Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:00
Sappi Fine Paper Europe goes to the root of the matter with its 4th Employee-led Tree-Planting
On the 16th of November, employees from Sappi Fine Paper Europe’s Headquarters in Brussels headed out to the Forêt de Soignes, armed with 2750 saplings, ready to be planted. Sustainability is an everyday reality at Sappi, and this initiative is ‘real’ example of…
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 14:00
Incada a packaging competition winner
Incada, which is made by Iggesund Paperboard in Workington, England, featured in two winning entries when the Pro Carton/ ECMA annual packaging awards were presented recently. The folding box board Incada was the surface material – the one visible to…
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 13:00
Metsä Group’s tissue and cooking paper business area ends statutory negotiations in Finland
Metsä Tissue, Metsä Group’s tissue and cooking paper business has finished the statutory negotiations commenced in September in its Finnish units. The negotiations were part of Metsä Tissue’s on-going company-wide organisational restructuring targeted to improve profitability. As a result of…
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 12:00
ANDRITZ to supply film press to Brigl & Bergmeister, Slovenia
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Brigl & Bergmeister, one of the world’s leading producers of specialty papers for labels and flexible packaging, to supply a PrimeCoat film press, including an infrared drying system, for Papirnica Vevče,…
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:00
Jens Pohl Appointed as Head of Voith Engineering Services
Effective from January 1, 2013, Voith Engineering Services will see a new business executive: Jens Pohl will be taking over the lead of Voith Engineering Services in the Group Division Voith Industrial Services. The 45-year-old mechanical engineer comes from the…
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:08
Palm paper planning application for CHP
Palm Paper King’s Lynn mill began production of newsprint grades in August 2009 and in July 2012 King’s Lynn PM7 machine produced the one millionth tonne. With production ahead of forecast levels Palm Paper seeks to reduce its dependency on…
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:40
Södra Cell Mörrum keeps on adding Metso Kappa Q analyzers
Södra Cell Mörrum enhances process management in kraft pulping with new Metso Kappa Q analyzers. Metso has delivered a second order for a large Kappa Q analyzer unit to Södra’s Mörrum plant. The delivered analyzer replaces Mörrum’s retiring Metso Kappa…
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Monday, 19 November 2012 18:42
Mondi highlights key environmental issues for the paper and printing industry
Key environmental issues for the paper and printing industry were highlighted at the 2nd annual Mondi Green Event Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK invited key sustainability managers to the Green Event, which covered a variety of topics including how companies…
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Monday, 19 November 2012 11:45
Outotec to deliver a 90 MW biomass power plant in Turkey
Outotec has agreed with Eren Holding on the turnkey delivery of a 90 MW biomass power plant to Çorlu, located close to Istanbul in Turkey. The order value is approximately EUR 55 million and it will be booked in Outotec's…
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Monday, 19 November 2012 10:15
Almere City scores with Satino Black
Almere City FC has a burning ambition. This professional football club from Almere wants to win a place in the Dutch Premier league, the highest level attainable in the Netherlands, during the next 5 to 6 years. In anticipation, renovation…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:30
Satino Black wins WWF Paper Award
Van Houtum received the international WWF Environmental Paper Award 2012 on 13 November. We won this award because our Cradle to Cradle-certified hygienic paper, Satino Black, scores highly in the area of environmental performance. A total of 11 companies received…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 15:30
Cham Paper Group wins the Zug Innovation Prize with Barnamic®
The Cham Paper Group has won the Zug Innovation Prize 2012. The CHF 20,000 prize was awarded to the company today by the Mayor of Zug, Matthias Michel, to mark this year's Zug Innovation and Technology Day. The Jury selected the…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:30
UPM Shotton Paper Mill Scoops PPI Enviromental Strategy Award
UPM Shotton paper mill in north Wales has triumphed at the annual PPI Awards held in Brussels. The Award for Environmental Strategy of the Year for a Mill was given in recognition for UPM Shotton going the extra mile and…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:30
Major wins for Mondi with three awards from PPI and two from WWF
Mondi’s contribution to industry standards in sustainable paper production, efficiency, and safety were recognized at the 2012 Pulp and Paper International (PPI) Awards on 12th November. The following day, WWF announced Mondi as the recipient of two Environmental Paper Awards…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 12:30
Lenzing Group: Second Best Nine-Month Results Despite Headwinds
In spite of economic headwinds, the Lenzing Group succeeded in achieving the second best business results in its history. However, as expected, the company could not match the record performance of the previous year. Fiber shipment volumes rose by 12%…
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