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The Yuen Foong Yu PM#1 at Hsin Wu mill in Taiwan was successfully started up on February 14th 2011, after PMT Italia had been selected by YFY as a key partner for the supply of machinery and engineering. The investment…
Two P-RC APMP mechanical pulping lines delivered by ANDRITZ to APP’s mill in Jingui, Guangxi Province, China, have been started up in record time. The guaranteed production of 750 admt/d was achieved within only 2.5 months for Line #1 and…
New Facility Expected to Produce 700,000 Tons per Year to Help ZhanJiang Chenming Pulp and Paper Co. Improve Quality and Increase Planned Production Zhanjiang, China - Honeywell will supply the integrated control system for ZhanJiang Chenming Pulp and Paper Company's…
BASF and PETRONAS will commence a feasibility study for a new plant for superabsorbent polymers. The companies have also decided to look into the expansion of the existing production capacities of their joint venture BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd. “Our…
International Paper has entered into agreements with Mr. L.N. Bangur, and related family members and affiliates to purchase approximately 53.5 percent of the outstanding shares of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited for approximately US$257 million in cash. In addition, International…
We again express our deepest sympathies to victims of the earthquake that struck off the coast of the Tohoku district in the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2011. The following summarizes the current status of the Group: 1. Confirmation of…
Japan is in urgent need of pre-fabricated houses and manufactured wood products in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in early March. Longer term, it can be expected that imports of commodity products such as…
Friday, 25 March 2011 09:38

BASF Chongqing MDI project approved

BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, has received approval for a 400,000 metric tons per year MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) project in Chongqing, China. The investment will total RMB 8 billion (approximately €860 million). The facility, which will produce a core…
AkzoNobel is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives (paint and building material thickeners), providing additional momentum for the company’s accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in China to $3 billion…
Heatset web paper may be in short supply in Australia with the Japanese earthquake and tsunami causing serious damage to paper mills and infrastructure. Nippon Paper (NPI) who supplies around 100,000 tonnes a year to the Australian market was one…
An independent economic assessment of the Bell Bay pulp mill has found that the Tasmanian economy would be close to $10 billion better off as a result of Gunns Limited's investment in the northern Tasmanian mill. The Insight Economics report,…
Chempolis Ltd and Henan Yinge Industrial Investment Co., Ltd signed a frame agreement on 21 January 2011 on establishing a joint venture in Luohe, Henan province. The proposed JV company will build a biorefinery based on Chempolis formicofib™ technology using…
Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:17

Nippon Paper Group, Inc. Earthquake Damage

Nippon Paper Group, Inc. has set up the emergency committee regarding the earthquake of March 11, 2011. Following is the Group's situation the Company pieces out so far. # Kushiro Mill, Nippon Paper I ndustr ies Co., Ltd. No damage.…
A massive 8.9 earthquake struck Japan last Friday, whose epicenter was in Miyagi prefecture north of Tokyo, and sparked a huge tsunami that caused devastation across much of the country's northeastern seaboard, and is estimated to have killed several thousand…
Acrowood will deliver a DEAL Rotary Debarker to Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd.'s Laos project. This order tops off 2010 and 2011 sales to some of China's largest mills, including the Guangxi Jingdaxing Group, and the Yunnan…