Friday, 01 June 2012 12:30
Completion of the acquisition of UPM's packaging paper operations
Billerud Finland Oy's acquisition of UPM's packaging paper operations at Pietarsaari and Tervasaari is now completed. Billerud Finland Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Billerud AB. The purchase price is around EUR 130 million. The acquired operations will be…
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Friday, 01 June 2012 11:20
Metso supplies board machine rebuild for SCA for increase of value-added production
Metso will rebuild the white top kraftliner machine at the Piteå mill of SCA Packaging Munksund AB in Sweden. The rebuilt production line will be fully operational during 2013. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The main…
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Friday, 01 June 2012 11:05
Ahlstrom plans to close its plant in Barcelona
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, plans to close its plant in Barcelona, Spain. The plant, which manufactures products for advanced and transportation filtration businesses, has suffered from continued weakening demand in Southern Europe. The company estimates that about…
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Friday, 01 June 2012 09:55
Södra: Looking ahead
A lot is happening, both locally and elsewhere in the world, which is having an impact on Södra. In a large company, rapid changes do sometimes take place in terms of both organisation and production. Gunilla Saltin, temporarily holding the…
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 09:59
ANDRITZ to supply paper machine to Zellstoff Pöls, Austria
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Zellstoff Pöls AG, Austria, for the supply of a PrimeLine plant for production of special paper. The new paper machine (width: 5.4 m; annual capacity: 80,000 t; design speed: up to…
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 08:15
Metso introduces control valve innovations for improved safety and efficiency at ACHEMA 2012, in Germany
Metso's unique offering of products and solutions to improve safety and productivity in the oil & gas industry is now complemented with a range of control valve innovations which will be presented at Hall 9.0. Stand B21 at ACHEMA. There…
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 08:10
Walki gains stronger foothold in Russia
Walki Group, the leading producer of technical laminates and protective packaging material, has taken an important step in realizing its strategic growth plan for the emerging markets as the new plant in Svetogorsk in Russia celebrated its opening. The next…
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:44
Magnus Hall New Chairman of the Board
Magnus Hall, President and CEO of Holmen, has been elected as successor to Mats Norlander, Stora Enso, in the position of Chairman of the Innventia Board of Directors. At the General Meeting of Shareholders, Mikael Hannus, Stora Enso, was also…
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:41
Birch provides renewable plastic raw material
Green modification of the natural polymer xylan improves a number of material properties according to new licentiate thesis by Johanna Persson. One of the biggest driving forces behind biorefining is replacing today’s fossil-based products with alternatives made from renewable resources.…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 12:00
Pöyry awarded mill site engineering contract by UPM
Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an engineering contract by UPM for the Schongau mill site in Germany. The order has been booked in the first quarter order book and the parties have agreed not to disclose the…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 11:00
EU approves SCA's disposal of its packaging operations to DS Smith
The European Commission has on the, 25 May 2012, approved DS Smith’s acquisition of SCA's packaging operations, excluding the two kraftliner mills in Sweden. The purchase price amounts to EUR 1.7bn on a debt free basis. The operations have approximately…
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Monday, 28 May 2012 10:00
UPM sells closed Albbruck paper mill to Karl Unternehmensgruppe, Germany
UPM and Karl Unternehmensgruppe, Innernzell, Germany have reached an agreement on the sale of the Papierfabrik Albbruck GmbH. The closing of the deal is planned to be effective by the beginning of August 2012. The contract parties have agreed not…
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Friday, 25 May 2012 09:30
Ahlstrom extends innovative Acti-V(TM) technology to its entire supercalendered release papers range
Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, will extend the application of its recently launched Ahlstrom Acti-V(TM) technology to all supercalendered release papers manufactured at its La Gère plant in France. The products are used for Pressure Sensitive Adhesive…
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Friday, 25 May 2012 08:22
Rottneros disposes of Rockhammars Bruk AB
Rottneros has sold Rockhammars Bruk AB, which owns the property where sawmill operations were previously conducted. The purchaser is NA Sverige AB, which intends to run a recycling operation at the site. The book value has been zero since the…
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:00
Endress+Hauser exceeds expectations in 2011
Endress+Hauser has ended the year 2011 with figures far exceeding expectations. Surprisingly powerful business developments made for new records in sales, headcount and profit. For the current year, the global measurement engineering group, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, expects solid growth.…
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