Valmet will supply an automation system for Kemira's new sodium chlorate production line under construction in Joutseno, Finland. The automation system will control the production process and ensure its reliable operation. The order was included in Valmet's third quarter 2016…
ABB’s HPINet WIS dirt count system provides full web width inspection, imaging and identification in real-time to improve pulp quality and production yield, as well as customer satisfaction. Accurate dirt detection, imaging and classification all play a crucial role in…
BillerudKorsnäs has awarded Voith with a fully equipped XcelLine board machine. The machine with a design speed of 1.200 m/min producing liquid packaging board, carton board, food service board and white kraft liner will be one of the largest board…
The Network Platform 800 (NP800) is a completely new scanner design which provides pulp and paper customers with a perpetual foundation on which to evolve their ABB quality control (QCS) systems NP800 is a high-performance scanner right-sized for today’s small-to-mid…
Effective January 1, 2017, Dr. Martin Schreer and Andreas Jastrzembowski will become the new Managing Directors of Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH. They succeed Gerhard Schoon, who is retiring at the end of 2016. After 38 years of working for…
When the water jet, coming from a rotary jet head cleaning device, hits the tank wall, it generates a force of impact (N). After impact, the jet spreads out and creates a cleaning footprint with high wall sheer stress force…
Thursday, 15 December 2016 09:10

The only thing that is constant is change

As you may have heard Powerflute has a new owner. The past 12 years have been extremely interesting; I have been able to follow very closely how our Chairman Dermot Smurfit first led the buy-out of the company and then,…
Valmet has received an order for a board machine capacity increase upgrade and a three year paper machine clothing agreement from Matías Gomá Tomás S.A.'s board mill in La Riba, Catalonia, Spain. The delivery of the capacity increase project is…
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 22:31

James Cropper gears up for Paperworld

British master papermaker James Cropper is making the final preparations for its appearance at Paperworld 2017, with plans to promote a number of its products and services. Some of the highlights showcased at the exhibition – which takes place from…
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:19

A Christmas card with 44,000 variations

Iggesund Paperboard’s tradition of producing sophisticated Christmas cards continues. One says every single snowflake is unique and so will the Christmas card 2016 also be. This year Iggesund has created a snowflake that can be folded in many thousands of…
The board of BillerudKorsnäs has today made the decision to carry out the largest investment in the history of the company and one of the largest in Sweden in recent years - the investment in a new board machine at…
Friday, 09 December 2016 07:58

Finnish government lifts biofuel targets

Finland's center-right government has said it planned to lift the share of biofuels blended in transport fuel to 30 percent by 2030 to help meet the country's emissions reduction targets. The biofuels will mostly fall into the EU's "double-counting" counting,…
L&W Freeness Online expands offering for pulp measurements to help improve quality and reduce costs for paper producers. ABB has launched L&W Freeness Online, a reliable, repeatable and cost-effective online system for measuring, monitoring and controlling key quality variables -…
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), introduces TransForm, a revolutionary new generation of forming fabrics designed specifically for paperboard and packaging machines that lowers energy consumption and extends fabric life, among other considerable benefits. “Utilizing new proprietary polymers and structural designs, our…
After promising initial tests, BillerudKorsnäs is now moving ahead with full scale trials adding microfibrillated cellulose, MFC, to its paperboard products. The initiative is made possible through a new cooperation with Norwegian biorefinery pioneer Borregaard. Recent development has allowed for…