PMPoland – member of PMP Group in September 2011 will deliver to AB Klaipedos Kartonas, Lithuania new Pick-up roll installation. Scope of supply includes pick-up suction roll, pick-up lift assembly, felt roll monting assembly, pick-up suction roll doctor. The contract…
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 13:00

SCA helps customers reach sustainability

Kersti Strandqvist, senior vice president of sustainability at SCA, believes that four important trends will drive consumer behavior in the future – rapid population growth, technological advances, social development and limited natural resources. “For SCA, it’s a matter of developing…
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:00

Fire in Mönsterås chip conveyor

Last Friday, a fire broke out in a chip conveyor at the pulp mill in Mönsterås. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. The prevailing wind caused the fire to spread rapidly to the three chip stacks at the…
Revision and reconstruction work at the Ziegler Paper Mill has been successfully completed. This year several revision and reconstruction projects took place at Ziegler Paper Mill using substantial investments and following a long-term investment strategy by the family-owned company in…
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 09:00

Sweco Wins Major Order in Poland

Sweco's industry consultants have signed a major contract from Stora Enso in connection to its investment in a new paper machine in Stora Enso Poland Ostroka Mill. The contract is worth approximately SEK 50 million. Stora Enso is investing EUR…
Voith Paper has enabled the long-time customer Norske Skog Bruck, Austria, to achieve success through the application of SkyTop doctor blades on their PM 4 as well as during the shift internal kart race. In the early summer "Team E"…
Suominen Corporation has on 4 August 2011 signed an agreement with Ahlstrom Corporation to buy its Home and Personal wipes fabrics business area. By the acquisition Suominen will grow significantly and will become a global market leader within nonwoven roll…
Metso will supply a major board machine rebuild for the Kemsley mill of DS SmithPaper in the United Kingdom. The start-up of the rebuilt BM 3 board machine is scheduled for the second quarter of 2012. The value of the…
Metsä Tissue, producer of tissue and cooking papers, posted net sales of 478 (456) million euros for January-June. Operating profit excluding non-recurring items dropped to 10 million euros (31). Net sales showed a year-on-year increase of roughly 5 per cent…
Luc Schultheiss is to be the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer – Fernando Fuenzalida is moving to the Supervisory Board Changes to the top management of the Endress+Hauser Group: Dr Luc Schultheiss (49) is moving to the Executive Board from…
SCA is acquiring 95 percent of the Turkish hygiene products company San Saglik, producer of incontinence care products, from the family-owned MT Group. The purchase consideration corresponds to SEK 95m on a debt-free basis. San Saglik has rapidly captured market…
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, is making multi-million dollar investments in three of its European uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) mills to improve their energy efficiency, product range and…
BASF will consolidate the production of PAM beads into its Bradford facility, Great Britain, where the company operates a backward integrated production plant with worldwide supply capability Significant investment will be made to increase and upgrade the bead capacity at…
Chiampo is the second Burgo Group paper mill to have achieved UNI EN 15593:2008 certification for "Management of hygiene in the production of packaging for foodstuffs" related to manufacturing of coated and uncoated papers. This certification, which was achieved through…
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Stora Enso Narew Sp. z o.o. to supply a complete OCC line, including rejects treatment, for a new 455,000 t/a board machine to be located in Ostroleka, Poland. Start-up is scheduled…