Friday, 09 July 2021 10:58
European paper industry delivers on emission reduction and recycling commitments
With the slowing down of the European economy and the sanitary restrictions, European paper and board consumption decreased by 5.3% in 2020 compared to 2019, totalling 71 million tonnes. Cepi members produced 85.2 million tonnes of paper and board, a…
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Thursday, 08 July 2021 12:06
Valmet receives the ninth tissue line order from Hayat Kimya in Russia
Valmet will supply the ninth tissue line delivery, including an extensive automation package, to Turkish tissue producer Hayat Kimya. The company has decided to invest in a new tissue machine at their new mill in Russia, with a target to…
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Thursday, 08 July 2021 11:16
Syassky PPM expands its business in the Fold sector thanks to the production lines for interfolded products and Kӧrber’s Customer Service
In Russia, the demand for innovative, high-quality tissue products, including disposable items following the pandemic, has increased significantly in recent years. For this reason, Syassky PPM, one of the most important paper mills in Russia, already active in the Roll…
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Tuesday, 06 July 2021 11:32
Essity invests in improved recycling of food and beverage cartons in France
Global hygiene and health company Essity invests approximately EUR 11m (approximately SEK 110m) in its Hondouville mill in France, allowing to extract 98% of paper fibers contained in food and beverage cartons. Since 2008, Essity’s Hondouville mill has been the…
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Tuesday, 06 July 2021 11:29
BillerudKorsnäs launches strong, super-light cartonboard
BillerudKorsnäs is introducing two new low grammages of their flagship cartonboard product, CrownBoard Prestige®. Made at KM7, the world’s most modern board machine, the two new low grammages are particularly interesting for the graphical industry. CrownBoard Prestige® 170 and 200…
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Tuesday, 06 July 2021 11:25
Duni group announces the upcoming launch of fossil free premium napkins using OrganoClick's binders
For more than 10 years, OrganoClick has developed biobased and biodegradable binders that can replace fossil plastic binders in nonwoven and specialty paper. In collaboration with Duni, the leading manufacturer of premium napkins, completely fossil-free and biodegradable premium napkins have…
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Tuesday, 06 July 2021 11:21
Koehler Paper sets new production speed record with Voith paper machine
Designed as one of the most efficient specialty paper machines in the world, Koehler Paper commissioned Voith's production line 8 at its Kehl mill at the end of October 2019 - after a previous project time of only around two…
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Thursday, 24 June 2021 10:29
ABB upgrades QCS color control to stabilize sheet color faster and mitigate variability
New features on ABB’s Color Control for QCS800xA take guesswork out of color control and help customers reach shade targets faster ABB has launched its latest generation of Color Control with new features that improve overall quality and enable faster…
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Wednesday, 23 June 2021 09:44
Ground-breaking ice cream packaging won BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany
The winners of BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany – Packaging Impact Design Award – have been selected. The most prestigious prize of the competition, PIDA Gold Award, went to the design student Hagen Neugebauer from Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 13:03
Fire at Metsä Board’s Husum pulp mill’s chip conveyor
A conveyor feeding wood chips both to the hardwood and softwood digesters at Metsä Board’s Husum pulp mill in Sweden caught fire on Friday, 18 June at about 12.30 CET. The city fire brigade managed to get the fire under…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:57
ANDRITZ to rebuild board machine at Mayr-Melnhof Karton in Frohnleiten, Austria
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Mayr-Melnhof Karton, Austria, to rebuild its KM3 at the mill in Frohnleiten. The aim of the rebuild is to increase production as well as improve quality and the ecological footprint. Start-up…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:37
Valmet delivers recycled fiber lines for Umka Cardbord Mill rebuild in Serbia
Valmet will supply recycled fiber lines for Umka Cardboard Mill rebuild in Serbia. The order is a continuation of Valmet’s board machine rebuild delivery, which will be started up during the second half of 2021. The main target of the rebuild is to increase the…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:23
FRACTION project develops novel lignocellulose fractionation process for high purity lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose valorisation into added value products
FRACTION develops a novel integrated lignocellulose fractionation approach to maximize the purity and quality of lignin and hemicellulose side streams in 2nd generation biorefineries to achieve its use in the formulation of added value products and keep the high quality…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:18
Södra initiates OnceMore® investment – will tenfold production capacity
A new investment in Södra’s pulp mill at Mörrum will achieve a tenfold increase in Södra’s production capacity, while also increasing the proportion of recycled textile in the pulp. Södra’s OnceMore® initiative – the world’s first process for industrial-scale recycling…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 11:19
Lenzing expands innovative fiber identification technology to TENCELTM branded fibers
The Lenzing Group is proud to announce the extension of its revolutionary fiber identification technology to TENCELTM branded lyocell and modal fibers, solidifying its commitment to providing supply chain transparency along the entire textile production process. The successful launch and…
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