Wednesday, 03 March 2010 14:53

Robust HiPaceTM 60 turbopump

Pfeiffer Vacuum has brought to market a new, robust turbopump that is named HiPace 60. This pump is characterized by a high level of cost-effectiveness and flexibility in all mounting orientations. Thanks to its improved rotor design, the HiPace 60…
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:38

M-clean now has 300 installations worldwide

m-clean papertech AB reached a milestone with 300 installations of MultiJet and MultiJet&Brush cleaning units worldwide. The success is a result of m-clean papertech AB's utmost commitment to customer care, our in-depth knowledge of the trade and our streamlined organization…
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:30

Manroland interested in acquiring WIFAG

The Swiss corporation WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG in Bern is negotiating a possible sale with the German company MANROLAND. Bern is to remain the company base. WIFAG announced redundancies in October and, since November last year, has been seeking a suitable…
With the delivery of two fuel-cell trucks to the Linde Gases Division, part of technology company The Linde Group, Linde Material Handling has taken another important step on the road to more intensive use of innovative drive technology. As the…
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 09:20

Union strike will close mills

(UPM, Helsinki, 3 March 2010 at 09:30 EET) – The Finnish Transport Workers' Union strike which started on Tuesday, 2 March 2010, will stop transportation of raw materials to UPM's Finnish mills and seriously impede the transportation of products from…
Award-winning ABB technology has improved productivity by 9 percent at a complex and energy-intensive industrial facility in Europe. The improvements were made at Nordkalk's Lohja limestone processing plant in Finland and are indicative of the huge gains in productivity that…
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 13:15

CEPI offers new statistics packages

CEPI – the Confederation of European Paper industries - has expanded its offer on statistics packages. Next to a full set of 'Annual Statistics' from the European pulp and paper industry, which includes country data as well as production figures,…
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 08:18

ANDRITZ acquires KMPT AG, Germany

International technology Group ANDRITZ has signed a contract to acquire KMPT AG, headquartered in Vierkirchen, Germany, including its affiliates in England, France, Italy, China, and the United States. The ANDRITZ ENVIRONMENT & PROCESS business area is thus strengthening its product…
Monday, 01 March 2010 19:49

Record Month for sales of Enessco

Feb. 2010 was a record month for Enessco Sales. More then ever before Enessco is being used not only in Tissue and Brown mills but in deinking plants for Newsprint...... For more info....>
The Alliance for a Competitive European Industry (ACEI) has called for a new industrial partnership between the EU and its major industries. In its Manifesto, entitled "Shifting Gears for a New Industrial Policy", the ACEI stresses what needs to be…
Friday, 26 February 2010 13:00

Rottneros: Karl Ove Grönqvist leaves

Karl Ove Grönqvist, Rottneros Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Group to take up a post as CFO of EuroMaint AB. "Karl Ove Grönqvist has worked as the Group CFO for four years. We thank him warmly, especially…
The Portucel Soporcel Group has just launched the new Inacopia Office 75 g/m2, a product which seeks to respond to the needs of a segment of consumers with a high level of environmental awareness, adopting a stance focussed on the…
NewPage Corporation announced today a significant upgrade in the appearance of its No. 4 coated groundwood paper brands, Escanaba ® and Dependoweb ® , effective immediately. In addition, NewPage is reintroducing its Capri ® line of No. 4.5 coated groundwood…
Thursday, 25 February 2010 10:33

Obama Joins in on the Black Liquor Two-Step

The Obama Administration announced today that it wants to close the non-existent "Son of Black Liquor" loophole to help "pay" for new healthcare legislation. A few hours later, Senate Democrats won a key vote on jobs legislation that, in some…
ÅF has been awarded with a paper machine speed increase study for a classified client. The customer requested a substantial increase of the production speed of more than 20%. ÅF Materials Technology put together a tailor made team for these…