Monday, 24 January 2011 09:29
AkzoNobel invests €90m in growth strategy to supply world’s largest pulp mill
AkzoNobel has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the world’s…
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Friday, 21 January 2011 10:23
ANDRITZ receives major order for supplies to Eldorado pulp mill, Brazil
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Eldorado Papel e Celulose Ltda. (Eldorado Brasil) to supply a complete fiberline and other major equipment for the new pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the third…
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Friday, 21 January 2011 10:09
Domtar starts new turbine generator
Domtar Corporation celebrated the start-up of its newly installed 50 megawatt bio-fueled steam turbine generator at its Marlboro (Bennettsville) mill in South Carolina today. Domtar invested approximately $40 million in 2010 to complete this project. Now fully operational, the new…
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Friday, 21 January 2011 10:05
UPM's forestal oriental increases land ownership in Uruguay
In order to improve wood procurement options and to support self-sufficiency in wood supply to Fray Bentos pulp mill, UPM's plantation company Forestal Oriental has acquired about 25,000 hectares of land in Uruguay from a private land owner. The purchase…
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:00
Metso-supplied tissue making line starts up in Mexico
The Metso-supplied tissue making line of SCA in Mexico came successfully on stream on November 15, 2010, at SCA’s greenfield mill site in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo State, close to Mexico City. The new PM 1 line has an annual production…
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:53
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies to increase prices in North America
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will increase prices immediately for its portfolio of polyacrylamide chemistries sold in North America by a minimum of 5 to 15 percent, or as contracts allow. In addition, other Water…
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:21
Stora Enso and Arauco joint venture Montes del Plata invests USD 1.9 billion in building state-of-the-art 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill at Punta Pereira, Uruguay
Stora Enso’s and Arauco’s joint-venture company Montes del Plata will build a new state-of-the-art 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill at Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The total investment is estimated to be approximately USD 1.9…
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Monday, 17 January 2011 14:55
AbitibiBowater Names New Executive Team
AbitibiBowater today announced the selection of a new Executive Team, reporting directly to Richard Garneau, President and Chief Executive Officer. This leadership transition includes a number of senior management changes, supporting the Company's execution of its business strategy. "The Executive…
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Monday, 17 January 2011 12:30
Ahlstrom's Louveira plant in Brazil hit by thunderstorm flooding
Ahlstrom's Louveira plant in Brazil was hit by a thunderstorm and flooded. Production at the site has been stopped. There were no injuries to Ahlstrom staff or other people at the site. The Louveira plant is located approximately 100 kilometers…
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 09:51
Pöyry awarded EUR 8.4 million pulp mill engineering contract in Brazil
Pöyry's Industry Business Group has been awarded a basic and detailed engineering contract by Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda for the Balance of Plant(BOP) of the 1.5 million t/a bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill to be built in Mato Grosso…
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 11:00
Tembec announces capital investment at its high-yield pulp mill in Matane, Quebec
Tembec has announced a capital investment totalling $25.7 million for its high-yield pulp mill located in Matane, Quebec. The investment will result in “energy, environmental and economic benefits”. Funding will come mainly from the Federal Government and the Province of…
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 09:14
Verso Paper Corp. Announces Proposed $360 Million Debt Offering
Verso Paper Corp. announced today that its subsidiaries, Verso Paper Holdings LLC and Verso Paper Inc., are proposing to issue $360 million aggregate principal amount of their second priority senior secured notes due 2019 (the "Notes") in a private offering…
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Monday, 10 January 2011 00:47
B.C. pulp mills receive funding for green upgrades
Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co.’s mill in Quesnel and Canfor Pulp's Northwood mill in Prince George are the latest pulp mills in B.C. to be earmarked for federal government money to reduce their environmental footprint. The Cariboo and Canfor…
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Monday, 10 January 2011 00:37
BC Hydro supports Cariboo Pulp and Paper’s clean energy plans
Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company and BC Hydro have reached an agreement that will allow the mill to upgrade its systems to create 160 gigawatt hours of steam-generated clean electricity to sell to BC Hydro each year – enough to…
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Friday, 07 January 2011 22:01
California is Bleeding Manufacturing Jobs. Are We Next?
State lawmakers convening in Olympia are looking under every pebble for new money. They must write a budget with as much as 20 percent less tax revenue. Often when cash is short, some want to repeal the so-called “tax loopholes.”…
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