Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:00
PaperlinX CFO steps down
Mark Hooper has stepped down as chief financial officer (CFO) at PaperlinX and will also retire as a Director of the company, both effective by September 16. He will assume the position of managing director and chief executive officer of…
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Monday, 21 June 2010 11:00
Conference on FSC certification in Mozambique to take place in July
A conference on Forest Management according to FSC standards in Mozambique will take place on 6 July 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique. Participating forest owners, organizations and companies will learn more about responsible forest management, FSC certification and accessing international markets.…
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Monday, 21 June 2010 08:00
Mondi presents Color Copy at the Premier Paper Gro up “Do it in Style Event”
At a champagne breakfast with over 1000 Premier Paper Group customers, Mondi demonstrated the benefits of digital printing. Birmingham, UK, May 19th and 20th, 2010 - Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper Sales UK was 1 of 18 suppliers invited to exhibit…
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Friday, 18 June 2010 13:00
STORA ENSO: Packaging for a very special occasion
Without a doubt, the most memorable event in Sweden this year will be the wedding day of Crown Princess Victoria on 19 June. Rörstrand, the porcelain brand of Sweden, launched a series of bowls, mugs and other serving dishes for…
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Friday, 18 June 2010 11:00
Metso to supply a web inspection system to M-real Kyro Board Mill in Finland
Metso will supply a web inspection system to M-real Kyro Board Mill located in Kyröskoski, Finland. The board machine 1 produces coated folded boxboard with an annual capacity of 160,000 tons. The new system will be put into use in…
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Friday, 18 June 2010 09:43
First Record Label to Use PEFC on Its Sleeve
A new 12" album hits the shops next month – Brownswood Recordings' Havana Cultura Remixed presented by internationally renowned DJ Gilles Peterson.What makes this album unique is that it is the first to print the record sleeve on Programme for…
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:31
Viscose Specialities from Kelheim enhance paper properties – Kelheim Fibres presents test results at Zellcheming
Kelheim Fibres GmbH, leading producer of viscose speciality fibres, will showcase their new products at this year’s Zellcheming for the first time.In addition to the well-known brands Danufil®, Galaxy® and Viloft® nonwoven Kelheim presents an impressive number of speciality fibres…
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 13:27
New Neles ValvGuard VG9000 increases safety cost-efficiently
Metso announce the launch of the HART version of its Neles ValvGuard VG9000 safety valve controller. Neles ValvGuard VG9000 is a ‘new generation’ safety-valve controller and automatic partial-stroke testing (PST) device for both emergency shutdown (ESD) and emergency venting valves…
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 09:24
Great results with group-wide emission reporting for pulp production
The forest industry company Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab was the first in the world to implement a uniform group-level flue gas emission monitoring and reporting solution for pulp production. Metso provided the monitoring and reporting solution for the company’s Botnia pulp…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 14:22
What do YOU Choose?
Sappi introduces a whole new world of choice in environmentally-sound paper packaging solutionsIn a world filled with choices, what do YOU choose? This is the question Sappi is asking businesses and consumers as the leading global paper group introduces a…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:30
NB hands out Crown forest biomass to eight companies
Eight allocations for Crown forest biomass have been awarded to New Brunswick companies, to be used for renewable carbon-neutral energy or to be incorporated into value-added products.The biomass material consists of branches, tree tops and foliage not traditionally used by…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:06
M-real is planning to partially divest Reflex paper mill
M-real Corporation, part of Metsäliitto Group, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding a partial divestment of the Reflex mill to Metsä Tissue Corporation, also a part of Metsäliitto Group, for approximately EUR 10 million. The planned divestment…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 10:00
Selig family buys back into print
Former Bluestar chief executive Geoff Selig has re-entered the print industry with the acquisition of Sydney-based web offset printer The Quality Print Group, which has begun trading under the newly created entity CaxtonWeb.Under the agreement, CaxtonWeb will continue to operate…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:24
The paper task light in DuraPulp by Södra wins design award
w101 - the DuraPulp biodegradable lamp, developed by Swedish lighting company Wästberg in close collaboration with Swedish forestry industy company Södra and Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, has been awarded Design S 2010: the Swedish Design Prize.The lamp…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:00
Stora Enso plans temporary lay-offs at sawmills in Finland
Stora Enso will start co-determination negotiations concerning possible temporary lay-offs at its Finnish sawmills, which are at Kitee, Uimaharju,Varkaus and Honkalahti. The planned lay-offs are in response to the threat that wood cost levels in Finland will become even more…
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