Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:37
Tomas Duba, new Managing Director for Vacon in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon has appointed Tomas Duba the Managing Director for the company's sales offices in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. "During the past few years, Vacon has expanded its operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 16:00
Metso establish new award for innovations in the tissue making industry
Promoting sustainable development and science Metso Tissue Technology Award Metso continuously strive to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions to water as well as the atmosphere. Now we want to take one step further and challenge students and scientists around the…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 15:00
Frederic Duquenne Joins MarquipWardUnited Sales Team
MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of advanced sheeting, corrugating and finishing equipment, has announced the addition of Frederic Duquenne to its European Sheeter sales force. Duquenne joins the company as the sales executive for new sheeting machinery for Western Europe and…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 11:00
Information and consultation process to discontinue Gohrsmühle mill’s unprofitable operations finalised
M-real Corporation, part of Metsä Group, has concluded the information and consultation process at the Gohrsmühle mill in Germany. In order to eliminate the severe losses of the mill, M-real started the negotiations with the workers’ representatives concerning the planned…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 10:00
BASF achieves top results in 2011 and has ambitious targets for 2012
BASF significantly surpassed the record levels of 2010 in sales and earnings, and thus again earned a high premium on its cost of capital in 2011. Compared with 2010, sales increased by 15% to €73.5 billion. All regions contributed to…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 08:00
Klara Helstad new Sustainability Director at Södra
Klara Helstad has been named as the new Sustainability Director at Södra and as a new member of the group executive team at Södra as of 1 March. Helstad has been with Södra since 2005, and her last position was…
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:00
Metso receives an arbitration award of EUR 10 million
Metso has received an arbitration award in its favor amounting to EUR 10 million plus around EUR 2 million in interest. The arbitration process was related to a large project delivery in Turkey. The arbitration tribunal denied substantially the claims…
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Friday, 17 February 2012 09:22
ÅF wins project for Stora Enso to construct a new bleaching plant
ÅF has signed a contract with Stora Enso to conduct a pre-project prior to the construction of a new bleaching plant at the Skutskär Pulp Mill, and other reconstruction work in connection with related aspects of the process. The initial…
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:57
Mondi Group makes an offer to acquire the minority interest in Mondi Świecie S.A.
As part of the dual listed company structure, Mondi Limited and Mondi plc (together “Mondi Group”) notify both the JSE Limited (“JSE”) and the London Stock Exchange of matters required to be disclosed under the JSE Listings Requirements and/or the…
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 09:30
Vacon Plc completes personnel negotiations concerning white-collar personnel in Finland
Vacon Plc has completed the statutory personnel negotiations on 15 February 2012 concerning the company's white-collar personnel in Finland. The invitation to the personnel negotiations was given to Vacon's white-collar employee representatives on 12 December 2011, and the negotiations started…
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Friday, 10 February 2012 14:00
Brødrene Hartmann A/S : Update to the shareholders in relation to indications of interest
Based on the public offer by Lactosan-Sanovo Holding A/S (Lactosan-Sanovo) to the shareholders of Brødrene Hartmann A/S (Hartmann) submitted on 22 November 2011, the Board of Directors of Hartmann initiated a process for the purpose of examining which future solution…
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Friday, 10 February 2012 12:13
Metso to supply containerboard machine for Kipaş Kağıt in Turkey
Metso will supply Kipaş Kağıt Sanayi İşletmeleri A.Ş with a containerboard machine for their new mill site in Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey. The start-up of the new machine is scheduled for 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR…
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Friday, 10 February 2012 10:00
Metsä Board opens an innovation centre
Part of Metsä Group, M-real Corporation, which Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting to be convened on 28 March 2012 a change of the company’s name to Metsä Board Corporation, is Europe’s leading fresh forest fibre paperboard…
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 22:16
SCA’s binding offer to acquire Georgia-Pacific´s European tissue operations has been accepted
SCA’s binding offer to acquire Georgia-Pacific´s European tissue operations has been accepted – process continues towards closing Georgia-Pacific´s acceptance of SCA’s binding offer follows consultations with appropriate works councils. As a result, a sales and purchase agreement has been signed…
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 21:18
Stora Enso plans to increase competitiveness by restructuring magazine paper operations
Stora Enso’s Printing and Reading Business Area plans to increase its cost competitiveness by restructuring coated magazine paper operations at Corbehem Mill in France, Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland and Kabel Mill in Germany. “The operating environment in coated magazine paper…
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