Thursday, 17 March 2016 09:20
Valmet Advantage NTT tissue line is producing 100% textured tissue at Forestal y Papelera Concepcion mill in Chile
A Valmet-delivered Advantage NTT tissue line has started up at the Forestal y Papelera Concepcion (FPC) mill in Chile. The new line fulfills FPC's target of producing 100% textured tissue, differentiating the company's product offering, and to produce high-quality tissue…
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Thursday, 17 March 2016 07:00
Presenting the Neenah Envelope Sampler: A must-have for every paper specifier and print designer
Neenah Paper has just released its latest Neenah Envelope Sampler. It is an essential, utilitarian tool that every print-centric designer, client, and printer needs by their desk or in their studio. Really. When you see this incredible tool, you will…
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016 08:24
Tekscan Releases a Game-Changing Nip Measurement Tool that Saves Time, Money, and Waste
Looking to take the guesswork out of machine setup? Tekscan is excited to announce the release of the new Nip Pressure Alignment Tool™ (NPAT). This tool is used to capture nip footprints and relative pressure distribution between nip rollers in…
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Tuesday, 15 March 2016 08:31
Valmet to supply new white liquor plant to CMPC Celulosa S.A., Laja pulp mill in Chile
Valmet will deliver a new white liquor plant to CMPC Celulosa S.A.'s Laja pulp mill in Chile. The new white liquor plant will replace the existing one and will comply with new environmental permits coming into force in 2018. Furthermore…
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Tuesday, 15 March 2016 08:29
UPM closes Madison Paper Industries and plans to sell related hydro power assets in the U.S.
UPM-Kymmene Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corp., a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, has just announced the dissolution of their partnership, Madison Paper Industries, in the USA. The partnership's paper business will end and paper production is expected…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 15:39
Neenah Releases Beautiful New Print Sampler Featuring Luxurious Papers from The Design Collection
Neenah continues to inspire creativity with the release of its second print sampler for the luxury grades found in The Design Collection. This beautiful, new promotion, known as The Design Collection 2.0 Sampler, holds 22 pages of idea-generating colors, textures,…
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 10:00
WestRock Names Board of Directors for Ingevity
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK) has just announced that it has named a board of directors for Ingevity, the company’s specialty chemicals business that is expected to become a publicly traded company as the result of a spin-off from WestRock. The Ingevity…
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Friday, 26 February 2016 09:39
Brazils new forest code: guide 2016
The Forest Code in Brazil is a piece of legislation on land management that legally requires that landowners in the Brazilian Amazon should permanently maintain a proportion of the land (80%) as forest. It was passed in 1965 but with…
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Friday, 26 February 2016 09:28
Natural Gas When You Thought You Could Not Get Any
All paper mills need access to natural gas. If your mill is located in a very rural part of the country or is located on geographically challenging terrane, you might still be burning heavy fuel oils, coal or even tires.…
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016 09:56
Fibria’s Três Lagoas Unit to receive world's first automated eucalyptus seedling nursery
Robots and 3D images are some of the tools to be adopted in the forest industry’s most modern nursery Fibria, a Brazilian forestry company and the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer, will build a new nursery at its Três LagoasUnit…
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016 09:50
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Releases North American Paper Mills’ View of Material from Mixed Waste Processing Centers
Paper mills using recovered fiber as feedstock, reject the use of recovered paper sorted from “one-bin programs” The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has just released the preliminary results of a survey of paper mill buyers in North America…
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Friday, 19 February 2016 08:40
Suzano Papel e Celulose contracts with Voith to deliver two tissue paper machines
Suzano Papel e Celulose has contracted with Voith to deliver two tissue machines. The machines will be installed at the company's Imperatriz and Mucuri locations. The machine located in Imperatriz is scheduled for start-up in June 2017, whereas the one…
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Thursday, 18 February 2016 08:41
Cyclus is poster child for Jacknife and Arjowiggins graphic collaboration
Arjowiggins Graphic, the leading manufacturer of recycled papers, and Antalis UK, a distributor of the Cyclus range, have launched a new creative campaign to showcase the quality of Cyclus paper as a poster application. The campaign centres on a creative…
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Friday, 12 February 2016 09:05
Kadant Awarded $7 Million in Orders for Fiber Processing Systems
Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) announced it received orders totaling $7 million from two paper producers in North America for chemical pulping equipment and a recycled fiber processing line. The chemical pulping equipment will be used to recover chemicals in the kraft…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 10:06
Mohawk is Named Official Converter and Distributor of Domtar Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra and EarthChoice® Colors Envelope Lines
Mohawk, North America’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, has expanded the company’s envelope offerings and is now an official converter and distributor of Domtar Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra and EarthChoice®…
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