United Paper Industries Co., selected PMT Italia as the supplier of a major rebuild of their PM#1, located in Shuaiba Industrial Area, Kuwait.

The 2.6 m wide machine produces Sack Kraft as well Fluting and Test Liner, mainly using local OCC.

The project is expected to improve production capacity and paper strength by adding a new press section with  ÆGO™FLX SHOE DP, a new ÆGO™SIZER P and a new  ÆGO™REEL C. Other parts of the machine will also be modernized within a close cooperation between United Paper Mill’s plant management and PMT Engineers.

With the start up of this project, planned for the 4th quarter of 2013, PMT will have the first   ÆGO™FLX SHOE DP unit in the Middle East area.

This project follows other recent successful PMT references on Sack Kraft and Test Liner with similar rebuilds.

Tieto launches release 13.4 of Tieto Integrated Paper Solution TIPS, which is a comprehensive sales, logistics and production management solution for the pulp, paper, board and tissue industries.

The handling of TIPS is changing from functional based to workflow driven and 13.4 now contains the first restructured modules. Therefore it is easier and faster to use, and business relevant information is always shown in the right context.

Release 13.4 has e.g. an improved planning function that will guarantee a faster system with lower response time for selected planning operations. The customer will also have a better overview of the loading situation which leads to faster loading, less waiting time for the trucks and better usage of ramps and fork lift trucks. The automated functions will also contain truck dispatch self service to allow the drivers to get the necessary papers themselves, saving time and personnel. Production and delivery planning can now be viewed in one screen to detect possible problems earlier on in the process. This will lead to more accurate delivery times and more optimized planning and delivery, and ultimately more satisfied customers. The new release also gives increased access to business critical data through several mobile apps.

The new product release brings user experience to a new level as the TIPS software will help the user to automatically bring possible error data into the ticket tool. The ticket tool in turn is further integrated with TIPS online user community. The community is a service and communication channel for all TIPS users. It gives customers relevant information about TIPS and related topics and helps them to communicate with Tieto.

"We have put a lot of effort into developing TIPS to better support our pulp and paper industry customers in their business. Our product roadmap focuses on development that will transform the solution on several levels from the service model to workflows and further to the technical details. The new release 13.4 is a big step towards a new level of customer service to the paper companies and paper mills," tells Christian Hamp, offering owner of TIPS.

Tieto Integrated Paper Solution TIPS provides a proven real-time operations management solution by seamlessly linking planning, business operations, and production processes of a forest company. It combines the functionality and the best practices of four previous advanced Sales and MES systems and over 30 years experience and offers management of the whole order-to-cash value chain.

Mondi Syktyvkar, a leading pulp and paper company in Russia, has chosen the Tieto Integrated Paper Solution to increase the efficiency and profitability of the pulp and paper production at the mill. The solution enables optimization of production processes, reducing number of manual operations as well as improvement of capacity planning, production and transportation planning.

TIPS is a comprehensive sales and production management solution for the pulp, paper, board and tissue industries. It provides real-time operations management by closely linking the planning, business operations, and production processes. Production data is captured on the mill floor in real-time, using a combination of automatic data acquisitions and terminal transactions. Real-time production data is immediately available to business operations, such as planning and sales. In turn, changes in business data are immediately accessible to production on the mill floor.

TIPS solution will allow Mondi Syktyvkar mill to improve the efficiency and profitability of its pulp and paper production with the help of modern information technology and the most advanced functions. TIPS applications include budgeting, order entry, production, process and quality management integrated into mill-level reporting.

"Now Mondi Syktyvkar users have on-line access to all business processes and mill departments, providing correct decisions more quickly than ever before. Business, production, process and quality information are integrated and configured to help developing optimal business processes that adapt to the mill's ever-changing work flow requirements," says Natalia Svetushkova, Country Manager, Tieto Russia.

The agreement also covers service center and technical support services including bilingual incident and problem management.

Catalyst Paper announced that it has accepted a qualified stalking horse bid from MLR Ventures, LLC (the Stalking Horse) as part of the sales process for disposition of the Snowflake facility and Apache Railway.

“We have received a $12.0 million Stalking Horse bid for the assets and land associated with the Snowflake facility and the equity of Apache Railway,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. Clarke. “We look forward to beginning the next phase of the sale process and to identifying a qualified buyer in the near term.”

The bid by the Stalking Horse is subject to higher and better offers obtained through the US Court-approved sale and investor solicitation procedures. Catalyst Paper expects to receive binding bids for the assets from qualified bidders on December 7, 2012 and expects to hold an auction among qualified bidders on December 17, 2012 in New York City. A hearing in the US Court is scheduled for December 19, 2012 to consider approval of the sale.

The Metso-supplied complete cartonboard production line, PM 26, for Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co. Ltd., successfully came on stream on September 19, 2012 in Yanzhou City, Shandong Province in China. The grade produced during the start-up was base paper for 300-g/m² folding boxboard. Coated A grade was achieved in less than a week’s time from the start-up. In three weeks’ time from the start-up the machine exceeded the dimensioning capacity over a period of 24 h. In five weeks, another milestone, speed over design speed for 24 h, was reached.

The new 6.85-m-wide (wire) PM 26 has an annual production capacity of approximately 550,000 tonnes of folding boxboard and art board grades in the basis weight range of 170 to 350 g/m². The design speed is 950 m/min.

Metso’s delivery included a complete coated board making line from three headboxes to reel with stock preparation and approach flow systems, air systems, a coating color preparation system and two winders. A comprehensive Metso automation package comprised process, machine and quality controls.

Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co. Ltd. is part of a joint venture established by International Paper and Sun Paper Group in 2006. The joint venture includes International Paper & Sun Cartonboard Co., Ltd., Shandong International Paper & Sun Coated Paperboard Co., Ltd., Shandong IP & Sun Packaging Co., Ltd. and International Paper & Sun (Hong Kong) Trading Lirnited. Today the company operates a total of four paper machines supplied by Metso (PM 17, PM 18, PM 22, PM 26). Net sales in 2011 were about EUR 650 million.

Noss Company has received an order for a new Hydrocycloning System from a customer in the United States. The delivery consists of a RADISCREEN-C / RADICLONE system aimed for cleaning of high quality dissolving pulp.

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Noss received an order for a Thick Stock Screening System for Fibria-Jacarei, Brazil. 

Fibria is the largest bleached eucalyptus pulp producer in the world. Noss will supply a RADISCREEN-C coarse screen for the JE2 Pulp Machine at the Jacarei mill. Start up is scheduled for October 2012. 

The RADISCREEN-C is a highly energy-efficient protection system for a great variety of applications in the pulp and paper industry, covering a wide range of flows and consistencies with only one unit.

Due to its innovative design, the RADISCREEN ensures high operational reliability at very low maintenance costs and energy consumption, turning out to be the best environmental alternative.

Metso will supply a new slab press and a baling line rebuild for AS Estonian Cell in Kunda, Estonia. Start-up is scheduled for July 2013. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

“The order emphasizes Metso’s strong capabilities as a world leading supplier of slab press and baling technology for the pulp and paper industry and BCTMP (bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp) producers in particular. The order received is the fourth slab press unit sold in the last twelve months,” says Andreas Lindstedt, Sales Manager, Metso.

Metso’s delivery will include design, supply and erection of the equipment including a slab press and a partial baling line. The project will also include relocation of existing machinery to enable Estonian Cell to make full use of their new equipment. The new slab press and upgraded baling line will produce over 500 air dried tonnes of bleached aspen BCTMP per day.

The equipment to be supplied, together with Metso’s experience and know-how of slab press and baling technology, will enable AS Estonian Cell to continuously produce high-quality bleached aspen BCTMP and improve availability of existing equipment.

AS Estonian Cell belongs to Heinzel Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The mill is located in Estonia and engages in manufacture and sale of bleached aspen BCTMP mainly to European market. The company has 85 employees with a net sales of about EUR 70 million.

Lieferando, a fast growing on-line supplier of home-delivery food such as pizza, pasta and sushi has chosen Billerud’s 100% primary fibre paper for their new and improved pizza delivery boxes. The main reason behind the decision is the purity of the material guaranteeing a high level of product safety for their customers. High customer satisfaction is key and lieferando is not willing to comprise on the quality of the packaging.

Product safety is a hot topic and the regulations around food packaging are very strict. In Italy, the home of the pizza, the boxes are always made of primary fibres. Now the trend is moving North and lieferando is introducing stronger and fresher pizza boxes in Germany made from the highest quality Scandinavian fibres. The strength of the raw material makes it possible to reduce the weight of the packaging and at the same time increase the printability and purity of the food packaging.

“We are a new company wanting to challenge the market by modern technology and high customer satisfaction. It is therefore natural that we look for smarter packaging that boosts our brand and protect out high quality pizzas in the best possible way.” says Kai Hansen, MD and founder of lieferando.

The boxes will be produced by the Schiettinger Group in Auerswalde together with MB Karton Ernst Behrend in Berlin, Germany. Schiettinger Group is a company with over a century’s experience of producing solid and corrugated board for numerous types of end uses.

“We are a strong believer in the supremacy of primary fibres and the demand is constantly growing. Sustainability questions are on the agenda and we want to take our responsibility in the value chain by reducing the packaging weight and thus the waste. Billerud is a natural partner for us since they are in the forefront of developing high quality materials for smarter packaging solutions” says Bernhard Schinner, Plant Manager, at Schiettinger.

Billerud’s paper is made from a 100% primary fibres and complies with FDA 2011 Title 21, Chapter 1, § 176.170, §176.180 and BfR 2012 A, recommendation XXXVI. The paper is both compostable and recyclable.