Friday, 09 October 2020 07:58
Renewcell establishes textile recycling at SCA’s industrial site Ortviken
SCA and the textile recycling company Renewcell have signed an agreement for Renewcell to establish textile recycling at SCA’s industrial site Ortviken in Sundsvall. The operation is expected to create one hundred new jobs. “We are glad that Renewcell chooses…
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Friday, 09 October 2020 07:54
Metsä Board’s paperboards successful in European Carton Excellence Awards 2020
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is delighted to announce that five cartons produced using its quality paperboards were selected as winners at the 2020 European Carton Excellence Awards at…
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Thursday, 08 October 2020 11:12
CurvedBar: Voith presents new screen plate with significantly extended service life for recovered paper pulping
Voith introduces a new screen plate design for pulpers used in recovered paper pulping. The CurvedBar screen plate extends service life in Voith's IntensaPulper IP-R by more than 50 percent and improves the quality of fiber suspension. The results are…
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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 21:41
Södra Cell chooses ABB to supply new Quality Control System for eco-friendly, specialty pulp mill in Sweden
Fully integrated solution will enhance product quality through improved control of production changes Leading Swedish pulp manufacturer Södra Cell has appointed ABB to supply and install a new, state-of-the-art Quality Control System (QCS) at its specialty mill in Mörrum, southern…
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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 21:12
AFRY to design a chlorine dioxide plant for Metsä Fibre's bioproduct mill
Metsä Fibre Oy, part of the Metsä Group, and AFRY have entered into a preliminary agreement for the engineering, project management and site services of the chlorine dioxide plant at the Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland. The project is a…
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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 16:24
Inauguration of the world’s first fossil-free biomethanol plant
On Wednesday, 7 October, Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise Ibrahim Baylan inaugurated Södra’s plant for commercial biomethanol at the pulp mill in Mönsterås. Members of the European Parliament Fredrik Federley, Jytte Guteland and Jessica Polfjärd were present at the inauguration as…
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Tuesday, 06 October 2020 21:36
NOK 15.9 million to Borregaard
Borregaard has received a commitment of NOK 15.9 million in funding from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) for an innovation project that will maximise the value of raw materials and reduce waste streams in industrial processes. In Project XyloBond,…
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Tuesday, 06 October 2020 20:28
Metsä Board’s professional magazine wins an Ozzie in Folio Awards
Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has recently won a prestigious Ozzie Award for its stakeholder communications magazine spring 2020 issue. The award was given for design excellence in the…
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Tuesday, 06 October 2020 20:09
Stora Enso to sponsor FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica 2023 and Trondheim 2025
Stora Enso will be the presenting sponsor for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica, Slovenia and in Trondheim, Norway in 2025. This marks the fifth and sixth time that Stora Enso will be sponsoring the Nordic World…
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Friday, 02 October 2020 09:47
Dell’Osso steps down as iT’s Tissue Chairman
Marco Dell’Osso has stepped down from his position as Chairman of Tissue Italy, the organization behind the iT’s Tissue events. Having been instrumental in the creation and development of the unique iT’s Tissue brand since its inception in 2013, Dell’Osso…
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Friday, 02 October 2020 09:16
Mondi shines by winning two awards for sustainable food packaging
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has been recognised in this year’s Austrian Green Star Packaging Awards for two recent sustainable packaging innovations developed using its customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions: Two products developed using Mondi’s EcoSolutions approach have been…
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Friday, 02 October 2020 09:07
VPK introduces one brand for all corrugated packaging divisions
VPK’s corrugated packaging division will operate under a single brand name: VPK Packaging. The new name replaces the Rigid, Ondulys and Peterson brands in the UK, Ireland, France and the Nordic countries respectively. A new unified logo and visual identity…
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 08:08
Toscotec’s tissue line exceeds production target at EuroVast Group
Italian tissue manufacturer EuroVast fired up a new MODULO-PLUS tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at its Cartiera della Basilica paper mill in Villa Basilica, Lucca, Italy. PM5 is running efficiently at the speed of 1,600 m/min and since its start-up…
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 09:02
BillerudKorsnäs launches recyclable paper-based flow wrap – challenging the standard in confectionery packaging
BillerudKorsnäs joins forces with Syntegon Technology to launch Recyclable Flow Wrap, a paper based packaging solution that enables a shift from conventional plastic to renewable and recyclable materials. Flow wrap is a type of flexible packaging used for many products…
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Monday, 28 September 2020 09:11
ANDRITZ to complete and start up the folding boxboard production line at JSC Management Company of the Holding Belorusskie oboi, Dobrush, Belarus
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from JSC Management Company of the Holding Belorusskie oboi, Belarus, to complete and start up its production line for folding boxboard. Start-up is scheduled for 2021. The board machine is designed to…
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