Monday, 27 July 2015 20:13
Stora Enso to divest its Barcelona mill in Spain
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Barcelona mill, which produces recycled-fibre based consumer board, to the private equity fund Quantum. The transaction is in line with Stora Enso’s strategy to focus its consumer board offering on high…
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Monday, 27 July 2015 09:08
UPM receives top scores in WWF UK Timber Scorecard
UPM receives a top score in the recently released WWF UK Timber Scorecard. The scorecard assesses more than 100 retailers, manufacturers and traders in the UK for their commitment and performance in responsible forest trade during the years 2013 –…
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Monday, 27 July 2015 08:44
Arjowiggins graphic launches teknocard
- LARGEST RANGE OF A PREMIUM BOARD AND PACKAGING AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET - Arjowiggins Graphic today announces the launch of a brand new premium board and packaging range called Teknocard. The new range is the widest available in the…
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Monday, 27 July 2015 08:31
Top Tips for Making the Workplace Safe and Secure
As an employer, you have a duty of care to ensure your employees stay safe and secure in their place of work. Most people think bad things won’t happen to them at work, but the truth is sometimes bad things…
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Thursday, 23 July 2015 11:23
Changes to Metso's executive team
Two new appointments have been made to Metso's Executive Team. Perttu Louhiluoto has been appointed President, Services, and John Quinlivan has been appointed President, Flow Control. Both appointments will take effect immediately. Perttu Louhiluoto (b. 1964) has been President of…
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Thursday, 23 July 2015 09:52
BASF to set up new global business unit combining all pigments activities
BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016. In the second half of 2016, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities. With sales of about…
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Thursday, 23 July 2015 09:45
Safety in Numbers: James Cropper staff secures RoSPA Health and Safety Accolade
Productivity and innovation cannot come at any price and James Cropper Paper’s efforts to ensure the health and safety of staff and visitors has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) at their annual awards…
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015 11:43
Voith: MultiForm IR and MultiForm IC forming fabrics launched worldwide
Voith has launched two new forming fabrics, designed for manufacturing demanding board and packaging papers and also graphic grades. As the names of the MultiForm IR and MultiForm IC suggest, these forming fabrics are part of Voith’s I-Series. All products…
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015 08:24
Sappi sells Cape Kraft recycled packaging mill to Golden Era Group
Following on Sappi’s recent announcement of the sale of its Enstra Mill and recycled packaging business, Sappi wishes to announce the sale of its Cape Kraft recycled packaging paper Mill to the Golden Era Group. In March 2015 Sappi initiated…
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Monday, 20 July 2015 15:50
Voith filed a patent infringement suit in Italy
Voith filed a patent infringement suit in Italy before the First Instance Court in Rome against Toscotec S.p.A. In its complaint, Voith alleges that a Tissue Machine with shoe press technology type Ahead 2.0S. version Shoepress produced by Toscotec S.p.A.…
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Friday, 17 July 2015 01:09
Xerium Commissions New Business Start-Up in Turkey
Appoints Ahmet Gureli as General Manager for Region Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, has commissioned its new business in Turkey. This new regional hub will serve customers in Turkey, Southeast Europe,…
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 10:05
Pay Attention to Recycling: Low-energy UV Printing is not necessarily environmentally friendly
Cross-linked inks are difficult to remove in the deinking process — coloured dots within the paper fibres Coloured specks on the recycled paper: Just because the curing radiation can now be generated by energy-saving LEDs, instead of high-power mercury bulbs,…
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 09:56
It’s Tissue scores another great success
Tissue Italy network confirms the next edition for 2018 The second edition of It’s Tissue has proved inspirational for the sector with more than 1,000 visitors from around the world visiting Lucca between June 21 and 28. This is an…
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 09:52
Voith: Rebuild of Gruvön PM 6 successfully completed
Voith has successfully completed the modernization of the paper machine PM 6 at BillerudKorsnäs AB in Gruvön, Sweden. As part of the rebuild project, the press section and parts of the dryer section have been modernized. BillerudKorsnäs manufactures on the…
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 09:45
European paper and beverage carton industries welcome European Parliament’s views on renewable and recyclable materials
On Thursday 9 July, the European Parliament gave a clear message to the European Commission to address crucial issues in an ambitious circular economy package. These include ending the landfill and incineration of recyclable waste, applying mandatory separate collection schemes…
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