Friday, 12 September 2014 09:24
Voith upgrades deliver energy and machinery efficiency to Newark America in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Voith has completed an upgrade of the stock preparation at Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (Newark America) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, reducing production cost and boosting efficiency in the process. As a result of the upgrades, the facility can now use OCC…
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Thursday, 11 September 2014 06:40
NewPage Introduces Fourth New PAPER@WORK Brief At Labelexpo Americas 2014: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: How paper labels make your craft beers shine.
NewPage Corporation (NewPage), a leading supplier of specialty papers, has launched the fourth edition of its PAPER@WORK Brief series at Labelexpo Americas titled, UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: How paper labels make your craft beers shine. This new PAPER@WORK Brief explores how the…
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Thursday, 04 September 2014 12:07
Valmet Advantage DCT tissue line successfully started up at Kimberly Clark de México's Bajío mill
Kimberly Clark de México S.A.B. de C.V.'s seventh tissue machine, supplied by Valmet, was recently started up at the Bajío mill in San Juan del Rio, Mexico. The new Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line adds 60,000 tpy of high quality…
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Thursday, 04 September 2014 11:05
NewPage Introduces Reflections™ High Gloss Premium Label Paper
NewPage Corporation (NewPage) today announced the introduction of Reflections™, a new 60 lb. (89 gsm) high gloss cast coated alternative label paper designed for high-end wet glue and pressure sensitive applications that require smooth printing and a mirror gloss appearance,…
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Thursday, 04 September 2014 10:29
Stora Enso to build demonstration plant in Louisiana, USA
Following its recent acquisition of the US-based biotechnology company Virdia, Stora Enso is investing EUR 32 million (USD 43 million) in a demonstration and market development plant to be built at Raceland, Louisiana, USA. The plant will be used for…
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Wednesday, 03 September 2014 12:56
Resolute Announces Permanent Closure of Laurentide Mill in Shawinigan, Quebec
Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced the permanent closure of its Laurentide paper mill in Shawinigan, Quebec. The restart of a competitor's mill at the end of 2012, the high cost of fiber, as well as higher transportation and fuel…
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Thursday, 28 August 2014 09:54
KapStone's Longview Mill Upgrades Its Sustainable Forestry Certifications To Now Include SFI and PEFC Chain-of-Custody
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS) announces that its mill in Longview, WA, has now been certified according to both the SFI and PEFC chain-of-custody standards, the highest levels of sustainable forestry certifications available. Previously the Longview mill had…
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Monday, 25 August 2014 10:25
Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignments by Kemira for sodium chlorate plant in Brazil
Kemira has awarded Pöyry with assignments for EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) services for a sodium chlorate plant in Brazil. The EPCM assignments relate to the new sodium chlorate plant that Kemira is building to serve the Brazilian markets,…
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Friday, 22 August 2014 11:11
FutureMark Alsip to Idle Mill
FutureMark Alsip (Alsip Acquisition, LLC) has announced that, due to increasingly challenging market conditions in the North American coated paper market, it will indefinitely idle its mill in early September. Alsip is the only facility in North America making coated…
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Thursday, 21 August 2014 10:11
ANDRITZ AUTOMATION to deliver simulation technologies for Klabin’s pulp mill project, Brazil
ANDRITZ AUTOMATION, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order to supply dynamic simulation solutions for Klabin’s Puma pulp mill project in Ortigueira, Paraná State, Brazil. The scope of supply encompasses the dynamics models, DCS checkout, and Operator…
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Wednesday, 20 August 2014 08:54
ANDRITZ to deliver a continuous cooking system and additional fiberline equipment to Resolute Forest Products, USA
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Resolute Forest Products to supply equipment, engineering, and field services for a new Lo-Solids continuous digester including ANDRITZ’s patented TurboFeed chip feeding system, which will replace an existing displacement batch pulping…
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Tuesday, 19 August 2014 07:42
Valmet to supply first OptiConcept M board production line in North America to Pratt Industries
Valmet has made a contract with Pratt Paper (IN), LLC for the supply of the paper machine for Pratt's new greenfield paper mill in Valparaiso area, Indiana, USA. The mill will utilize recovered paper in the production of recycled linerboard…
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Monday, 18 August 2014 06:29
Omya, NewPage Kick Off PCC Plant Operation in Escanaba
Omya and NewPage Corporation kicked off operations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the precipitated calcium carbonate plant located at the NewPage Escanaba paper mill site. The Omya plant brings seven new jobs to the community. PCC is an essential…
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Friday, 15 August 2014 09:44
BC Hydro Power Smart Program boosts viability for mechanical pulp producers
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) has announced that the Ministry of Energy and Mines and BC Hydro have introduced a new energy efficiency program aimed at reducing the power costs of mechanical pulp producers. The Power Smart program provided an injection of…
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Friday, 15 August 2014 07:21
ABB commissions new Quality Control System at Burrows Paper Corporation’s Mohawk Valley mill
Replacement of existing Quality Control System will help specialty mill in Little Falls, NY consistently produce high quality paper through increased visibility and control of the papermaking process ABB, the leading power and automation technology group has successfully commissioned a…
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