Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:00
News from the Annual General Meeting of Billerud Aktiebolag (publ) held on 9 May 2012
Adoption of income statement and balance sheet, resolution on dividend At the Annual General Meeting, the income statement and the balance sheet as well as the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet for 2011 were adopted. In accordance with…
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:00
UPM turns drupa waste into a valuable resource
UPM recycles all printing paper waste collected at the drupa exhibition in Germany working in close co-operation with Remondis, a leading waste management company. Printed and unprinted waste paper is collected in containers at drupa and transported to Remondis' baling…
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 12:30
UPM's printed Paper Catalogue complemented with modern Online and Mobile Catalogues
UPM’s service offering for its paper customers has been extended by launching a modern, easy-to-use Online Paper Catalogue which is now available both in English and German. Furthermore, a mobile version of the paper catalogue will be tested at drupa 2012…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 12:00
UPM opens the gateway to exciting experiences - It's time for drupa 2012!
It’s time to turn the page and write the next chapter in the story of paper. UPM will do it at drupa in the next two weeks. drupa - the international trade fair, held every four years, is bringing together…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 11:00
Södra Timber imposes market shutdown
Price levels for sawn timber products have been increasing slowly during the second quarter of 2012. At the same time, however, the construction market remains weak almost everywhere for Södra's products, not least in the Netherlands and Denmark, which are…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 10:00
Metso's new Quality Control System for BM8 at Stora Enso's board mills in Skoghall
Metso has received an order for a new Metso IQ quality control system from Stora Enso Skoghall. The system will be installed on BM8, one of the largest board machines in the world with an annual production amount of over…
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Friday, 04 May 2012 09:30
Rottneros appeals against Finansinspektionen’s decision
Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) made an order on 12 April 2012 requiring Rottneros to pay a charge of SEK 200,000 for violating the provisions on publication of changes to share capital. Rottneros has appealed against this decision to the Stockholm Administrative…
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:00
UPM sponsors challenging print simulator contest at drupa
The final round of the “SHOTS Heard Around the World” print simulator-based productivity contest culminates at the drupa exhibition in May. “Over 150 students from Asia, Europe and North America have been remotely competing at their technical schools and the…
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Friday, 27 April 2012 13:30
Cepi reports that Paper-based packaging recycling at 78%
Paper is the most recycled packaging material in the EU with a recycling rate of 78% based on 2010 figures. The rate was announced today by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), who used Eurostat data for their calculations.…
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Friday, 27 April 2012 11:30
First industrial scale foam forming research environment for forest sector
VTT invests to new sustainable and added value fibre-based products for the forest sector Foam forming technology gives exciting opportunities to develop new recyclable and light weight wood fiber products. It also gives a possibility to decrease raw material and…
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:30
Upturn in market with positive outlook
“The order situation has improved in our packaging paper segments and is now at a normal level. However, our sales of SEK 2 291 million and operating margin of 6% reflect a low level of prices. In local currency, prices…
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 12:30
Advanced lightweight material from forestry
Promising research findings with carbon fibre from lignin are presented in a new doctoral thesis by Ida Norberg On 20 April, Ida Norberg defended her doctoral thesis “Carbon fibres from kraft lignin” at Innventia in Stockholm. Her thesis shows that…
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 11:30
SCA has accepted DS Smith´s formal offer
SCA has accepted DS Smith´s formal offer to acquire the packaging operations in France following consultations with appropriate works councils. As a result, a sale and purchase agreement has been signed by both parties. On 17 January 2012, SCA announced…
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 09:30
Endress+Hauser increases commitment to ODVA
ODVA in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, has announced that Endress+Hauser, one of the world’s leading suppliers of measurement, automation equipment and solutions for the process industries, will become a principal member, joining leading suppliers Bosch Rexroth, Cisco Systems, Rockwell Automation,…
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 08:30
The European Paper Industry supports the Italian Waste Shipment Law
“The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) supports global trade and a free market, but a pre-condition to this is a level playing field. This is why we support requiring broadly equal environmental standards from our competitors in Asia," said…
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