Tuesday, 26 July 2022 12:10
Stora Enso survey finds physical books still outperform e-books in share of hearts and minds, with carbon neutrality a big consideration.
A new survey commissioned by Stora Enso in March 2022 among 2,400 book readers and listeners in the UK, France, Germany and the US showed that people still overwhelmingly prefer physical books (65%) to e-books (21%) or audiobooks (14%). And…
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Tuesday, 26 July 2022 11:33
Fully recyclable Rice Box champions sustainability in sector
DS Smith has partnered with Veetee to create a sector-leading, fully recyclable Rice Box with the aim of removing over 50 tonnes of problem plastic Delivering sustainable packaging with optimal consumer convenience significantly increases a brand’s chance of standing out…
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Monday, 25 July 2022 12:24
Mondi expands capacity in sustainable pet food packaging solutions
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing nearly €65 million in three Consumer Flexibles packaging plants in Europe in order to meet growing customer demand for sustainable pet food packaging solutions. The European pet food market has…
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Monday, 25 July 2022 11:50
Stora Enso and Northvolt partner to develop wood-based batteries
Stora Enso and Northvolt are joining forces to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with renewable wood from the Nordic forests. The aim is to develop the world’s first industrialised battery featuring anode sourced entirely from European raw…
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Friday, 22 July 2022 10:31
A.Celli Paper will supply a paper rewinder for the RDM Group mill in Blendecques
Following the fire that hit RDM Blendecques mill, A.Celli will contribute to the restart of production with a brand new E-WIND® P100 paper rewinder. On March 22 RDM Group reported a fire that occurred in the Blendecques mill, where the…
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Wednesday, 20 July 2022 16:17
EU Commission proposals on mandatory reductions risk causing greater uncertainty for industry in case of gas supply disruptions
The European Commission released today the Winter Preparedness Package. The measures outlined in the package respond to the intertwined needs of European citizens and industry, in the face of a deteriorating situation regarding energy supplies. They also introduce a greater…
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Wednesday, 20 July 2022 11:35
Valmet introduces new reliability monitoring applications for fiber processing equipment
To enhance predictive maintenance, Valmet is launching new reliability monitoring applications for fiber processing equipment. They are part of the Valmet Industrial Internet offering and provide powerful tools for fiber producers to secure equipment availability and to improve process performance.…
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Wednesday, 20 July 2022 11:02
Voith and BTG present joint automation and digitalization portfolio
For maximum savings in pulp and paper production with the help of automation and digitalization, Voith and its wholly owned subsidiary BTG are merging their product portfolios. The two established data platforms, Voith’s OnCumulus and BTG’s dataPARC, will be merged…
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Wednesday, 20 July 2022 10:59
Greycon Raises Funds for WasteAid by Completing Their Company-Wide Step Challenge
On Friday 1st October, members of the Greycon team began a collective companywide walk to raise money for WasteAid. The walk was split into three different parts with the first leg covering the distance between Greycon’s London office and the office…
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Monday, 18 July 2022 11:31
ANDRITZ to supply SMART power boiler remote service using Metris BOA web platform to the Netherlands
International technology group ANDRITZ has received a five-year SMART service contract from BMC Moerdijk in the Netherlands to supply a Metris BOA platform including KPI dashboards and boiler operator advisor apps as well as automatically generated performance reports. The SMART…
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Monday, 18 July 2022 11:23
Valmet to supply new baling line and flash drying rebuild to MM FollaCell pulp mill in Norway
Valmet will deliver a new baling line and a flash drying rebuild to Mayr-Melnhof Group’s FollaCell pulp mill in Norway. It is the first phase in a larger rebuild project at the mill that aims to sustain the production capacity…
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Monday, 18 July 2022 10:50
DS Smith removes over 313m pieces of problem plastic in two years
Sustainable packaging firm leads plastic replacement fight DS Smith has just announced that it has designed out over 313 million pieces of problem plastics in the last two years alone1 as part of its ambitious plastic replacement programme. The significant…
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Friday, 15 July 2022 11:21
Nordic Paper explores further improved barriers for packaging
Nordic Paper is world leading within natural greaseproof papers used in different food applications, for example as baking papers, for baking cups or for food containers. The paper has natural barrier properties achieved without the addition of fluorochemicals, so called…
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Friday, 15 July 2022 10:58
Toscotec’s turnkey tissue line starts up at Vajda-Papír in Hungary.
Vajda-Papír started up a double-width AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine supplied by Toscotec (PM2) at its Dunaföldvár facility in Hungary. The supply was full-on turnkey, including the entire tissue production line and all erection operations at the mill. A complete turnkey…
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Thursday, 07 July 2022 19:19
Valmet delivers LignoBoost XS plant for Mercer Rosenthal in Germany
Valmet will deliver a LignoBoost plant for Mercer Rosenthal Lignin Center in Thuringia, Germany. The plant will extract kraft lignin from pulp mill black liquor. The extracted lignin will be used for developing various bio-based materials, which can replace fossil…
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