Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:44
Magnus Hall New Chairman of the Board
Magnus Hall, President and CEO of Holmen, has been elected as successor to Mats Norlander, Stora Enso, in the position of Chairman of the Innventia Board of Directors. At the General Meeting of Shareholders, Mikael Hannus, Stora Enso, was also…
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:41
Birch provides renewable plastic raw material
Green modification of the natural polymer xylan improves a number of material properties according to new licentiate thesis by Johanna Persson. One of the biggest driving forces behind biorefining is replacing today’s fossil-based products with alternatives made from renewable resources.…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 12:00
Pöyry awarded mill site engineering contract by UPM
Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an engineering contract by UPM for the Schongau mill site in Germany. The order has been booked in the first quarter order book and the parties have agreed not to disclose the…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 11:00
EU approves SCA's disposal of its packaging operations to DS Smith
The European Commission has on the, 25 May 2012, approved DS Smith’s acquisition of SCA's packaging operations, excluding the two kraftliner mills in Sweden. The purchase price amounts to EUR 1.7bn on a debt free basis. The operations have approximately…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 10:00
UPM sells closed Albbruck paper mill to Karl Unternehmensgruppe, Germany
UPM and Karl Unternehmensgruppe, Innernzell, Germany have reached an agreement on the sale of the Papierfabrik Albbruck GmbH. The closing of the deal is planned to be effective by the beginning of August 2012. The contract parties have agreed not…
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Friday, 25 May 2012 09:30
Ahlstrom extends innovative Acti-V(TM) technology to its entire supercalendered release papers range
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, will extend the application of its recently launched Ahlstrom Acti-V(TM) technology to all supercalendered release papers manufactured at its La Gère plant in France. The products are used for Pressure Sensitive Adhesive…
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Friday, 25 May 2012 08:22
Rottneros disposes of Rockhammars Bruk AB
Rottneros has sold Rockhammars Bruk AB, which owns the property where sawmill operations were previously conducted. The purchaser is NA Sverige AB, which intends to run a recycling operation at the site. The book value has been zero since the…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:00
Endress+Hauser exceeds expectations in 2011
Endress+Hauser has ended the year 2011 with figures far exceeding expectations. Surprisingly powerful business developments made for new records in sales, headcount and profit. For the current year, the global measurement engineering group, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, expects solid growth.…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:00
Acquisition of UPM's packaging paper operations approved by the requisite regulatory authorities
The requisite regulatory authorities have approved Billerud Finland Oy's acquisition of UPM's packaging paper operations at Pietarsaari and Tervasaari. Billerud Finland Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Billerud AB. The purchase price is around EUR 130 million. “The acquisition…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:10
Rottneros: Focus on CTMP production at Rottneros Mill
The Board of Rottneros has decided to immediately commence negotiations regarding the termination of continuous groundwood pulp production at Rottneros Mill. This is due to the rapidly declining consumption of printing paper in Europe, which has led to a dramatic…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:00
Changes in Pöyry PLC's Group Executive Committee
Pasi Tolppanen (Ph.D., Technology), 44, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Operations and Member of Pöyry's Group Executive Committee effective June 1, 2012. Tolppanen is currently in charge of Pöyry's Urban business in Finland. In his new role he will…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 06:46
Aki Saarinen appointed Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, at Ahlstrom
Aki Saarinen (born 1967), M.Sc. (paper technology), MBA, is appointed Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, and member of the Executive Management Team as of June 11, 2012, at Ahlstrom Corporation. Saarinen will report to Jan Lång, President and CEO,…
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Monday, 21 May 2012 09:30
Líderpack awards to Leca Graphics for packs based on Billerud FibreForm®
At Hispack, the largest packaging exhibition in Spain, two FibreForm based products won distinguished awards within the food and beverage categories. One was a three-dimensional pack for candy and the other a creative box for sparkling wine. The packaging producer…
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:00
UK tissue sector supplier Northwood Paper Sales acquires Peter Grant Papers
Northwood Paper Sales has boosted its presence in the UK Away from Home (AfH) tissue market after it acquired the shares of Peter Grant Papers. The company will continue to operate as Peter Grant Papers and be led by the…
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:36
UPM's position as frontrunner in ecolabelled products is further strengthened
After several years of consultation, EU Member States have now adopted criteria for an EU Ecolabel on newsprint paper. UPM has been a key player in negotiations to ensure that the EU Ecolabel could be made available also to its…
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