Monday, 10 October 2016 08:22
ANDRITZ successfully starts up second tissue machine with steel Yankee for St. Croix Tissue, USA
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully completed the start-up of the second of two supplied PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machines with steel Yankees at the St. Croix tissue mill in Maine, USA. The machine has a design speed of 2,000 m/min…
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Friday, 07 October 2016 07:14
Praxair Signs Long-Term Oxygen Supply Agreement with Brazilian Pulp Producer Fibria
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), through its Brazilian subsidiary White Martins, has signed a long-term agreement expanding its supply of oxygen to Fibria Celulose S/A (NYSE: FBR) in Três Lagoas, Brazil. Fibria is the world’s largest producer of eucalyptus pulp, exporting…
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Wednesday, 05 October 2016 11:34
Valmet's advanced boiler control application for optimized combustion successfully commissioned at Catalyst Paper's Rumford Mill in Maine, USA
Valmet's advanced boiler control application for optimized combustion has been successfully commissioned at Catalyst Paper's Rumford Mill in Maine, USA. The new combustion management application optimizes the performance of the paper mill's fluidized bed boiler units 6 and 7. "Valmet's…
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Tuesday, 04 October 2016 11:50
First Advantage NTT tissue production line in USA successfully started up at von Drehle Corporation's Natchez mill in USA
The von Drehle Corporation is the first tissue maker in the USA to produce tissue with Valmet's innovative Advantage NTT technology. The new line was started up at the company's mill in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. This is Valmet's third tissue…
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Friday, 30 September 2016 08:03
Baldwin brings new Flexo portfolio of optimized LED UV, IR-drying and automatic cleaning systems to US market
Baldwin will showcase its new portfolio of optimized LED UV curing, IR-drying and automatic cleaning systems, specifically designed for the US Flexo industry, at SuperCorr in Orlando, October 17th - 20th. With 40 years of experience and many thousands of…
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Friday, 30 September 2016 07:57
Toscotec achieves a new record for Steel Yankee width in rebuilding project at ST Tissue.
Toscotec has been chosen to supply ST Tissue in Franklin, Virginia, with the widest Steel Yankee ever to be manufactured. ST Tissue F-5 machine will be converted to produce bathroom tissue and kitchen towel. The market leader in Steel Yankee…
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016 12:33
Valmet carried out the first maintenance shutdown of CMPC Guaíba's new pulp line in Brazil
Valmet was given an important role in the first maintenance shutdown of CMPC Guaíba's new pulp line in Brazil. The executed shutdown is one of the biggest shutdowns managed by Valmet. The facility's pulp line 2, also called G2, invested…
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016 08:24
Arizona Paper Mill Reuses 300,000 Gallons of Water Daily with GE Technology
Doubletree Paper Mills in Gila Bend, Arizona, is saving 300,000 gallons of water daily by using GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced water reuse technology. With GE’s ZeeWeed* membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, the paper mill has doubled its paper production capacity without…
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Monday, 26 September 2016 09:30
Groundbreaking of the new plant in Circleville
Sofidel breaks ground for its new integrated plant in Circleville (OH), in the US. The plant enters its first building phase with a ceremony that draws dozens of elected officials. They include, among others, Ohio Lt. Governor Mary Taylor, Congressman…
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Monday, 26 September 2016 09:21
Mohawk MakeReady Celebrates Fifth Anniversary at Graph Expo 2016
Mohawk, North America’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, celebrates the fifth anniversary of Mohawk MakeReady, an online community for digital print service providers at Graph Expo 2016, September 25-28 in…
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Monday, 26 September 2016 09:11
Domtar Optimizing Fluff Pulp Production, Streamlining Plymouth Mill Operations
Domtar Corporation have just announced a plan to optimize fluff pulp manufacturing at its Plymouth mill. The streamlining measures will strengthen the mill's position in the global fluff pulp markets. The restructuring, which is expected to be completed by mid-2017,…
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Friday, 23 September 2016 09:31
Twin Rivers Adds PEFC™ Chain of Custody Certification Supporting Company’s Commitment to Sustainable Fiber Sourcing
Twin Rivers Paper Company is pleased to announce the company has achieved PEFC™ (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification™) Chain of Custody certification. “The addition of PEFC certification is important both domestically and for its international reach. The standard…
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Monday, 19 September 2016 07:05
New Clinker Detection System Reduces Boiler Fouling while Boosting Sootblowing Efficiency
Boiler monitoring technology replaces maintenance guess-work with data-driven accuracy. Integrated Test & Measurement (ITM), a leading provider of structural test and measurement engineering software and services, introduces its Clinker Detection System. Clinkers, some of which reach the size of a…
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Monday, 19 September 2016 06:48
Valmet Celulose, Papel é Energia Ltda has been notified of arbitration proceedings initiated against it by Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.
Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. has filed a request for arbitration against Valmet Celulose, Papel é Energia Ltda, Valmet AB and Valmet Technologies Oy, subsidiaries of Valmet Oyj, claiming approximately Euro 80 million. The arbitration relates to separate Equipment Sales…
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Friday, 09 September 2016 07:08
Discontinuance of Two Lawsuits Filed By the Halalt First Nation Against Catalyst Paper
Catalyst Paper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Halalt First Nation has discontinued two lawsuits previously commenced against Catalyst. The commencement of the two lawsuits was previously announced and described in the company's news release of January 25, 2016.…
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