Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:00
Metso Group to donate funds to Finnish universities
Metso Corporation's Annual General Meeting on March 30, 2010 authorized the Board of Directors to decide on a donation of a maximum of EUR 2.5 million to universities. On the basis of the decision made by the Annual General Meeting,…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:00
UPM Timber prepares fpr production curtailments at the end of the year
UPM's Timber business will curtail its production in Finland during the fourth quarter of 2010. Demand for sawn timber has decreased and due to the seasonal changes demand is estimated to further slow down towards the end of the year.…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:00
Environmental Court of Appeal confirms sanction
On September 14, 2010 the Environmental Court of Appeal decided that Billerud, in accordance with the decision from the Environmental Court and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, is to pay a sanction of approximately SEK 19.5 million. On 10 December…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:00
Magali Depras resigns as CCO at Brødrene Hartmann A/S
Magali Depras has announced that she will resign from her position as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and member of the Executive Board of Brødrene Hartmann A/S to seek new challenges outside of the egg and packaging industry. Magali Depras will…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 14:00
New dryer hood reduces energy consumption
The Energietransitie Papierketen is an industry-wide innovation initiative. The goal is to achieve an energy saving of 50 percent throughout the supply chain by 2020. Van Houtum is a participant in a project that focuses on reducing dryer energy consumption.…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 11:00
Sonoco-Alcore Focuses on New Products at PacTec 2010
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, will exhibit a number of new products at the PacTec Exhibition, September 21-24, 2010. Held at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre,…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 10:00
UPM Shotton takes a step closer to zero waste with PHS
UPM Shotton paper mill have struck a long term deal with waste management company, PHS Special Contracts, part of PHS Wastetech, to reprocess all of its rejected material into valuable products. The paper mill already recycles 650,000 tonnes of recovered…
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Friday, 10 September 2010 12:00
Mondi launches its new digital printing paper brand DNS®: Digital Needs Specialists
Mondi launches its new digital printing paper brand DNS®: Digital Needs Specialists Mondi expands its digital printing portfolio to include DNS®, the new paper brand that offers professional printers a single solution for multiple applications on all digital printing presses.…
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 15:00
Stora Enso to permanently close down 195 000 tonnes per year newsprint machine at Maxau
Stora Enso will, subject to decisions by the respective German corporate bodies, permanently shut down the 195 000 tonnes per year newsprint machine at Maxau Mill in Germany by the end of November 2010. Newsprint production at Maxau will end…
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:00
Yorkshire consortium plans commercial printable electronic products
A consortium of Yorkshire printers and designers led by Print Yorkshire - focusing on the development of products incorporating printed electronic elements is very close to a commercially produced and a commercially acceptable product. The consortium successfully bid for funding…
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 12:53
Michael Rohde Pedersen appointed CEO of Brødrene Hartmann A/S
Brødrene Hartmann A/S has appointed Michael Rohde Pedersen as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Group's Executive Board. Michael Rohde Pedersen will join Hartmann on 15 September 2010. Michael Rohde Pedersen is 53 years old and comes from…
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:10
Rottneros goes ahead with its investment plan for vallvik mill
The Board of Rottneros has approved an investment of SEK 60m for a new biological water treatment plant at Vallvik Mill. This investment is one of the stages of the investment programme presented at the end of 2009, at the…
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 07:09
Södra has started construction of a new sawmill in Värö
Some time ago, Södra Timber took the decision to invest in a new sawmill in Värö with a capacity of 750,000 cubic metres. All licences for the new sawmill have now been obtained and the ground work got under way…
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Monday, 30 August 2010 11:00
ANDRITZ: new Executive Board responsibilities as of April 2011
Franz Hofmann will retire as planned on March 31, 2011 Wolfgang Semper becomes new member of the Executive Board Franz Hofmann, who has been member of the Executive Board of ANDRITZ AG since 1999 and responsible for the METALS and…
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Monday, 30 August 2010 10:00
The Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency selects ÅF for project consulting services in IT
The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency has selected ÅF in the allocation of framework agreements for government agencies. The contract covers project consulting services in IT and spans two years, with the option of a subsequent two-year extension. "As…
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