Monday, 30 August 2010 10:00
The Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency selects ÅF for project consulting services in IT
The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency has selected ÅF in the allocation of framework agreements for government agencies. The contract covers project consulting services in IT and spans two years, with the option of a subsequent two-year extension. "As…
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:00
Matti Kähkönen appointed new President and CEO of Metso
The Board of Directors of Metso has appointed Mr. Matti Kähkönen, M.Sc. in Engineering, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Metso Corporation and Metso Group. Matti Kähkönen will start in his new position on March 1, 2011.…
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:46
Stora Enso divests real estate at Baienfurt in Germany
Stora Enso Baienfurt GmbH has signed an agreement to divest its Baienfurt mill site real estate in Germany. Buyer is the IGV Industrie- und Gewerbeverwaltungs GmbH, a subsidiary of the Lower Bavarian Karl- Gruppe, which specialises in acquiring and restructuring…
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 09:24
Brødrene Hartmann A/S (DK) - Report on extraordinary general meeting held on Tuesday, 24 August 2010
The resolution proposed by the Board of Directors to elect Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen as a new board member was adopted. In the period leading up to the general meeting, Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen was attached to the Board of Directors in an advisory…
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 08:38
ABB automation increases paper machine availability for Korsnäs paperboard mill
Delivery includes the first permanent magnetized motor from ABB in Sweden ABB, the leading power and automation group, has won an order to supply automation and control systems for two paper machines and a winder at Korsnäs AB in Gävle,…
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Monday, 23 August 2010 11:02
HiDrain boosts dry content at Norske Skog Skogn PM2
The Norske Skog Skogn mill in Norway is one of the largest newsprint producers in Europe. The mill has decisively sought ways in which to improve the operation and efficiency of its three newsprint machines, PM 1, PM 2 and…
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Saturday, 21 August 2010 10:56
Global Recognition for Four National Forest Certification Systems
Forest certification systems in Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic meet its globally recognized Sustainability Benchmarks and have been re-endorsed, PEFC International, the world’s largest forest certification organization, announced today. All systems successfully completed the comprehensive and thorough endorsement…
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:30
Energy saving in the drying section: Siemens software reduces steam consumption in papermaking
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has developed a new software solution with an energy-saving control strategy for dryer sections. The Sipaper APC (Advanced Process Control) DrySec is designed to reduce steam consumption in papermaking by decreasing energy needs in the…
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 12:00
Sappi honours printers and their pursuit of print excellence
The 2010 Sappi African Printers of the Year gala event held in Sun City on 12 August 2010 was a celebration of print excellence where printers and their winning entries shared the spotlight.At the glittering event hosted by Master of…
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:43
Darmstadt University of Technology and Heidelberg Extend Joint Research Platform for Another Two Years
The Institute for Printing Presses and Printing Methods (IDD) at Darmstadt University of Technology and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) are extending their joint research platform till 2012. The two partners have been working on the "functional printing" development project since…
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Monday, 16 August 2010 10:00
Commercial Printer Impressed with World's First Speedmaster CX 102
"Onward and upward - even against the flow" are the words that drive the corporate philosophy of Druckerei Kern, a print shop based in Bexbach in Germany. "We have always invested in the latest presses in order to offer our…
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Friday, 13 August 2010 11:00
Lars Häggström appointed as new Head of Group HR and member of Stora Enso Group Executive Team
Stora Enso has appointed Lars Häggström (42) as new Head of Group Human Resources and member of the Group Executive Team. He is currently Head of Group HR at Nordea Bank AB. Prior to his appointment at Nordea in 2008,…
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Friday, 13 August 2010 07:19
Finnish industry boosted by gains in forestry and paper sector.
Finland's June industrial output soared 14.5 percent compared with a year earlier, boosted by a nearly 31-percent gain in its forestry and paper sector, official data showed Tuesday.Compared to May, Finland's industrial output jumped 2.1 percent, according to figures from…
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 08:00
ANDRITZ to supply stock preparation equipment
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Arctic Paper Kostrzyn S.A to supply stock preparation components that will improve the quality of fine paper grades produced at the Kostrzyn mill, Poland; the pulp obtained is used to produce…
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Monday, 09 August 2010 16:00
UPM and Wallpaper* magazine's handmade partnership
UPM and leading design bible Wallpaper* magazine have collaborated on an innovative project for the magazine's August issue. Hailed as its most ambitious issue to date, the magazine has been produced with no less than eight UPM paper grades with…
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