Tuesday, 18 May 2010 09:45
The Mutag BioChip™, the carrier for biological sewage water treatment
Multi Umwelttechnologie AG has over 15 years experience with culture media for immobilising micro-organisms during the treatment of sewage water. During this time, we have used almost every known carrier in many different large plants, types of sewage water and…
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Monday, 17 May 2010 16:45
EPA’S Tailoring Rule Undermines Renewable Energy From Biomass
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman made the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule, issued this week:“The EPA’s action hurts rural communities by endangering family wage American jobs and…
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Monday, 17 May 2010 09:45
Naturally Advanced Technologies Announces Private Placement of Units
Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. has arranged, subject to regulatory approval, a non-brokered private placement consisting of the issuance of up to 1,400,000 units (each a "Unit") of the company, at a subscription price of $1.00 per Unit, to qualified investors,…
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:40
Metso to supply recausticizing plant to Metsä-Botnia’s Kemi mill in Finland
Metso has received an order to supply a recausticizing plant for Metsä-Botnia’s Kemi mill in the city of Kemi in Finland. The new plant will replace an existing recausticizing line and is scheduled to start up during autumn 2011. The…
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 11:30
Metso to start employee negotiations at Tamfelt’s plants in Finland
Tamfelt has been a part of Metso Corporation since December 28, 2009. During the first months of 2010, Metso and Tamfelt have been integrating their operations. The market situation in Tamfelt’s line of business continues to be challenging.For economic and…
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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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