Wednesday, 18 March 2015 10:32
Valmet Tissue Technology Award granted to modification of hard wood pulp for tissue production
The winner of Valmet Tissue Technology Award was announced at the Tissue World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, on March 17, 2015. The award and the USD 25,000 prize amount was granted to Abdus Salam, Graduate Student from North Carolina State University,…
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 10:26
Paper and paperboard market: Demand is forecast to grow by nearly a fifth by 2030
Insight study by Pöyry indicates challenges for producers of paper and paperboard World demand for paper and paperboard is forecast to grow to 482 million tons in 2030. This equals an increase of 1.1 per cent per year. This is…
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015 09:10
Stora Enso appoints two new members to the Group Leadership Team
Stora Enso has appointed Gilles van Nieuwenhuyzen as Executive Vice President of the Packaging Solutions division and Markus Mannström as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to head up the new Group Technology function. They will be members of the Group Leadership…
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:15
GE and Kemira Create Global Alliance to Bring Water Technology to the Pulp and Paper Industry
GE and Kemira today announced a formal distribution agreement, which combines GE's advanced water technology with Kemira’s on-site services to deliver a seamless offering to the global pulp and paper industry. For the first time, GE’s newest and most advanced…
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Tuesday, 10 March 2015 09:13
Invercote G from Iggesund
Upgraded for better digital printing “We’re seeing almost an explosion of digitally printed folding cartons. For a company like ours which offers stiff paperboard of the highest quality this is a terrific development,” comments Fredrik Lisinski, who is responsible for…
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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 10:25
Valmet receives order from Holmen for softwood line rebuild at Iggesund mill
Valmet will deliver equipment and services for a rebuild of the soft wood pulp line at Holmen's Iggesund mill in Sweden. The rebuild will improve production stability, cut variable costs and increase pulp production capacity by 15 percent equally to…
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Friday, 27 February 2015 08:07
Where have all the flowers gone? 18,000 art lovers walk into a room of poppy paper.
The launch exhibition for Manchester’s newly re-opened and revamped Whitworth art gallery caused a stampede of visitors, but few were to know that James Cropper’s paper lies at the heart of Cornelia Parker’s stunning War Room installation. Thousands of punched…
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015 09:34
Extended high-speed inkjet paper portfolio presented
Mondi is offering a sneak preview of new high-speed inkjet products at Hunkeler Innovation Days 2015 at Hall1, Info 14 Mondi, the international packaging and paper Group, is attending the Hunkeler Innovation Days in Lucerne from 23 – 26 February…
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Monday, 23 February 2015 08:59
ANDRITZ to upgrade pulp drying line for Iggesund Paperboard, Sweden: capacity increase of up to 40%
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Iggesund Paperboard to upgrade the TM4 pulp drying line at its Iggesund mill, Sweden, thus increasing the line’s capacity from currently 230-260 tons to 325 tons per day. Start-up is scheduled…
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Friday, 20 February 2015 10:43
ECOFIBRAS STARTED UP TM#5 IN ARANGUREN, SPAIN, AFTER MAJOR REBUILDING
The Spanish Company ECOFIBRAS ARANGUREN SL, tissue manufacturing facility of the CEL group, has successfully completed and started up in cooperation with Toscotec the major rebuild of the tissue machine TM#5 in Aranguren – Zalla Bizkaia – after a major…
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Wednesday, 18 February 2015 08:35
Stora Enso completes the divestment of its Uetersen Mill
Stora Enso has completed the divestment announced on 13 December 2014 of its Uetersen specialty and coated fine paper mill in Germany to a company mainly owned by the private equity fund Perusa Partners Fund 2. “We have now successfully…
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Monday, 16 February 2015 11:13
Virgin fibre a necessity in chocolate packaging
“When we choose the paperboard for chocolate packaging, the decisive factor is taste and odour neutrality. Of course the paperboard must be suitable for the construction we have chosen but if we do not minimise the risk of the chocolate…
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Friday, 13 February 2015 10:16
Valmet to supply key technology to Metsä Fibre's Äänekoski bioproduct mill project
Valmet and Metsä Fibre have signed a letter of intent according to which Valmet will deliver key technology to Metsä Fibre's planned Äänekoski bioproduct mill in Finland. The letter of intent covers recovery boiler, pulp drying line, gasification plant, and…
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Friday, 13 February 2015 10:05
ANDRITZ to supply key production technologies for new bio-product pulp mill in Finland
International technology Group ANDRITZ has signed a letter of intent with Metsä Fibre to deliver key production technologies for a new bio-product pulp mill with an annual capacity of 1.3 million tons of pulp in Äänekoski, Finland. The order value…
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Thursday, 12 February 2015 08:13
Making Hearts Melt: Chinese Chocolate Printing Craze Wrapped-Up in ‘Cocoa’
3D printing has delivered spare parts to the International Space Station, concept cars and now delicious, personalised Valentine’s Day gifts. Few things can say ‘I love you’ like an image of your loved one perfectly printed in dark, milk and…
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