Thursday, 13 May 2010 09:48
Swedish FSC SLIMF Standard for Forest Certification approved
The FSC Director General has delivered a positive approval decision for the "Swedish FSC SLIMF Standard for Forest Certification”. The approval of the Swedish SLIMF (Small and Low Intensity Managed Forest) standard will have a major impact on Swedish forest…
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 08:06
Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance Unveils 2010 Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap
A new Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap released today by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance invites the global research community to engage in collaborative, pre-competitive research, development, and demonstration programs that will provide the foundation for deployment of new breakthrough…
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:54
UPM's Otepää Plywood Mill celebrates its 10th anniversary
UPM's Otepää Plywood Mill celebrates its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Otepää is the only plywood mill in Estonia and the second largest plywood maker in the Baltic Countries. Otepää manufactures birch plywood from local raw material. In…
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 09:30
Carsten Dybevig new vice president corporate communications in Norske Skog
Carsten Dybevig has been appointed vice president corporate communication in Norske Skog. Dybevig has 11 years' experience in the company, most recently as company secretary and financial manager at Norske Skog's Oxenøen headquarters.- We will remain open and accessible to…
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Monday, 10 May 2010 10:16
Metso’s tissue pilot plant in Karlstad, Sweden, hit by fire
The Tissue Technology Center of Metso, situated in Karlstad, Sweden, was hit by fire on April 28, 2010.The fire caused damages to the roof of the Technology Center building. The personnel was not endangered, nor were the tissue pilot machine…
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Monday, 10 May 2010 07:25
Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Commissions New SOLVAir Select 300 Facility
Solvay Chemicals, Inc. has commissioned and brought online one of the world's only dedciated manufacturing facilities that reclaims and transforms sodium carbonate waste streams into a marketable grade of sodium bicarbonate. The new product, SOLVAir® Select 300, is ideally suited…
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Friday, 07 May 2010 15:49
Södra Cell Värö: the world's first fossil-fuel-free pulp mill
Södra Cell has now completed the investments which make its Värö mill the world's first fossil-fuel-free pulp mill.Södra has made extensive energy investments at Södra Cell Värö over the past few years. These investments mean that the pulp mill will…
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Friday, 07 May 2010 10:00
Heidelberg Print Media Academy Established as World Number One
Plenty of congratulations received the Heidelberg Print Media Academy (PMA) not only because of its tenth anniversary, but also for a top-class congress on learning from and with each other conducted on May 6, 2010 on the occasion of the…
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Friday, 07 May 2010 09:25
Ahlstrom to consolidate and expand its wiping fabrics capacity in Italy
Ahlstrom, a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers, will consolidate its nonwoven wiping fabrics manufacturing platform in Italy, with the aim of increasing capacity, efficiency and breadth of product range. The production…
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 08:06
Metso’s office space arrangements improve operating conditions in Tampere, Finland
Metso, the second largest company in the Tampere region, will relocate its more than one thousand energy and environmental technology experts currently working in Tampere to modern premises in the Rantaperkiö and Lahdesjärvi sections of Tampere. The target is to…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 11:00
Voith successfully rebuild Kimberly Clark's Tissue Machine
In February 2010, Voith Paper successfully rebuilt Kimberly Clark’s tissue machine TM 2 at the Enstra Tissue Mill in South Africa. The order covered structure refurbishment including installation and supervision service. To ensure improved operational reliability the framing was given…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 10:00
Metso Corporation has gained title to all the shares in Tamfelt Corp.
The Arbitral Tribunal appointed by the Redemption Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland has today by its decision confirmed that Metso Corporation has the right to redeem about 2 percent minority shares in Tamfelt Corp. and that…
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 17:29
Mondi Follow-up: Digital Specialist Forum
On April 15th, Mondi hosted key figures in Europe’s digital printing industry at the Digital Specialist Forum (DSF) in Vienna, Austria. Customer-representatives used this opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the rapidly burgeoning digital print market through a series of…
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 08:42
Heimbach adds shoe press belts to its product portfolio
Heimbach is pleased to announce that an exclusive distribution agreement has been signed with Yamauchi for the supply of YAMABELT shoe press belts into the European paper industry.Modern paper and cardboard production facilities are increasingly furnished with shoe press technology.The…
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Monday, 03 May 2010 16:37
European demand to drive production of wood pellets
European Union demand for wooden pellets will continue to drive U.S. production but will also limit the industry’s profitability, according to the head of a bioenergy, wood and forest products consulting firm.“The pellet business is marginal,” said Pete Stewart, president…
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