Tuesday, 14 June 2016 18:07
Voith to rebuild board machine at Klaipėdos in Lithuania
Grigeo Klaipėdos Kartonas AB, a company of the Grigeo Grigiškės group, has commissioned Voith to rebuild the board machine in Klaipeda, western Lithuania. The main goals of the modernization are to increase capacity by 30 % and to improve quality.…
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016 12:02
Amerplast to market a new innovative product in important tissue segment
Amerplast is to offer its customers a new innovative product, tissue bags, in the important hygiene tissue segment, following the May 2016 signing of a cooperation agreement with Gaviplas SL. The new product forms a fast response to market trends…
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Monday, 13 June 2016 10:15
The Switch direct-drive, high-speed turbo technology becomes industry standard
Finland-based Runtech Systems has placed its largest multi-million-euro order for high-speed turbo motors from The Switch for use in its turbo vacuum blower systems for paper machines. Using direct-drive technology developed jointly by both companies since the early 2000s, these…
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Monday, 13 June 2016 08:02
ABB's new test laboratory helps customers find their ideal combination of motor and drive
ABB has inaugurated a new customer drives test laboratory at its factory in Helsinki, Finland. The facility now enables customers to have their own motors tested with ABB’s variable speed drives (VSDs) to verify their impact on performance and energy…
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Friday, 10 June 2016 08:28
Xerium Introduces Impulse Shoe Press Belt Technology
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, recently launched the new Impulse family of shoe press belt technology. Impulse shoe press belts combine the latest in specially developed polyurethane materials, state-of-the-art manufacturing technology,…
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Friday, 10 June 2016 08:17
Sappi’s Magno Plus products certified for HP Indigo digital presses
Sappi’s Magno Plus Gloss and Plus Silk high bulk products deliver more value and outstanding print results. In addition to high performance offset printing they are now fully certified for use on HP Indigo digital presses. Flavio Froehli, Sales Director…
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Friday, 10 June 2016 08:14
BillerudKorsnäs invests for growth and efficiency in packaging paper
The BillerudKorsnäs board has just approved a SEK 1 280 million investment program to strengthen the leading position of the company in kraft papers for packaging applications. The investment will enable further growth in attractive market segments and at the…
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Thursday, 09 June 2016 11:08
Valmet to supply two spray moisturizer systems to SAICA's corrugated board converting plants in Spain and France
Valmet will supply two Valmet IQ Moisturizer systems to SAICA's corrugated board converting plants in El Prat, Spain, and Beaulac, France. By installing Valmet's advanced moisturizing technology in their corrugators, SAICA's plants will be able to reduce corrugated board warping…
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Thursday, 09 June 2016 08:06
Stora Enso increases its fluff pulp capacity at Skutskär Mill in Sweden
Stora Enso will invest EUR 26.5 million in Skutskär pulp mill to increase its fluff capacity to meet the growing demand in the hygiene market. The investment will enhance Skutskär Mill’s profitability and long-term competitiveness by increasing fluff production by…
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Tuesday, 07 June 2016 10:40
Valmet invests in press felt production
Valmet develops its paper machine clothing production plant in Tampere, Finland by investing in press felt production. The investment is done in order to improve the product technology and production capacity of seamed press felts for the paper, board, tissue…
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Tuesday, 07 June 2016 08:58
WEPA Lille S.A.S. (France) has signed a contract with PMPower for TM#11 recovery boiler steam system delivery
In February 2016, WEPA signed a contract with PMPower for a recovery boiler system delivery of TM#11 in its Mill in Lille (France). PMPower is one of PMP’s (Paper Machinery Producer) divisions, responsible for energy solutions for both tissue and…
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Tuesday, 07 June 2016 07:11
Neenah Announces European Distribution Center in the Netherlands
New facility will serve as distribution hub for best-selling printing and packaging papers As part of an overall expansion initiative to provide worldwide distribution as well as meet specific needs of large, global accounts, Neenah Paper have just announced the…
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Monday, 06 June 2016 10:14
Valmet renews its services approach
Valmet has renewed its services offering and unified its way to serve to enable better customer experience and growth in the services business. "Our vision is to become the global champion in serving our customers. We constantly challenge ourselves to…
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Friday, 03 June 2016 12:24
Fatal accident at Valmet's project site in Sweden
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 a serious workplace accident occurred in Valmet's installation activities in the pulp mill expansion project at Södra Cell's Värö mill in Sweden. An employee of Valmet's subcontractor was seriously injured in a lifting operation and…
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Friday, 03 June 2016 08:49
500,000 tonnes of dissolving pulp produced
As of mid-May, Södra has produced 500,000 tonnes of dissolving pulp at its pulp mill in Mörrum. Production started in December 2011 and has increased steadily since then. “Demand for dissolving pulp for textile purposes is increasing globally,” said Magnus…
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