Wednesday, 24 October 2012 10:04
Smart packaging – filled with baby food!
This was the winning entry in this year’s Billerud design competition SPICE: 12 at Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm. This is the third year in succession that Billerud, the design agency NINE and Berghs School of Communication have organised…
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 09:09
Ahlstrom revises its organization
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, announced that it will revise its organization to accelerate growth. The current operating model will remain unchanged. The new organization will become effective as of January 1, 2013. Ahlstrom currently has four business…
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:54
Stora Enso plans profitability improvement actions across all Business Areas
Stora Enso plans restructuring of its operations through the permanent shutdown of paper machine 1 at Hylte Mill in Sweden and the permanent closure of the corrugated packaging plant at Ruovesi in Finland. In addition, Stora Enso plans efficiency improvements…
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:36
Stora Enso to examine the possibility of selling Corbehem Mill in France
Stora Enso will examine the possibility of selling Corbehem Paper Mill in France. The annual capacity of the mill is 330 000 tonnes of light-weight coated magazine paper. Employee organisations and other stakeholders will be fully involved in any process in…
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Monday, 22 October 2012 21:12
High-tech Biopolymer Viscose Fibres from Kelheim Fibres
Man-made Fibres Congress, Dornbirn: new studies & our latest developments Every year, we present our latest research results and our new fibre developments at the Man-made Fibers Congress at Dornbirn. This year, Kelheim Fibres made four presentations - as you…
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Monday, 22 October 2012 12:05
Ralf Spettmann becomes head of the business unit for Pigments & Resins Europe
On October 1, 2012, Ralf Spettmann (47) was appointed Senior Vice President of the Pigments & Resins Europe business unit of BASF. Beforehand, he was Senior Vice President of the Fuel and Lubricant Solutions unit. In his new function, he…
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Monday, 22 October 2012 11:43
MP Hygiene started-up a new Toscotec tissue line at Papeterie d’Annonay in France
On October 12, 2012, MP Hygiene started up their new Toscotec supplied complete tissue production line at their facility in Annonay, Ardeche Department on Rhone-Alps Region, France. Due to the excellent cooperation between MP Hygiene and Toscotec the TM 1…
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 16:33
Pre-treatment of MFC controls properties and energy consumption
On 17 October, Mikael Ankerfors obtained his licentiate degree with his thesis “Microfibrillated cellulose: Energy-efficient preparation techniques and key properties”, which summarizes the effects of research within this field at Innventia. The forest industry is looking for new business opportunities…
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 16:22
Toscotec celebrates 100th Steel Yankee Dryer with factory expantion
More than 300 clients gather in Lucca from all over the world Italian paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec celebrated the sale of its 100th steel yankee dryer for tissue production with a ceremony held in its new factory unit at Marlia,…
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:14
CEO Ton Büchner expected to return to AkzoNobel around year-end
AkzoNobel’s Supervisory Board this week received an update on the progress of CEO Ton Büchner’s recovery. Following a Supervisory Board meeting today, the company reported that medical specialists expect the CEO to fully recover and that it is anticipated that…
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012 10:30
Univar strengthens EMEA presence with first Austrian office
Univar Inc., a leading global chemical distributor, has announced the opening of a new office in Vienna, Austria. Univar has been active in this market for 20 years, but this is the first time the company will have a local…
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:30
Official Start of Construction Work on New Voith Training Center
Heidenheim. With a symbolic first cut of the spade, Voith has marked the official start of the construction work of its new Training Center in Heidenheim. Together with the four best Voith apprentices who had also received awards from the…
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012 08:30
Brigl & Bergmeister Makes Major Investment
Brigl & Bergmeister is investing in a new Andritz film press for its site in Vevče, Slovenia. On 11 October 2012 Brigl & Bergmeister commissioned Austrian company Andritz to build a film press for the PM5 at Papirnica Vevče in…
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 21:57
Sappi even stronger on sustainability following Ecoprint 2012
“The industry is serious about sustainability in print.” This was Sappi Fine Paper Europe’s take-home message following its participation in EcoPrint 2012 (www.ecoprintshow.com), positioned as the world’s first exhibition and event 100% focused on sustainable print business. With approximately…
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 21:53
Decision taken to mothball paper machine (PM4) at Sappi Tugela Mill
Sappi Southern Africa today embarked on an official Section 189 engagement process with staff at its Tugela Mill in Mandeni on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast regarding its decision to mothball the PM4 paper machine from 01 January 2013. In total…
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