Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:30
Metso’s high speed all-in-one tissue sensor goes non-nuclear
After extensive field testing in tissue mills, Metso is now delivering a new all-in-one sensor which measures tissue fiber weight and moisture simultaneously in the PaperIQ Select quality control system. The new sensor, called IQFiber, measures fiber weight and moisture…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:30
50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released its 50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity, which reported that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 2.5 percent in 2009 to 93.9 million tons. The decline took place…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 13:30
SCA one of the world’s most ethical companies
For the third consecutive year, SCA has been named one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute. According to the Institute, the ranking list recognizes companies that go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and actually…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 09:30
Management Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG reappointed
In yesterday's meeting of the Supervisory Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG Mr. Franz Rappold, Mr. Andreas Blaschke, and Mr. Oliver Schumy have been unanimously reappointed members of the Management Board for a further period of five years. The new term…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 08:30
Safety Ventilation to Reduce Costs (White Paper)
Energy is a significant cost of production. As energy costs rise and fall, the increases are difficult to pass on to customers in the price of products and services. But regardless of current energy costs and current trends, a more…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 07:30
Ron Eklund joins Klass Associates Inc.
Ron Eklund has joined Klass Associates Inc. as a Senior Associate. Ron specializes in barrier coatings, papermaking process, wet end systems, metering size presses, pigmented coating, calendering, product development, printing, capital projects and paper machine start-ups. He has over four…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 15:30
New high-pressure tank cleaner hits the market
A new high-pressure tank cleaner designed for removing residues from large tanks and reactors is available.The new AA190-HP5 High Pressure Tank Cleaner from Spraying Systems Co. operates at pressures up to 5000 psi for high-impact cleaning of tanks up to…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:30
Heidelberg Introduces Technology for Double-Sided Coating in a Single Pass
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) offers a technology for the Speedmaster XL 75 and XL 105 that enables coating before and after sheet reversal in a single pass. About 150 participants followed Heidelberg's invitation to experience the hands-on demonstrations and to…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:30
Sonoco Receives Outstanding Merchandising Achievement Awards
Sonoco one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that its retail point-of-purchase (P-O-P) display and packaging services business won eight Outstanding Merchandising at Retail Achievement Awards (OMAs) at the 52nd Annual Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI)…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 10:30
MAYR-MELNHOF KARTON - Cancellation of treasury shares
The Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG will propose to the 16th Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, held on April 28, 2010, a simplified reduction of the Company’s share capital by EUR 8,000,000 to EUR 80,000,000 via cancellation…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 09:30
Rottneros' Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Rottneros AB will take place at 3pm on Thursday, 22 April 2010 at the World Trade Center, Klarabergsviadukten 70, Floor 4, Section D, World Trade Center conference, New York Room, Stockholm, Sweden. Registration for the…
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 15:00
Stora Enso named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies in 2010
Stora Enso has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. The Group is recognised for its commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. Out of a record number…
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:00
Decisions of UPM-kymmene corporation's annual general meeting 2010
At the Annual General Meeting of UPM-Kymmene Corporation, held on 22 March 2010, the accounts of the company for the year 2009 were approved and the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO were discharged from…
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 13:00
Hannapak launches manroland 700 with inline foiler
Hannapak showed its new manroland 700 with inline foiler at an industry event this week, which attracted both sheetfed and web offset commercial printers to the Richmond factory. The new press is the first of its kind in the country,…
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 12:00
Björn Wahlroos to continue as Chairman of UPM Board of Directors
At the organisation meeting of UPM-Kymmene Corporation's Board of Directors, Mr Björn Wahlroos was re-elected as Chairman, and Mr Berndt Brunow was re-elected as Deputy Chairman. In addition, the Board of Directors appointed from among its members an Audit Committee…
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