Wednesday, 25 March 2015 10:09
Sappi guarantees the continuity of its Magno satin product availability
Sappi Europe confirms that it is no longer supplying paper sold under the Galaxi Keramik* brand. However this paper continues to be available on the market under its mill brand name MagnoTM satin through our new Magno merchant partners, Igepa…
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015 09:44
Ahlstrom announces price increases for masking tape base papers
Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces price increases on its masking tape materials produced by the Food and Medical business area. The price increases will be made to compensate for the continued high costs of raw materials…
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015 09:39
Stefan Doboczky succeeds Peter Untersperger as CEO of Lenzing AG
The Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG appointed Stefan Doboczky as the new Chairman of the Management Board (CEO) of Lenzing AG. Mr. Doboczky will assume his new function on June 1st 2015. He takes over from Peter Untersperger, who will…
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015 07:19
Global Forest and Paper Industry Celebrates International Day of Forests
The theme of the 2015 United Nations International Day of Forests is “Forests and Climate Change.” The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) is proud to represent the global forest products industry and its commitment to climate change…
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015 07:02
Improved printability reduces unnecessary wastage
In order to create competitive packaging, print quality needs to be sufficiently high and give a uniform appearance between different packages. This can be achieved without unnecessary wastage if the board material has similar properties and behaves as expected in…
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Thursday, 19 March 2015 22:07
Stora Enso and GL&V Sweden perform successful pulper rebuild at Kaukopää Mill
Stora Enso is a leading global supplier of packaging materials, serving a whole range of packaging applications – milk, juice, soups, spices, water and yoghurt as well as various high-volume non-food products, such as liquid detergents and fabric softeners. According…
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Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:47
Papertech Installs first WebInspector® WebLED beam for Arctic Paper, Grycksbo upgrade on PM10
Papertech is pleased to announce that the first of two WebInspector® web inspection (WIS) system upgrades has been completed at the Arctic Paper, Grycksbo mill in Sweden. The existing Cognex camera beam has been fitted with new high definition digital…
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Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:11
Sappi to locate ground-breaking nanocellulose pilot plant at Brightlands Chemelot Campus in the Netherlands.
Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp and graphics, speciality and packaging papers, is pleased to announce that it will build a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils (nanocellulose) production at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen…
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Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:06
Xerium Presents a Technical Paper at Tissue World 2015 in Barcelona, Spain
Xerium Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, announced that Bill Butterfield, executive vice president and chief technology officer, presented a technical paper at this year’s Tissue World Barcelona on March 17, 2015. Mr. Butterfield…
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Thursday, 19 March 2015 20:33
Going back to our roots – Sappi HQ team continue tradition with 5th Employee-led Tree-Planting Expedition
On the 27th of February 2015, employees from Sappi Europe’s Headquarters in Brussels headed out to the Forêt de Soignes with a batch of 1,400 saplings, ready to be planted. A further 2,600 will be planted by Natuur en Bos…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:19
Södra and Statkraft launch fuel company
Södra and Statkraft have signed a cooperation agreement to start a jointly-owned company for the future production of biofuel at the former Tofte pulp mill. The company will be named Silva Green Fuel AS, and will be 49-percent owned by…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:59
Steam profiler gets a new lease of life
A newsprint manufacturer has seen that retrofitting new steam profiler actuators is a cost-effective way to extend the life of the profiler, ensure reliability and reduce maintenance costs. By Mark Williamson, Journalist Engineer During the latter part of 1990s the…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:50
Environmental Paper Company Index 2015 – WWF invites 80 companies
WWF, the world´s largest conservation organisation, is inviting the world’s leading pulp and paper manufacturers to participate in the Environmental Paper Company Index 2015. The biannual Index promotes transparency and continual improvement in the sector. The list of invited manufacturers…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:37
Eurovast starts up the new tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at Cartiera della Basilica, Lucca.
The Italian producer Eurovast successfully started up a new Toscotec tissue machine at Cartiera della Basilica, Bagni di Lucca (LU). The new machine is a MODULO-PLUS crescent former with double press configuration and steel Yankee dryer TT SYD-3200MM with a…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 10:42
Miltenberg PM 7 impresses with efficient tissue production
The PM 7 process line commissioned mid-November 2014 at the Miltenberg headquarters of Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich KG has achieved the production speed of 2,100 m/min, making it one of the most efficient tissue machines currently operating worldwide. The NipcoFlex…
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