As part its assistance to projects and activities intended to promote sustainable forest management, mainstream forest certification, improve market conditions for certified products, and advance knowledge and collaboration, PEFC is has selected six projects to benefit from its Collaboration Fund…
BASF expanded its coating center recently by adding a tailor-made and flexible laboratory coating and laminating facility. The new coater facilitates the development of adhesive systems for flexible packaging, labels, tapes and functional film coatings. It increases the capacity for…
  About 80 percent of SCA’s consumers globally are women. This strong reason is behind SCA’s decision to sign an all-female crew for one of the sporting world’s most challenging events. SCA is participating with a boat in the next…
  Outotec's expert in recycling and sustainable technologies, professor, Dr Markus Reuter has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Aalto University, School of Chemical Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering as of August 1, 2012. The professorship focuses on systems…
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.   Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil. BASF – The…
Gardner Denver has announced a restructuring initiative to optimize its global manufacturing footprint, reduce costs and expand margins. These initiatives, which focus primarily on its European Industrial Products Group, will consolidate manufacturing facilities and reduce associated staffing levels to increase operational…
Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:54

Endress+Hauser strengthens Supervisory Board

  Endress+Hauser strengthens the Group’s Supervisory Board. The company’s long-serving CFO Fernando Fuenzalida (69) joins the body from 1 August 2012. The Supervisory Board is expanding from six to seven members. This ensures that Mr Fuenzalida will continue to incorporate…
UPM has completed the sale of its closed Papierfabrik Albbruck GmbH to the German Karl Group. UPM permanently ceased graphic paper production at the mill situated in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in January 2012. The Karl Group, experienced in developing industrial sites,…
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, has completed an investment on additional capacity in filtration material at its site in Turin, Italy. The company has started to ramp up its new saturator line, which is expected to be commercial…
Kemira announced on July 26, 2012 that it will start a global restructuring program "Fit for Growth" to improve the company's profitability, internal efficiency and to accelerate growth in the emerging markets. Kemira also announced that the implementation of the…
Fisher International, leading consultants to the pulp and paper industry worldwide, has named Szymon Siuda as Senior Consultant, Europe Office. The appointment reflects an increase in demand for the firm’s products and services among European paper industry suppliers and producers.…
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired Ashbrook Simon-Hartley, a leading provider of belt filter presses, which is a complement and alternative to Alfa Laval’s decanter range in the dewatering…
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 13:15

Vacon to start repurchases of own shares

The Board of Directors of Vacon Plc has decided to utilize the authorization given by the Annual General Meeting held on 27 March 2012 to repurchase the company's shares. The maximum number of shares to be acquired is 60,000 corresponding…
Kemira Oyj announces a global restructuring program "Fit for Growth" to improve the company's profitability, internal efficiency and to accelerate growth in the emerging markets. The cost savings target with the planned program is EUR 60 million on an annualized…
Mondi presents its digital printing papers at Cross Media, 3rd-4th September, London, UK. The Cross Media exhibition brings together printers, agencies and businesses interested in multi-media platforms for marketing campaigns and business opportunities. Mondi will showcase Color Copy, DNS®, and…