Wednesday, 28 December 2011 19:02
Metso to deliver recovery boiler single-drum conversion to Stora Enso
Metso and Stora Enso Corporation have signed an agreement on the single-drum conversion of Stora Enso’s Imatra Mills’ recovery boiler. The conversion of the recovery boiler will be completed in the fall of 2012. The value of the order will…
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Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:52
Metso Paper Oy sells its Valkeakoski workshop
Metso Paper Oy has sold its Valkeakoski, Finland -based workshop and the related equipment and screen basket manufacturing to MSP Engineering Oy and Hanlog Oy. The value of the deal (a transfer of undertaking) will not be disclosed. The deal…
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 09:45
Ecolab to Relocate German Offices
Ecolab today announced plans to relocate its German offices and research center in Düsseldorf to a new innovation hub in the city of Monheim am Rhein, 10 kilometers south of Düsseldorf. The new location, Im Weidental, will house Ecolab's European…
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Monday, 19 December 2011 12:24
Pyroll Group restructuring
The Finnish family company Pyroll operates in three branches: it is a packaging producer, a paper merchant and a contract converter. The Group has expanded heavily in recent years, both through organic growth and through acquisitions, including the merger of…
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Monday, 19 December 2011 10:54
Pmt to rebuild PM3 at Stora Enso Langerbrugge
Stora Enso Langerbrugge Mill located in Gent, Belgium has selected PMT Italia S.p.A. as the supplier for the PM 3 Press Section Upgrade. The start-up is planned for March 2012. PM3, a 6,5 m wide machine producing SC paper, will…
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 13:00
Metso’s Board on a new long-term incentive plan
The Board of Directors of Metso has decided on a new share-based incentive plan for the Group’s top management. The aim of the new plan is to combine the objectives of the shareholders and the management in order to increase…
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:54
Investment in kraftliner in Munksund
SCA will invest a total of SEK 540m to strengthen kraftliner production in Munksund, Piteå, Sweden. The intention is to upgrade the paper machine and refurbish the soda-recovery boiler. The main aim of the investment is to increase production of…
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:06
Voith Paper announces price adjustment in Europe for fabrics and rolls
Effective January 1st 2012, Voith Paper Fabric & Roll Systems in Europe will increase the price for its products and services by an average of 3.8 %. This adjustment is necessary as the price increases for raw material, energy and…
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:59
Incada Silk protects the taste of Christmas
No Swedish Christmas is complete without Aladdin – a classic chocolate box whose journey starts in the UK and ends under Christmas trees across Sweden. The Aladdin box is made from Incada Silk, a multi-layered paperboard that is produced by…
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Friday, 09 December 2011 14:30
UPM to permanently close down the paper machine 3
UPM to permanently close down the paper machine 3 at UPM Ettringen and to restructure overlapping operations in Germany UPM will permanently close down the paper machine 3 at UPM Ettringen paper mill on 14 December 2011 as being uncompetitive.…
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Friday, 09 December 2011 10:30
Södra on record investments of SEK 2 billion
Södra decides in principle on record investments of SEK 2 billion for 2012 Södra's executive committee has set an appropriation limit which will permit a number of offensive investments in 2012. The decision was taken at a meeting held on…
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 09:00
Algae can give new fuel to the mills.
Algal culture can provide environmental benefits and new business opportunities for the country's pulp and paper mills. This is the belief of The Energy Square together with, among others Nordic Paper Bäckhammar who are now doing a feasibility study on…
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 07:50
Without The Paper Province cluster it would not be possible for Metso
"Without The Paper Province cluster it would not be possible for Metso to be number one in tissue machines" This is what Pasi Laine, President of Metso Pulp, Paper & Power Technology said when he spoke as the main guest…
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Monday, 05 December 2011 08:24
Södra contracting stoppage cancelled
Södra has cancelled its contracting stoppage. At the same time, a special assortment will be introduced for members who have been affected by windthrow caused by the storm which hit southern Sweden on the last weekend in November. This special…
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Friday, 02 December 2011 13:30
UPM is planning production curtailments and measures to improve efficiency
UPM is planning production curtailments and measures to improve efficiency for timber and further processing businesses UPM Timber and UPM Living business units are to begin co-operation negotiations concerning production curtailments for the first quarter of 2012 and measures to…
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