Business in the Community – The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. 200 leaders from business, government, academia and civil society will…
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Tuesday, 20 November 2018 10:58
Fifth Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT tissue line successfully started up at ICT's Iberica mill in Spain
Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200HS tissue production line including an extensive automation package was successfully started up at ICT Iberica's mill in Burgo, Spain, in September 2018. The new tissue line meets the company's intention to adopt state of the art…
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Friday, 09 November 2018 07:31
Largest coffee cup recycler and packaging manufacture
James Cropper CEO Phil Wild comments: “It’s encouraging to see the Government seek to work closely with industry to progress the development of a sustainable infrastructure around recycling. "Significant strides have been made in the supply chain already. This can…
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Monday, 05 November 2018 20:58
BMI Healthcare replaces plastic with future-friendly coffee cups
BMI Healthcare, the UK’s largest network of private hospitals, is ending the use of plastic and non-recyclable cups in each of its 58 hospitals and clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. Altogether, the hospital group uses around 4 million single-use…
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Thursday, 25 October 2018 07:57
A.Celli Rebuilding: Shaniv Paper Industries Tissue Machine TM1 launched
The important rebuilding operation was successfully completed by A.Celli Paper and ended with the start-up of the Israeli customer's machine In early October, the Customer Service team at A.Celli Paper launched the Tissue Machine TM1 of Shaniv Paper Industries Ltd,…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2018 08:40
Stora Enso’s Sustainability Report ranked among top ten globally
Stora Enso’s Sustainability Report 2017 has been included in the top ten sustainability reports globally according to the latest Reporting matters publication by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). In WBCSD’s Reporting matters publication, Stora Enso’s Sustainability Report…
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Friday, 19 October 2018 09:24
Mondi launches premium multifunctional paper “Color Copy Go Office”
Mondi, the global paper and packaging Group, is launching a new product for their flagship brand Color Copy. Targeted for the office paper segment, “Color Copy Go Office” is a newly developed, best-in-class multifunctional product for high contrast colours. Color…
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Friday, 19 October 2018 09:07
Lucart joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) network
The Italy-based company is one of three Italian organisations, along with Intesa Sanpaolo and Gruppo Hera, that are part of the network created by the Foundation Lucart is increasingly committed to the circular economy. The Italy-based Group, a leading manufacturer…
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Thursday, 18 October 2018 10:24
Paper & Beyond stages industry’s leadership on Europe’s circular bioeconomy
Paper & Beyond, the new event concept where circular bioeconomy leaders meet, took place just a week following the release of the EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy, which set out a clear path for better linking the bioeconomy and circularity. “The…
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