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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Thursday, 15 November 2012 09:38
Xerium Technologies Continues European Cost Reductions
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global manufacturer of clothing and roll covers used primarily in the paper production process, has announced that it has initiated consultation proceedings with the works council at its Huyck Wangner forming fabric facility in Reutlingen, Germany regarding…
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 08:33
Tieto begins collaboration with FormPipe Software AB
Tieto has signed a partnership agreement with FormPipe Software. The collaboration entails Tieto building on its Enterprise Content Management (ECM) focus by offering sales, administration and further development of FormPipe's product suite for document and case management, workflow and archiving.…
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012 09:20
Sappi’s talent for innovation awarded during 2012 Pulp and Paper International (PPI) Awards
Sappi Fine Paper Europe is very proud to have won one award in the 2012 Pulp & Paper International Awards, during a ceremony hosted on 12 November in Brussels. The awards are dedicated to recognising the achievements of companies, mills and…
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012 08:51
Metso concludes the statutory employer-employee negotiations covering its Paper business
Metso has concluded the statutory employer-employee negotiations covering personnel in its units serving the paper industry. As a result of these discussions, 400 employees will be reduced and a further 136 positions will be outsourced in Finland. The statutory employer-employee…
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012 09:33
Transparency and environmental performance of UPM’s papers recognized in 2012 WWF Environmental Paper Awards
UPM is one of seven paper producers to receive an award from the WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) in the category of ‘Transparency’ during the 2012 WWF Environmental Paper Awards. The award recognizes UPM’s efforts in providing public information…
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Monday, 12 November 2012 17:30
Foundation stone for UPM’s wood-based renewable diesel biorefinery laid in Lappeenranta
The construction of the world’s first biorefinery producing wood-based renewable diesel in Lappeenranta is running according to schedule. The foundation stone of UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery will be encased today. Construction began last summer and the biorefinery will start producing renewable…
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Monday, 12 November 2012 11:58
DuraPulp won prize in the competition "Plastovationer"
Södra Cell and the composite - material DuraPulp won a prize this week in the category "Bio" in the competition "Plastovationer". The prize is awarded annually by the magazine Plastforum to a company or person who has used plastic, rubber…
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Monday, 12 November 2012 11:01
Pulp Paper logistics magazine and Pulp-paperworld.com join forces.
Vince Maynard the publisher & editorial director of Pulp Paper Logistics magazine has quoted "it has been interesting to see the changes from within the industry over the past 12 months. Mergers, acquisitions and sadly some closures. Tissue and packaging…
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Friday, 09 November 2012 12:41
Siemens to focus its water business on automation technology in the future
Siemens has decided to reorganize its activities in the water business. The company intends to focus in the future on automation and drive solutions for the control of water applications for municipalities and industry. The Business Unit known as Siemens…
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