Monday, 18 September 2017 14:20
Succession at the top of Voith Group decided
The Shareholders' Committee of Voith Management GmbH has decided about the succession of Dr. Hubert Lienhard, long-standing President and CEO of the Management Board. Stephan Schaller, currently member of Voith Shareholders’ Committee and head of the global motor-cycle division of…
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Monday, 18 September 2017 13:35
BillerudKorsnäs unit in Karlsborg now back to full production
During the night between September 5th and 6th, there was a fire in one of the buildings at BillerudKorsnäs’ production unit in Karlsborg. The production was stopped as a consequence of the fire but is now back to full speed…
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Friday, 15 September 2017 09:26
Seeq Partners with Tableau for Faster Visualization of Time Series Data in Process Manufacturing Organizations
Tableau customers can now easily leverage Seeq for connectivity to data historians, cleansing, contextualization, and modeling to enable insights on process data. Seeq Corporation (www.seeq.com), a software application for process manufacturing organizations to rapidly wrangle, investigate, and share insights on…
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Friday, 15 September 2017 08:59
Continuing upward trend in EU beverage carton recycling rate
The beverage carton industry has welcomed the latest figures on beverage carton recycling in the EU, showing that 47% of cartons were recycled in 2016, continuing the unbroken, upward trend since 2005. The figure is equivalent to approximately 430,000 tonnes,…
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:36
First demonstration of perovskite solar cell technology on paper substrate
Key developments have been a top MoOx/Au/MoOx transparent electrode, a bottom Au/Sno2 electrode, and a low temperature UV-irradiated mesoporous TiO2 scaffold Researchers at the Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), Department of Electronic Engineering University of Rome has…
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:27
James Cropper launches cupcycling™ technology
Selfridges Go Full Circle in World First for Recycling James Cropper is to reprocess disposable coffee cups collected by environmental solutions provider Veolia from Selfridges’ Oxford Street headquarters and stores, with the resulting paper being used to create the retailer’s…
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:22
BASF expands paper coating portfolio for the Nordic market at its site in Hamina, Finland
Low odor binder for the board and packaging market in Northern Europe BASF’s new low odor binder for paper coatings, which is based on styrene butadiene, is specially designed for odor sensitive applications in the board and packaging market in…
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:17
Negotiations at Stora Enso’s Kvarnsveden paper mill concluded
Stora Enso announced in February plans to permanently close down one paper machine 8 (PM8) and related reorganisation at the Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden that could affect a maximum of 140 people at the mill. PM8 was permanently shut down…
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017 08:38
BillerudKorsnäs production unit in Karlsborg expected to be back to full production during next week
During the night between September 5th and 6th, there was a fire in one of the buildings at BillerudKorsnäs’ production unit in Karlsborg and the production has been stopped since then. After analysing the impact of the fire, BillerudKorsnäs now…
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017 08:23
BillerudKorsnäs among the most sustainable companies in the world
As the only European company, BillerudKorsnäs last year was named sustainability leader in the category Containers & Packaging, and included in the globally recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In this year’s assessment, BillerudKorsnäs advances from belonging to the top 20…
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017 08:14
Valmet included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fourth consecutive year
Valmet has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fourth consecutive year and thus maintains its position among the world's sustainability leaders. Valmet was listed both in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and Europe indices. The…
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Friday, 08 September 2017 08:58
Valmet delivers new chipper to Sappi's Ngodwana pulp mill in South Africa
Valmet will deliver a new gravity feed chipper to Sappi Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd Ngodwana. The upgrade targets are to increase the chipping capacity, to maintain or improve chip quality and minimize wood losses. The chipper will be delivered and…
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Friday, 08 September 2017 07:25
Fire in BillerudKorsnäs production unit in Karlsborg extinguished
production shutdown while property damage is being investigated As reported in the media, during the night between September 5 and 6th, there was a fire in one of the buildings at BillerudKorsnäs’ production unit in Karlsborg. The fire started late…
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Thursday, 07 September 2017 09:07
Highest accolade in vibration analysis leads to best in class offering to customers
AVT Reliability continues to invest in developing the skills of their team of condition monitoring experts in Europe. This drives a world-class service, ensuring clients have confidence that they are safe in their hands. Andy Fyfe, who has worked at…
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Tuesday, 05 September 2017 13:01
Pöyry manages investor partnership process that results in Spinnova and Fibria joining forces
Innovative start-up company and leading eucalyptus pulp producer connected for new high-value bio-based products Fibria, the leading producer of eucalyptus pulp, and Spinnova, a Finnish start-up developing wood to fabrics technology, recently announced that Fibria is to acquire 18% of…
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