Friday, 01 July 2016 08:40
Neil Lovell confirmed as The Printing Charity’s Chief Executive
The Printing Charity has confirmed Neil Lovell’s appointment as the charity’s permanent Chief Executive and Secretary. He was appointed to the role on an interim basis in February this year. During his time as interim Chief Executive, his focus has…
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Friday, 01 July 2016 08:24
Explore Silicone Emulsions for Food Release from Dow Corning
With their potential to reduce coat weights, improve release coatings and streamline your manufacturing process, our proven silicone emulsions can be surprisingly economical to use. Because they are water-based, you can apply them off-line or in-line as part of the…
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016 09:22
ABB expands its offering for pulp measurements with L&W Crill
Add-on to fiber analyzers provides a complete range of fiber measurements, both image-based and non-image based, from one laboratory pulp sample for a truly holistic view of pulp fiber properties. ABB has launched the first laboratory fiber analyzer that has…
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016 09:14
DS Smith announces sponsorship of FAB FEST
DS Smith is providing enough cardboard and plastic sheets to cover three Olympic pools as part of its sponsorship of a new international fabrication festival. A new international fabrication festival that celebrates design and making, launched by the Faculty of…
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Monday, 27 June 2016 12:16
Valmet selected to replace automation system at Papeterie du Bourray in France
Arjowiggins' Papeteries du Bourray graphic papers mill in France has ordered a Valmet DNA distributed control system (DCS) for PM1 to replace an earlier control system that is reaching end-of-life. The new Valmet DNA system will replace an old system…
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Thursday, 23 June 2016 10:12
SCA to close tissue production plant in Spain
SCA will close its tissue production plant in Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain. The decision is aligned with the company’s strategy to optimize its geographic production footprint in order to drive cost and capital efficiency and further increase value creation…
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Thursday, 23 June 2016 10:10
European paper industry announces new Director General, Sylvain Lhôte
CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) hereby announces the appointment of Sylvain Lhôte as its new Director General. As of 5 September 2016, Sylvain Lhôte will take over from the current Acting Director General, Jori Ringman. Mr Lhôte is currently…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:28
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper receives PEFC™ certification and renewed FSC® certification
As a responsible manufacturer of speciality papers, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper has now been certified with the PEFC™ Chain-of-Custody for the first time, whilst at the same time the existing FSC® Chain-of-Custody certification has been successfully renewed. The conscious use of…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:22
Smart Seal Wear Monitoring system from Voith reduces machine downtimes and improves efficiency
Voith has developed a ‘Seal Wear Monitoring’ system which will make sealing strip replacement easier to plan in future. Used for the first time at Swiss company Model, it helps minimize unscheduled downtimes due to roll failure or sealing strip…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:15
Valmet to supply a demonstration scale plant for next generation dissolving pulp cooking to Sappi in South Africa
Valmet will supply a dissolving pulp cooking demonstration plant to Sappi in South Africa to explore and optimize the extraction of biorenewable chemicals. The plant will be close to industrial size and is located at Sappi's Ngodwana mill. The demonstration…
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016 12:22
Watson-Marlow delivers vital dosing operations and maintenance savings to tissue manufacturer
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of toilet tissue and paper towels is now using an extensive range of peristaltic hose pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group in its production processes. The pumps, which include numerous APEX and Qdos models, are…
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016 11:14
Lucrative ‘power balancing’ schemes can help the pulp and paper industry generate £90,000 per Megawatt
Wriiten by Micheal Phelan, CEO at Endeco Technologies which is a national grid and eirgrid approved aggregator Many in the pulp and paper sector may not be aware that there is a significant new revenue stream available to progressive and…
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016 06:54
Voith rebuilds Hedemora disc filter at Sappi in Kirkniemi, Finland
At Sappi Finland Operations Oy in Kirkniemi, Finland, Voith has successfully converted the existing Hedemora disc filter in the stock preparation unit to the latest BaglessPlus filter technology. As the number of discs could be reduced, the disc filter will…
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Friday, 17 June 2016 07:39
It’s Tissue announces board and date for 2018
Lucca June 2016 In anticipation of another world-class event, Tissue Italy has announced the board of management for iT’s Tissue 2018, which has now been confirmed for June 25-29, 2018. Sergio Casella assumes the role of President, supported by four…
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Friday, 17 June 2016 07:24
Valmet to deliver Valmet IQ to new extrusion coating line at Metsä Board Husum
Metsä Board has ordered Valmet IQ quality control systems(QCS) for the new extrusion coating line to start in the first half of 2017 at its Husum mill. This order follows the recent startup of Valmet IQ QCS on Husum's new…
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