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Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:09
Toscotec’s MODULO-PLUS fired up at Celupaper S.A., Argentina.
Celupaper S.A. successfully started up PM4, a new MODULO-PLUS tissue machine supplied by Toscotec, at its Papelera Nicaragua mill, Argentina. The tissue machine started producing sellable paper immediately after start-up and is scheduled to reach the target speed in the…
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018 12:22
International Paper And World Wildlife Fund Collaborate To Develop Science-Based Targets For Forests And Advance Forest Restoration In Brazil
How much forest land—and what quality—is needed to ensure forests can continue to provide people, plants and animals worldwide with clean air and water, food and the goods and services they need to thrive? Through a new collaboration between World…
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Thursday, 07 June 2018 10:32
Valmet to invest in a new Service Center in Concepcion, Chile
Valmet has made the decision to build a Service Center in Chile to further develop its local presence close to customers in South America. Valmet's new Service Center will be located in Concepcion province and it will be in operation…
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Friday, 13 April 2018 09:28
Voith and SEPAC: Successful partners in yet another tissue machine start-up in Brazil
Voith Paper, world leader in innovation for the paper industry, completed the successful start-up of the TM 6 XcelLine machine at SEPAC, a company headquartered in the Brazilian state of Paraná that is among the country’s five largest manufacturers of…
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Friday, 13 April 2018 09:05
Voith to build new XcelLine paper machine and BlueLine stock preparation for Grupo Gondi
Grupo Gondi has entered into a contract with Voith to supply a new paper machine with an annual production capacity of 400,000 metric tons. The new paper machine will be located in a facility in Monterrey in Northern Mexico. Voith…
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Tuesday, 20 March 2018 12:24
Fabio Perini launches MYPERINI in Latin America
Complete turnkey tissue converting and packaging lines at competitive price and faster delivery times For customers looking for complete line solutions, without much need of customization Most cost-effective solution in the market with the right balance between technology, quality and…
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Monday, 19 March 2018 12:01
Valmet Advantage ViscoNip and ReDry rebuild delivering top results at Alas Doradas, El Salvador
Valmet has successfully delivered and started up a rebuild of Alas Doradas' PM4 tissue machine, close to San Salvador, El Salvador. The rebuild delivered top results right from the start. Targets were reached and surpassed already in the first week…
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Wednesday, 28 February 2018 10:08
Essity restructures in Chile
Essity is restructuring its production facility in Santiago, Chile, to further improve quality and cost for the Consumer Tissue and Professional Hygiene businesses in the country. These measures are aligned with the company’s strategy to optimize the production footprint to…
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Tuesday, 13 February 2018 09:20
ANDRITZ successfully starts up tissue machine with the world’s largest steel Yankee dryer in Brazil
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the PrimeLineST W22 tissue machine with steel Yankee dryer and steam-heated hood delivered to Carta Fabril, for its mill in Anápolis, Brazil. Due to the outstanding and short commissioning period, paper production…
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Thursday, 11 January 2018 13:24
Voith and Suzano Papel e Celulose Strengthen Successful Technological Partnership with the Start-Up of Two Tissue Machines
As part of its strategy to expand into the tissue segment, Suzano Papel e Celulose, the world’s second-largest eucalyptus pulp producer, commissioned Voith Paper, a global technology leader in innovation for the paper industry, to supply complete production lines for…
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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 08:46
Toscotec successfully completed a dryer section rebuild for Smurfit Kappa in Barbosa (Colombia).
In 2016 Smurfit Kappa awarded Toscotec with the rebuilding of the Company´s Barbosa paper machine’s dryer section. The target operating speed of the machine after startup was set at 1,000 mpm. Following an extensive project that lasted 25 months, with…
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Friday, 01 December 2017 09:02
Brazil: exports from the planted tree sector surpass US$ 7 billion through October 2017 (+10.9%)
From January to October of 2017, pulp exports rose 2.9% in comparison with the same period of the previous year, reaching 16.0 million tons sold; exports of wood panels increased by 29.4%, with 1.1 million cubic meters directed toward foreign…
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Wednesday, 29 November 2017 13:08
Over half of South America´s Pulp and Paper Production rated on WWF´s Environmental Paper Company Index
WWF presents the results of the Environmental Paper Company Index 2017, a WWF tool to promote transparency and continual improvement in the global pulp, paper and packaging sector. The Index is published for the fifth time. Together, the EPCI 2017…
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Wednesday, 22 November 2017 10:17
Smurfit Kappa’s PM1 in Barbosa, Colombia is up & running!
In January 2016, Smurfit Kappa signed another contract with PMP for a press part rebuild of PM1 in its Mill in Barbosa (Colombia). PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) has been chosen again as a strategic partner supporting Smurfit Kappa’s development. Thus,…
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Friday, 10 November 2017 10:58
UPM and the Government of Uruguay sign an investment agreement to establish a competitive operating platform for a possible new pulp mill in Uruguay
UPM and the Government of Uruguay have signed an investment agreement, which outlines the local prerequisites for a potential pulp mill investment. The agreement details the roles, commitments and time-line for both parties as well as the relevant items to…
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