Ian Melin-Jones
NASH vacuum pumps for the PM 7 in Dunaujvaros
Gardner Denver Nash Germany supplied the complete vacuum system for dewatering in the forming and press sections of the new PM7 paper machine in Dunaujvaros. This technology has already proven itself in every other paper machine within the Hamburger Group, with robustness, efficiency and flexibility that guarantee the highest operational reliability.
On the new PM7 in Dunaujvaros, nine NASH 2BE3 vacuum pumps are used. Each pump is driven by a motor equipped with a frequency converter, allowing the rotational speed to be set to exactly suit the actual process conditions. This causes the vacuum pressure to adapt to process conditions as well. Additionally, three centrifugal fans for the low-vacuum scavenge points in the forming section have been included. As a result, the vacuum system provides the greatest flexibility at optimum efficiency.
For the plant operator, the advantages of a NASH liquid ring vacuum system were obvious:
- An extremely robust system: overload safe and resistant to process failures
- Very high overall efficiency, particularly in conjunction with optimum control
- Optimum felt dewatering through the volumetric operating principle of the liquid ring vacuum pump - the scavenge pressure adjusts automatically to suit the felt permeability
- Scavenge-side liquid carry-over with low fiber content is not a problem for the NASH pumps
- Rotation speed control offers the potential of high energy savings
- Low specific power requirements
- Low noise emissions due to low peripheral speeds of the vacuum pump
- Future system adaptation, without influencing other scavenge points, is easily done by changing the rotation speed of individual vacuum pumps
- High operational safety, even if individual vacuum pumps are deactivated
- Very low service and maintenance costs
Confidence in more than 100 years of know-how accumulated by the market leader in the paper industry
With the decision to use NASH vacuum pumps, the plant operator also made a decision for an innovative, environmentally friendly and economical attractive solution.
Contact:
Nash –Zweigniederlassung der Gardner Denver
Deutschland GmbH
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Wolfgang Kraft
Phone: +49 (0)911 / 1454-7771
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European paper industry calls for wood supply in line with EU policies
“Use of wood must have the same criteria of sustainability and efficiency whether it is used for paper manufacturing, furniture or energy,” stated Teresa Presas, CEPI Managing Director, at the Forest Protection Conference of the EU Presidency in Spain that closed today. “Forest protection, including biodiversity, must take into account on the one hand a EU raw material policy and external economic policy, and, on the other hand, environmental policy and energy policy,” she concluded.
When assessing environmentally harmful subsidies, the financial support to the use of biomass for renewable energy must be analysed in the light of its energy efficiency and the sustainability of its production and procurement. Wood for manufacturing is crossing the oceans into Europe because European wood is being burnt for energy.
CEPI – the Confederation of European Paper Industries - is very keen in contributing to a dialogue where all these complex aspects would be clearly laid out. Positive things are happening in the sector, but the industry needs clarity and consistency, it needs reconciling different policies related to forests and wood.
Already in 2007, a McKinsey study revealed that the implementation of the 20% target for renewable energy in 2020 will potentially generate a gap of wood supply of 200 - 250 million cubic meters. This is equivalent to the annual amount of wood needed for the whole European paper and wood working industries.
At this very day wood and paper mills had to stop production for lack of raw material, mainly due to absence of EU action on raw materials or conflicting policies. The future of the European paper chain is at risk.
The Green Paper on forest protection recently published by the European Commission and presented at the conference states clearly the need to optimise a sustainable wood supply, and proposes the development of new internal sources of wood. Making more wood available in a sustainable way is the only way to ensure there is enough raw material to keep industry running. The European paper industry is an expert in sourcing wood responsibly and in a sustainable manner.
Europe is expecting the EU2020 strategy as the direction for the next 10 years. The way forward must use an integrated approach of different policies and different needs, in order to secure our raw materials and to take Europe into a smart, sustainable, and inclusive economy.
SCA names Camilla Weiner as its Senior Vice President Corporate Communications
SCA today named Camilla Weiner as its new Senior Vice President Corporate Communications.
Camilla Weiner has extensive experience from senior positions in communications. She currently holds the corresponding position at Axfood. Camilla Weiner’s former employers include Ahlsell and Securitas, where she held senior communications positions in both companies.
As head of the Corporate Communications staff, Camilla Weiner will be a member of SCA’s Corporate Senior Management Team, reporting to CEO Jan Johansson.
“Camilla Weiner has a very broad background in marketing, branding and financial communication on senior management level, and I am confident that Camilla will make a positive contribution to the development of SCA,” comments Jan Johansson.
“What attracts me to SCA is that it is a global corporation and a highly respected Swedish industrial company with a very exciting product portfolio. At the same time, it focuses intensely on innovation and has a clear ambition to contribute to sustainable development,” says Camilla Weiner. She will assume her position at SCA after the summer.
For further information, contact:
Gordana Landén, SVP Human Resources, +46 8 788 51 91
Pär Altan, VP Media Relations, +46 8 788 52 37
BTG AT PULPAPER 2010
VISIT BTG AT PULPAPER 2010 TO SEE HOW BTG CAN RAISE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY!
Visit our booth - No. 6f20 - to see how we can optimize your process.
At this year's exhibition we are emphasizing our Total Tissue Capability - TTC, a one-stop product & service package to help tissue makers cut costs and optimize their process, combining the know-how, services and products from both our divisions. Visit us to see a few examples on how to put this into practice. Naturally, the concept also applies to any other pulp and paper-related application.
Instruments
We present our range of consistency transmitters:
- the TwinTorque MEK-3000, the first transmitter in our series of easier, smaller, smarter, lighter BTG instruments,
- the TCR-2510 PeakTotal - our new light version of optical total consistency transmitter - as well as
- the new RET-5503 PeakAsh, the perfect solution for measuring ash and total retention in the range of 0.01 - 2%
You can also see our latest success product, the DRT-5500 inline freeness, and our Mütek lab instruments: e.g. the PCD-04 Travel, the Number One for easy and reliable measurement of colloidal dissolved charge and the DFR-05 Freeness and Headbox Dewatering for easy mill measurements.
Duroblade - metering and doctoring
Inventor of the original high-performance ceramic-tipped coating blade, BTG is also the owner of former IPI LLC, North America's largest rod and rod bed producer. BTG now offers the complete range of high-performance blades and rods cum accessories for metering and size press applications as well as headbox sheets. For the tissue market, we offer a vast range of Duroblade creping doctor blades, including blades such as Duroblade-Softcrepe, Duroblade-Satiny and Duroblade-Velvet, alongside our unique blade holder CBC and a variety of Tissue-related services.
Judge dismisses Newfoundland's claims against AbitibiBowater
Newfoundland and Labrador's environmental claims against insolvent AbitibiBowater Inc. have been stayed by a Quebec judge, removing a likely hurdle to the company's restructuring process.
The claims, which would have required AbitibiBowater to clean up five sites that it owns or once owned, could have cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Newfoundland wanted them treated like claims from other creditors under the Company Creditors Arrangement Act and therefore eligible for available money.
In dismissing Newfoundland and Labrador's motion, Quebec Superior Court Justice Clement Gascon urged both sides to find "an appropriate forum" in which to settle their differences. The company has been under creditor protection since last April.
source: canada.com Canwest News Service
Judge dismisses Newfoundland's claims against AbitibiBowater
NewPage To Release First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
NewPage Corporation announced today that it will release its first quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, May 6, 2010, before the market opens. The news release will be available on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .
The company will broadcast its first quarter 2010 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. (ET) with access available through the Internet and telephone. The teleconference is expected to last one hour. Tom Curley, president and chief executive officer, will review operating performance. David J. Prystash, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will review the financial results.
The live conference call and presentation slides may be accessed on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com . Click on the link to the Conference Call and Webcast and follow the instructions to access the Webcast in listen and view mode. Please go to the Web site at least one hour prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The call will be available live and stored on the Web site for five weeks.
Analysts and i nvestors may access the call by dialing (866) 244-4629 (toll-free domestic ) or (703) 639-1176 (international), conference ID 1413359. A replay of the call can be accessed via telephone (888) 266-2081 (toll-f ree domestic) or (703) 925-2533 (international), access code 1413359. The replay will be available starting at 2 p.m. (ET) on May 6, 2010, and will remain available until midnight (ET) on June 10, 2010.
About NewPage Corporation
Headquartered in Miamisburg , Ohio , NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America , based on production capacity, with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 . The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.
NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky , Maine , Maryland , Michigan , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Nova Scotia , Canada . These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper.
For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .
Media Contact:
Amber Garwood
937-242-9093
Graham Packaging Announces Planned Entry Into China Markets
Graham Packaging Company Inc.today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company, L.P., expects to acquire China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd., a plastic container manufacturing company located in Guangzhou, China. Graham Packaging has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire from PCCS Group Berhad, a Malaysian company, 100% of the shares of Roots Investment Holding Private Limited, which will be the sole equity holder of China Roots. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2010.
China Roots operates a world-class container manufacturing plant in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District. The plant makes plastic containers and closures for food, health care, and petrochemical products. Its customers include several global consumer product marketers.
The purchase of China Roots will be the first operation for Graham Packaging in China. "The purchase will open a new door for our company," said Mark Burgess, CEO for Graham Packaging. "China is undeniably a major market, and the opportunity to participate in its growth is very exciting for us."
Graham Packaging, based in York, Pennsylvania, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of technology-based, customized blow molded plastic containers for the branded food and beverage, household, personal care/specialty and automotive lubricants product categories. Graham Packaging has an extensive blue-chip customer base that includes many of the world's largest branded consumer products companies. It produces more than 20 billion container units annually at 80 plants in North America, Europe and South America.
Graham Packaging is a leading U.S. supplier of plastic containers for hot-fill juice and juice drinks, sports drinks, drinkable yogurt and smoothies, nutritional supplements, wide-mouth food, dressings, condiments and beers; the leading global supplier of plastic containers for yogurt drinks; a leading supplier of plastic containers for liquid fabric care products, dish care products and hard-surface cleaners; and the leading supplier in the U.S., Canada and Brazil of one-quart/liter plastic motor oil containers.
Forward Looking Statements
Information provided and statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements only speak as of the date of this press release and Graham Packaging assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release. Such forward-looking statements include information concerning Graham Packaging's possible or assumed future results of operations. These statements often include words such as "expect," "intend," or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about Graham Packaging's industry, management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond Graham Packaging's control. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including, without limitation, specific factors discussed herein and in other releases and public filings made by Graham Packaging (including its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission). Although Graham Packaging believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise required by law, Graham Packaging also disclaims any obligation to update its view of any such risks or uncertainties or to announce publicly the result of any revisions to the forward looking statements made in this press release.
SOURCE Graham Packaging Company Inc.
Enessco International report a successful Tissueworld 2010
Tissue World 2010 was this March in Miami Florida and very well attended according to Steve Dumont president of Enessco International.
This was the first time Enessco International exhibited and felt that the quality of attendees was excellent. It appeared with the global recession that it's the key people attending conferences such as Tissue World. Many Mill Managers, General Managers and even Owners of large and small tissue mills made the trip to Florida to see what is new in the world of tissue manufacturing. It was also attended by many of the Latin America Countries.
Enessco International is one of the key players in the removal of stickies, wax and contaminate control chemistry and now being used in all major tissue producers around the world. Based on the success of this show Enessco International has already signed up for future tissue world conferences and exhibitions. For more information on Enessco International www.enessco.com
Bob Kearney has joined Klass Associates Inc. as a Senior Associate.
Bob specializes in starch and starch applications for the paper industry. His strengths are problem solving, size press applications, starch in coating formulas and the use of starch at the wet end of the paper machine. Bob has 45 years of starch experience having worked for Penford, ADM, Cargill and Western Polymer.
He is active in the TAPPI Coating and Graphic Arts Division, has served as Division Chairman and received the Coating and Graphic Arts Division Leadership and Service Award in 2004.
For more info please contact:
Charles P. Klass
Klass Associates Inc.
16326 Gulf Boulevard - Suite 300
Redington Beach, FL 33708
Phone: 727-395-9435
Fax: 727-394-2540
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Web Site: www.klassassociates.com
Possible strike by the Swedish Paperworkers
The Swedish Paper Workers Union alerted on Tuesday a total stoppage of six companies from 16 April, The filing of approximately 3000 employees. The companies involved are SCA Packaging in Munksund, Iggesund works, Korsnäs Gävle, Stora Enso Skoghall, Värö Bruk and Skärblacka Bruk.
Earlier, the union announced an overtime ban, but the mediators postponed this from April 5 to April 12.
- We feel that we must increase the pressure in wage negotiations. We have not managed to get our negotiating counterpart Forest Industries operating in the manner which you are entitled to expect, says paper Federal Chairman Jan-Henrik Sandberg.