Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX:CYT) have just announced that it has been informed that three of its major shareholders, Mudrick Capital Management, L.P., Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. and OCM Luxembourg VOF Sarl, a fund indirectly managed by Oaktree Capital (the "Reporting Persons"), have on an individual basis completed Schedule 13D filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that they are currently engaged in discussions with a third party concerning a potential material strategic transaction involving Catalyst Paper. The Reporting Persons have also reported that there can be no assurance that such discussions will result in the consummation of any such transaction.

Neither the Board of Directors nor management have been contacted by or received a proposal from such third party regarding a potential transaction. Catalyst will only further comment if and when required by applicable securities laws.

About Catalyst Paper

Catalyst Paper manufactures diverse printing papers such as coated freesheet, C1S, coated and uncoated groundwood, newsprint, directory, as well as market pulp. Customers include retailers, publishers and commercial printers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. With five mills across North America, Catalyst has annual production capacity of 2.3 million tonnes. Catalyst is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and is ranked by Corporate Knights magazine as one of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Comments by the President  

A strong quarter despite lower prices

The Rottneros Group reports a strong first quarter. Corrective measures within the scope of our development programme Agenda 500 continue to bear fruit, in the form of increased efficiency and a steadily rising pace of production. Both mills report good profitability. The impact of the action programme is emphasised by the strong results for the quarter, despite lower prices in both USD and SEK. The average of published prices for NBSK pulp fell by 13 per cent in USD and 11 per cent in SEK, compared with the first quarter last year.

• Profit after net financial items amounted to SEK 69 million (103) for the first quarter of 2016.  
• Cash flow before investments totalled SEK 29 million (62). Rottneros is debt-free and at the end of the quarter, cash and cash equivalents totalled SEK 159 million (116).  
• Net turnover for the first quarter was SEK 432 million (454).  
• NBSK pulp price quotation continued to decline and was USD 792 on the average during the first quarter. Denominated in SEK, the quotation was 11 per cent lower than in the first quarter of 2015 and 4 per cent lower than in the fourth quarter of 2015.  
• Production volumes in the first quarter increased by 1 per cent and delivery volumes by 2 per cent, compared with the same period last year. Growth was limited to some degree by production disturbances at Vallvik Mill.  
• During the quarter, it was decided that a new energy- and emission-efficient biomass boiler would be installed at Rottneros Mill. Following the investment, energy consumption at both mills will for all practical purposes be fossil-free.  
• The Board of Directors has appointed Lennart Eberleh as new President and CEO of Rottneros AB. He will take up his post on 1 September 2016.  
• The Board of Directors has resolved to increase its proposed dividend for 2015 and recommends that the Annual General Meeting approve an ordinary dividend of SEK 0.30 per share and an extra dividend of SEK 0.20 per share, i.e. a total dividend of SEK 0.50 per share.

Production volumes in the first quarter increased by 1 per cent compared with the same period in 2015. Growth was limited to some degree by production disturbances at Vallvik. However, production there improved gradually during the quarter and a new monthly record was set after the quarter in April.

Our market remains stable and prices for long-fibre sulphate pulp are showing signs of an upturn since the end of the quarter. Several major players have announced price rises. With our plans both to expand in selected niches and to further improve efficiency we have a strong position from which to move forward.

High investment activity
The current year is dominated by an intensive focus on investments within the Agenda 500 programme. In all, the Group is investing more than SEK 250 million over the year, in capacity expansion, energy efficiency, product quality and environmental improvements. The investments are highly value-creating and the investment amount is relatively evenly spread between the two mills. Installations under these investments will for the most part take place during the autumn maintenance shutdowns.

The Board has also allocated SEK 98 million to Rottneros Mill for a new biomass boiler, which is due to be commissioned at around mid-year 2017. Energy consumption at the mill will become entirely fossil-free and at the same time energy efficiency will increase substantially. As part of the investment we will also remodel the mill’s energy system to bring about major energy and environmental gains. Overall, it is estimated that this highly value-creating investment will result in annual savings of around SEK 25 million.

Solid balance sheet creating sound platform for extra dividend
The Group’s solid finances and the Board’s objective of improving the Company’s capital structure are the basis on which the Board recently revised its dividend proposal. Under the proposal, the Company will pay an extra dividend of SEK 0.20 per share for 2015, in addition to an ordinary dividend of SEK 0.30. At year-end, the Company was debt-free, had a substantial liquidity reserve and reported an equity/assets ratio of 76 per cent. As a result of the proposed extra dividend, Rottneros’ capital structure will be improved.  

New President and CEO Another important event during the quarter was the appointment of Lennart Eberleh as new President and CEO. He has more than 20 years’ experience of a variety of management positions in the paper industry, and will continue the work of implementing the Agenda 500 programme and further advancing Rottneros’ world-leading position in specialised pulp. He will take up his post on 1 September 2016.

Per Lundeen

(For the complete interim report click pdf link below)

Q1_2016_Rottneros_AB_ENG_4761e.pdf

Measurement technology for ensuring maximum fabric and machine efficiency

SeamTech, a division of the US technology corporation Xerium and its leading clothing division Huyck.Wangner, is providing forming fabric and paper manufacturers with unique measurement technology: the Fabric Scanning Profiler. It measures the fabric profiles during production and directly at the paper machine, thus providing important information for optimizing process stability.

The forming fabric plays a key role in perfect sheet forming and paper quality during paper production. The drainage and formation processes are largely determined by optimum clothing and thickness cross profiles as well as trouble-free running properties. The technicians at SeamTech have developed the Fabric Scanning Profiler in order to keep an eye on these important parameters and individually adjust them to the specific paper production as needed. The Xerium division SeamTech, which began developing the first fully automated seaming machines for continuous seams of forming fabrics 25 years ago, is now the worldwide leading supplier of fully automated seam machines SeamMaster as well as other machines and components for producing forming and dry fabrics.

With the Fabric Scanning Profiler (FSP), the technicians at SeamTech are now providing another instrument for keeping the fabrics under control and individually adjusting them to the specific paper production as needed. This uniquely configured measuring instrument records all relevant information and provides data on the most important parameters of the clothing by precisely presenting the main bases for the analysis in order to maintain top-level fabric quality and paper machine efficiency at all times.

Modular configuration for universal use

The Fabric Scanning Profiler is mobile and runs automatically, and can also be controlled and steered via remote control, making it useable in virtually any situation. The tension and fabric thickness measurement runs across the fabric can be made at an inclination of up to 45°. Control and data recording are conducted via W-LAN. This enables detailed, dependable analysis of the forming fabric or other clothing components with data output and storage directly on location – even if the paper machine is stopped briefly. The measuring instrument features a modular configuration and is offered for measuring clothing thickness and tension, and is available with an optional camera module for visual inspection of the fabric surface. The camera can be used to examine the forming fabric at targeted points, thus enabling continuous visual monitoring of the fabric surfaces (on the running side as well as the paper side).
W-LAN is used to control the Fabric Scanning Profiler precisely at the point to be examined.

Increase in productivity and paper quality

The measurement data recorded on the machine run’s effect on the fabric can immediately be analysed, processed and saved. The fabric can then be continuously adjusted quickly, precisely and in a traceable manner. And it offers many other advantages:

•    exact, data-supported determination of the fabric’s clothing and cross profile
•    simple monitoring of all important parameters,
•    direct documentation and interpretation of the measurement results obtained to ensure quick and targeted analysis,
•    recording of periodic profile faults via FFT analysis,
•    visual inspection via camera module at any desired point on the fabric,
•    reliable determination of the clothing’s remaining running time,
•    maximum user-friendliness and
•    high individual application possibilities thanks to the modular configuration.

Edgar Hofstetter, Head of SeamTech, sums up the extensive performance spectrum of FSP measurement technology as follows: “The advantages of ideal analysis and optimal forming fabric output are obvious to forming fabric and paper manufacturers. These benefits come together at the bottom line in outstanding drainage performance with increased production efficiency and top paper quality – an added value which pays off in hard cash.”
Whereas everyone had been developing and using their own measuring instruments in the past, all worldwide leading forming fabric manufacturers now use SeamTech’s patented Fabric Scanning Profiler – and with great success. So much so that the machine has conquered a firm place in the service portfolio for paper machines and quality optimization in production.

The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award 2016 has been granted to Tomas Björkqvist, Mikael Lucander and Olli Tuovinen. The award is given out every two years by Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award Foundation and it promotes the development of new technology for the manufacture of high-yield pulp.

The awarded team has worked together in a systematic way, from laboratory to full scale operation, to show that their hypothesis about a novel surface for grinding stones is valid. The basic idea in their invention is to cover a metal segment stone surface with a defined diamond grid, including finding a proper geometry for the grid and fastening method for diamonds. The new type of grinding stone with diamond covered surface is known as "Galileo technology". The technology is already established and has spread worldwide.

The main achievement for this innovation is the possible energy saving in grinding of wood in the range of 150 - 500 kWh/ton, depending on pulp grade and other operational factors. Simultaneously the shive level is considerably decreased.

Information about the award recipients

Tomas Björkqvist received his PhD degree in 2002 from Tampere University of Technology in Finland. After a long academic career, he is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University of Technology.

Mikael Lucander, with a M.Sc. degree in Polymer Chemistry from Helsinki University is retired after a long career at KCL in Finland where he held a position as Research Fellow. He has contributed as an expert to the awarded project

Olli Tuovinen has a M.Sc. degree from Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. He has had several production positions within the Finnish forest industry and has spent the last 30 years in Valmet, Tampella and Metso. Currently he is R&D manager at Valmet.

The award will be presented on September 27, 2016 at the International Mechanical Pulping Conference, IMPC. The event is hosted by TAPPI and will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award Foundation

The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award promotes the development of new technology for the manufacture of high-yield pulp. It is awarded to a person or persons in recognition of outstanding achievement in research and development of mechanical pulping technology.

The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award Foundation was established in 1985 to commemorate Dr. Asplund's contribution to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. The Award was made possible through a donation from Valmet to the foundation in 1985. The Chairman of the Foundation is Professor Göran Bengtsson.

For further information, please contact:

Thomas Granfeldt, Senior Project Manager, Pulp and Energy Business Line, Valmet and Professor, Mid Sweden University, tel. +46 70 630 33 93.

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

Again, in Stockholm at the International Wood Biorefining Week, Arizona Chemical, the world´s No 1 in biorefining the Crude Tall Oil (CTO), will demonstrate the importance of its industry as a key factor in promoting the intelligent and sustainable bioeconomy. As at the PulPaper 2014 in Helsinki, the company will initiate and inspire debate on the true value-adding elements in bioeconomy, on solutions far ahead of the narrowest concept of biofuel production. In Helsinki 2014, the panel discussion of the tall oil refiners with distinguished speakers was one of the best attended forums of the fair.

The production and biorefining of pine chemicals is an excellent example of the value adding capacity of smart bio-based product solutions. Arizona Chemical refines and upgrades CTO in its biorefineries in Sweden, Finland and elsewhere in Europe as well as in the US into widest range of innovative bio-based specialty chemicals. The CTO-based solutions replace fossil-based materials in thousands of everyday products such as adhesives, paints, cleaners, coatings, tapes, labels, roofing materials, tires, lubricants and fuel additives. The basic idea in all those innovations is not only to offer a green alternative to the versatile producers of consumer and industry products, but clearly improve the functionality of these commodities.

CTO-based specialty chemicals delivered by Arizona Chemical enable the increased high-end reuse of recovered asphalt, reduce sulphur in diesel fuel and improve the strength and stability of tackifiers as well as durability and visibility of road markings.

CTO, a highly appreciated co-product of kraft pulping process, originates from the pine tree resin. It’s refining into specialty chemicals further used in hundreds of applications remarkably extends the length of the forests based value chain. It is also a concrete and successful case example of the industrial symbiosis of forest and chemical industries. As the availability of CTO is linearly dependent of the pulp production volumes, this valuable and renewable yet scarce material should be refined as smartly as possible in order to utilize its highest potential.

Arizona Chemical has developed excellence in pine chemical biorefining already since 1930´s and continues its work in finding further new possibilities of renewable materials. Arizona Chemical is the world´s leading biorefiner of pine chemicals. The company is committed to making the world healthier, cleaner, safer and more efficient. Arizona Chemical is a Kraton company.
www.arizonachemical.com   

Photo: Arizona Chemical biorefinery in Sandarne, Sweden

Valmet will hire over 300 students as summer trainees and additionally over 100 young people through a Finnish summer job introduction program.

Valmet will employ summer trainees in 11 different cities in Finland this summer, with largest number of trainees in Tampere and Jyväskylä. Majority of the summer trainees will work in different production tasks. There are also positions in sales, marketing, product development and financial administration. Valmet primary offers the summer trainee positions to students in their own fields of studies to give them valuable work experience.

"Our summer jobs offer hundreds of young people the opportunity to gain valuable insights from a global company that needs versatile know-how. Our goal is that the trainees learn new skills and gain experiences, which will benefit them after they graduate. Learning is not only one-way, but also we gain new ideas and a true energy boost from the innovative summer trainees," says Julia Macharey Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Valmet.

For elementary and high school students Valmet offers summer job possibilities through the Finnish "Tutustu työelämään ja tienaa" summer job program. The program, targeted for 14- to 17-year-old students, aims to promote possibilities to learn about work life and to help adolescents to gain their first practical work experience.

Valmet supports the Responsible Summer Job 2016 campaign

Valmet participates in the "Responsible Summer Job" campaign for the second time. The campaign is coordinated by T-Media and the Finnish Economic Information Office (Taloudellinen tiedotustoimisto, TAT) together with corporate partners. The target of the campaign is to challenge companies to increase the amount and quality of summer jobs offered. Valmet wants to promote responsible practices to ensure the traineeships are safe and fair, and to give meaningful opportunities and experiences for the trainees.

VALMET
Corporate Communications

For further information, please contact:
Johanna Alasuutari, Manager, Talent Management, EMEA, Valmet, tel. +358 50 577 9189

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) has just announced the voting results of the Annual General Meeting which was held on May 10, 2016 in Richmond, BC.

Shareholders voted in favour of all the items of business before the meeting including the election of all director nominees as follows:

Detailed voting results for the meeting are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Catalyst Paper

Catalyst Paper manufactures diverse printing papers such as coated freesheet, C1S, coated and uncoated groundwood, newsprint, directory, as well as market pulp. Customers include retailers, publishers and commercial printers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. With five mills across North America, Catalyst has annual production capacity of 2.3 million tonnes. Catalyst is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and is ranked by Corporate Knights magazine as one of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Catalyst Paper
Frank De Costanzo
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(604) 247-4014

Commenting on the result, Sappi Chief Executive Officer Steve Binnie said:
“Our strategy to reposition Sappi as a profitable and cash-generative diversified woodfibre group remains well on track. The strong quarterly growth in our EBITDA excluding special items continues with an increase of 15% over the prior year to US$195 million.” Turning to the second half of the year, Binnie commented: “Based on current market conditions, and assuming current exchange rates, we expect the growth in the second half EBITDA excluding special items to be in line with that of the first half of the year.  As a result of improved operating profits and lower expected finance costs, offset somewhat by increased tax charges, we expect a strong increase in our earnings.”

Highlights for the quarter

• Profit for the period US$100 million (Q2 2015 US$56 million)
• EPS excluding special items 16 US cents (Q2 2015 11 US cents)
• EBITDA excluding special items US$195 million (Q2 2015 US$170 million)
• Net debt US$1,652 million, down US$264 million year-on-year

The period under review:
Profit for the period increased by 79% from US$56 million to US$100 million and for the half-year by 119% from US$80 million to US$175 million.
 
Operating profit excluding special items was up 28% to US$133 million. Earnings per share excluding special items for the quarter were 16 US cents, a healthy improvement over the 11 US cents generated in the equivalent quarter last year. The improvement was attributable mainly to higher dissolving wood pulp sales volumes and prices, savings from cost containment initiatives and lower finance charges. The strong operating performance in the quarter occurred despite the US$10 million adverse impact of planned maintenance shuts across the group when compared to the equivalent quarter last year.
 
The Specialised Cellulose business improved during the quarter, with EBITDA excluding special items of US$94 million, despite the annual maintenance shuts which occurred at both Ngodwana and Saiccor Mills during the quarter.  Average US Dollar prices in the quarter were higher than both, those of the prior quarter and the equivalent quarter last year due to higher average Chinese spot prices for dissolving wood pulp.  The weaker Rand/Dollar exchange rate led to increased Rand prices.
 
The European business delivered another satisfactory performance, with stable sales volumes and higher selling prices, aided by good variable and fixed cost control.
 
Increased sales volumes and lower variable costs more than offset a decline in average sales prices for the North American business when compared to the equivalent quarter last year.
 
The paper business in South Africa was impacted negatively by the extended annual maintenance shut at Ngodwana Mill, which commenced in March.  The later onset of the citrus picking season also delayed some containerboard sales destined for the agricultural market.  Higher sales prices offset variable cost increases, driven primarily by a weaker Rand/Dollar exchange rate.
 
Net debt of US$1,652 million is substantially lower than the US$1,916 million at the end of the equivalent quarter last year as a result of strong cash generation in the past financial year and the translation benefits of the weaker Euro on the Euro denominated debt. Since quarter-end we have completed the refinancing of our 2021 bonds. This will result in a reduction in the interest charge of approximately US$8 million per annum going forward.
 
The performance of the European business improved compared to both the prior quarter as well as the equivalent period last year. Coated woodfree markets were relatively stable and sales volumes and selling prices were higher than a year ago. The specialities market improved in the quarter, and sales volumes for the quarter were up 19% year-on-year.
 
The US coated paper market remained challenging, particularly for lightweight web (reels) products. However, strong sales of heavyweight web (reels) products resulted in higher overall paper sales volumes. The casting release paper business experienced improved sales volumes in China, particularly after the Chinese New Year.
 
Net cash generated for the quarter was US$90 million, compared to the US$82 million generated in the equivalent quarter last year.  This increase was as a result of the improved operating performance and lower finance costs, offset somewhat by a rise in working capital.  Capital expenditure in the quarter of US$45 million was in line with the equivalent quarter last year.
Special items for the quarter resulted in a gain of US$22 million, related mainly to a plantation fair value price adjustment.
 
Outlook
 
The Specialised Cellulose business has benefitted from rising US Dollar sales prices for dissolving wood pulp over the past year.  Spot prices peaked in November 2015, declining through to February and have since partially recovered.  Our expectation is for US Dollar spot prices to remain fairly stable for the remainder of the financial year but, for our South African mills, there will be the added benefit of a weaker Rand/Dollar exchange rate when compared to the prior year.  Demand remains positive and we remain confident that, at current pricing levels and exchange rates, the outlook for this business is positive.
 
In North America, our graphic paper business is performing solidly in a difficult and competitive environment which is being impacted negatively by the strength of the US Dollar and the weak publication paper market.  Variable costs have reduced significantly over the past year and sales volumes are stable heading into a seasonally slow third quarter.  Our European business continues to improve with reasonable operating rates and lower variable costs. However, graphic paper markets have softened in recent months.  The outlook for the specialities market in Europe remains positive, with growth of 3% in our key product categories expected in the coming year.   The large exposure to the export market through our South African agricultural containerboard sales is driving good sales volumes in a weak ZAR exchange rate environment.
 
Capex in 2016 is expected to be in line with 2015 and is focused largely on energy and debottlenecking projects in South Africa together with the annual maintenance at the mills.
 
We expect to reduce our net debt further over the course of the year and improve our financial leverage closer to our target of less than two times net debt to EBITDA.

Goss International will be demonstrating its visionary approach to partnerships at drupa 2016 (Hall 15, stand D51), affirming that partnering with like-minded, market-leading suppliers and printers will be the key to future industry success.

Under the theme ‘Achieving more together’ Goss will demonstrate how bringing complementary brands and solutions together is the most logical way to support Goss customers and prospects considering investments in new products and services.

The company will also be highlighting its unique commercial, newspaper and packaging press portfolio, for which these partnerships also provide great value and added benefits for new and existing customers.

Goss’ commitment to product development and technological innovations that meet the needs of its customers, will be evident on the stand at drupa 2016. With spotlights on the many production, automation and quality benefits of Goss’ product portfolio, the company’s comprehensive product range will be showcased via interactive digital communications. Products highlighted include the Goss Sunday Vpak press for high-quality, short-run packaging applications, the Magnum Compact press for short- to medium-run book, newspaper and semi-commercial applications, and Goss’ flexible, highly-productive M-600 and Sunday commercial web presses.

In addition, Goss will demonstrate to visitors how its wide range of Lifetime Support Services can help its valued, existing customers remain competitive and maximize the productivity and efficiency of their Goss equipment.

The Goss booth will also highlight the latest Contiweb technologies. Contiweb is renowned for the supply of splicers and dryers to the world’s premier web offset printers. However, recent Contiweb developments for digital web printing in affiliation with HP will be of particular interest to drupa visitors. Examples from the Contiweb digital unwinder and rewinder series will be running on a number of booths at drupa 2016.

Also part of Contiweb technologies is JetWeb’s industry-leading finishing systems and VITS-Rotocut sheeting and specialized finishing components; both of which will be a focus on the Goss drupa stand.

Mohit Uberoi, CEO comments, “Goss has a long history of working in cooperation with different suppliers with the ultimate aim of really providing a solution that will enable our customer to thrive. When installing or enhancing our customers’ presses, or developing a hybrid solution that incorporates a variety of technologies, we work with other industry leaders for color control, ink, dampening, blanket washers, chilling, CTP and customer MIS interfaces. We embrace partnering with these manufacturers so that our customers can maintain their existing supplier relationships and get the best possible solution for their print facility.

“Of course, customer satisfaction is our ultimate goal and our partnership message not only reflects our approach to creating a robust technology portfolio in association with other industry experts, but also our commitment to providing long-term customer support and technical assistance,” Mohit continues. “Our Lifetime Support service provides customers with an ongoing support team, dedicated to sourcing parts and delivering ongoing servicing and press enhancements. Our customers can therefore operate at maximum efficiency and productivity levels, and extend the lifespan of their press.”

Goss representatives will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss the benefits of working with a company that offers such a comprehensive solution.

Uberoi concludes, “I encourage visitors to stop by our booth in hall 15 to discover the latest from Goss and learn more about the experiences our customers in the newspaper, commercial and packaging sectors have had working with us and our technology.”

Contacts:

Goss International: Corporate, EMEA and Americas – Eric Bell (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) +44 1772 226 501

Asia Pacific: Derek Low (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) +65 6462 4833

emtec Electronic at the Zellcheming Expo in Germany

emtec Electronic GmbH will attend the “Zellcheming Expo 2016” in Frankfurt/Main, Germany

– celebrating the 20th anniversary and 20th exhibition participation. From June 28th until 30th, emtec will be present at the exhibition booth no. 11.0 - C48.

During the Zellcheming Expo, emtec will show a variety of testing instruments by which the complete production process can be controlled and guided in the right direction, to get an efficient process and the best possible quality with the lowest possible costs.

In the wet end it is extremely important to have detailed information about the charges of particles in the pulp suspension, which can be determined by the CAS Charge Analyzing System. The latest version of this equipment is the smallest and lightest than ever! Beside this, the knowledge about the surface charge of the pulp fibers, which can be measured with the lab equipment FPA Fiber Potential Analyzer is also important.

With the innovative ACA Ash Content Analyzer it is possible to determine the total mineral filler content as well as the percentage content of the typical fillers of the paper within seconds. The PDA.C02 Penetration Dynamics Analayzer delivers reliable predictions about the behavior of paper surfaces during glueing, printing and coating processes. The TSA Tissue Softness Analyzer measures objectively the softness and calculates the handfeel of tissue
products.

Contact: Sandra Vogt
emtec Electronic GmbH                         Tel.: +49 (0)341 245709-35
Gorkistr. 31                                                Fax: +49 (0)341 245709-39
04347 Leipzig                                           Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Germany                                                    WEB: http://www.emtec-papertest.com