Tuesday, 05 September 2017 11:12
Södra commences biofuel production
Södra will invest more than SEK 100 million in the production of biomethanol, a sustainable fuel from forest raw material. The project will commence in autumn 2017 and is scheduled to be ready for operation by spring 2019. The aim…
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Tuesday, 05 September 2017 11:01
Valmet reshapes its internal IT services and signs a business transfer agreement with CGI
Valmet will start a reshaping of its internal Information Technology (IT) services to improve the operations' efficiency and business focus. The set of actions to be taken include a business transfer agreement signed with CGI. Under the agreement Valmet's internal…
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Tuesday, 05 September 2017 10:46
Mitsubishi inkjet papers certified for HP PageWide web press systems
HP PageWide roll-to-roll presses are available for high-quality inkjet printing with offset quality. Mitsubishi HiTec Paper’s excellent printing results have again been confirmed: the HP test centre in Oregon has certified Mitsubishi's inkjet papers from the JETSCRIPT DL 84 series…
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Monday, 04 September 2017 08:03
James Cropper in bloom at Turkish tulips exhibition
British master papermaker James Cropper has supplied paper for the Turkish Tulips exhibition at The Bowes museum, County Durham. The exhibition, which opened on the 29 July and will run until the 5 November, is showcasing a colourful origami tulip…
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Monday, 04 September 2017 07:47
ENERGY SAVINGS and MACHINE SPEED INCREASE in CARTIERA DI MOMO (Italy): goals achieved with UniDryer® V3 and Air Bars Systems after coating stations
Cartiera di Momo produces recycled coated paperboard. Market demand for increased quantity and higher quality drove Cartiera di Momo to decide in late 2015 to replace the existing 30 years old Bekaert Solaronics infrared systems with the goals of increasing…
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Monday, 04 September 2017 07:41
ANDRITZ with the world’s most modern research and development center for tissue
International technology Group ANDRITZ will officially open the world’s most modern research and development center for tissue, the PrimeLineTIAC Tissue Innovation and Application Center, at its Graz location in March 2018. Final test runs are currently in progress. The research…
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Monday, 04 September 2017 07:20
VForm: Maximum flexibility for Fourdrinier paper machines and hybrid formers
By individually setting the height and angle, VForm makes it possible to precisely adjust the activity of the pulp suspension. This increases the dewatering capacity and improves e.g. the strength of the paper. The optional integration in ComCore makes VForm…
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Wednesday, 30 August 2017 08:53
Mitsubishi presents HiTec Label Papers at Labelexpo Europe 2017
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, the German manufacturer, is exhibiting its wide range of coated HiTec papers for the label industry at Labelexpo Europe 2017. The company is taking part in the Labelexpo Linerless Trail for the first time. As part of…
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Wednesday, 30 August 2017 08:28
Valmet's technology in a key role at Metsä Group's newly started Äänekoski bioproduct mill
Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski was started up on August 15, 2017. Valmet's delivery to the mill included a recovery boiler, pulp drying line, gasification plant, lime kiln, sulfuric acid plant, and mill-wide Valmet DNA automation system. All the…
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Monday, 28 August 2017 07:50
Yokogawa releases FieldMate® R3.03 Versatile Device Management Wizard
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of FieldMate® R3.03, a significantly enhanced version of the FieldMate device management software tool. FieldMate software has the versatile ability to configure, adjust, and manage a wide variety of field devices used in factories…
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Friday, 25 August 2017 07:16
“DualXcluder® Protection Screen solved our major problem”
“We quickly discovered that we could run our stock preparation equipment trouble-free much longer after we got rid of the baling wire with the DualXcluder® protection screen delivered by GL&V. This stage, stock preparation for the paper machine, is essential…
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Tuesday, 22 August 2017 00:13
Three Dow Innovations Named Finalists for 2017 ICIS Innovation Awards; Dr. Mei Li Finalist for Alpha Innovator of the Year
Three innovative technologies from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) are finalists for the 2017 ICIS Innovation Awards. In addition, Mei Li, a formulation scientist at Dow AgroSciences, is a finalist for the Alpha Innovator of the Year award in…
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Friday, 18 August 2017 09:30
DS Smith supports classroom design programme to help children with asthma
DS Smith develops prototypes for students as part of “Designing Our Tomorrow” classroom initiative. In partnership with the University of Cambridge, DS Smith has developed a number of prototypes from designs by secondary school students. The goal was to design…
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Thursday, 17 August 2017 09:43
ANDRITZ successfully starts up key production technologies for Metsä Group’s new bioproduct pulp mill in Finland
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully completed start-up of the key production technologies for Metsä Group’s new bioproduct pulp mill with an annual capacity of 1.3°million tons of pulp in Äänekoski, Finland. All ANDRITZ processes were started up successfully according…
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Monday, 14 August 2017 11:52
Scotland's PG Paper Company Ltd to target south america exports following £10m in funding from Santander
Greenock-based PG Paper Company Ltd, an international paper merchant and one of Scotland’s biggest exporters, is to target growth in South America following a £10 million funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial. Established in 2003, PG Paper is an…
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