Wednesday, 07 April 2010 08:02
Possible strike by the Swedish Paperworkers
The Swedish Paper Workers Union alerted on Tuesday a total stoppage of six companies from 16 April, The filing of approximately 3000 employees. The companies involved are SCA Packaging in Munksund, Iggesund works, Korsnäs Gävle, Stora Enso Skoghall, Värö Bruk…
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 16:46
Mondi’s Green Range Gets Even Greener with Nautilus® Super White CO2 Neutral
Nautilus® SuperWhite CO2 Neutral – 100% recycled paper that lets customers offset CO2 emissions Vienna, April 6th, 2010 – As a global leader in the manufacturing of paper and packaging, Mondi maintains its steadfast commitment to the development of sustainable…
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 11:44
Stronger market prompts Catalyst to restart 2nd Crofton pulp line
Catalyst Paper announced that it will restart the second line of pulp production at its Crofton NBSK kraft mill in early May, taking advantage of a stronger market. The first line of pulp production was restarted in October 2009 following…
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 08:58
Print Buyer University: June 15 to 18, 2010 in Heidelberg
The Print Media Academy (PMA) of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will run the English-language "Print Buyer University" for the third time from June 15th to 18th 2010.The four-day program in Heidelberg is tailor-made for marketing, purchasing and production professionals in…
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:34
Trulli print shop increases productivity with Speedmaster XL 105 by 20%
For over a year now, the Trulli print shop in Vence has been using a Speedmaster XL 105 ten-color press with perfecting device. The press was ordered at drupa 2008 and was at that time the first press with this…
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:23
First Estonian Forests Achieve PEFC Certification
More than 55.000 hectares of forests have been certified as being in compliance with PEFC's Sustainability Benchmark, the Estonian Forest Certification Council announced earlier this month. "This group certification covers 44 forest owners and represents the first-ever PEFC forest management…
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Monday, 29 March 2010 10:32
Rottneros Appoints New CFO
Tomas Hedström (MBA) will take up his appointment as CFO for Rottneros AB on 1 May 2010. Tomas Hedström, who has among other things been engaged as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, is coming to us from the SCA Group where…
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Friday, 26 March 2010 11:30
SKS Vision Systems Oy and Opto-Control Oy joining forces
SKS Vision Systems Oy has announced 15.3.2010 the acquisition of all business operations of Opto-Control Oy. The business will be operated under the name SKS Vision Systems Oy. The incorporation of these two companies with decades of expertise in optoelectronics,…
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Friday, 26 March 2010 10:30
Duroblade®-Velvet™: More softness, more bulk, lower costs
The newest member of BTG's Duroblade family delivers extra-soft, extra thick tissue in both wet and dry creping applications. BTG's Duroblade-Velvet™ has been specially developed to meet the needs of mills working in one of today's fastest-growing, most competitive markets.…
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Friday, 26 March 2010 09:30
CTS Engtec gains Membership of Russian SRO
CTS has got a membership of SRO for practicing design activities in Russia. Scope of this engineering license covers company´s earlier Russian engineering licenses. The earlier license obtaining practice has been changed at the end of year 2009 to a…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:30
Metso’s high speed all-in-one tissue sensor goes non-nuclear
After extensive field testing in tissue mills, Metso is now delivering a new all-in-one sensor which measures tissue fiber weight and moisture simultaneously in the PaperIQ Select quality control system. The new sensor, called IQFiber, measures fiber weight and moisture…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:30
50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released its 50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity, which reported that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 2.5 percent in 2009 to 93.9 million tons. The decline took place…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 13:30
SCA one of the world’s most ethical companies
For the third consecutive year, SCA has been named one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute. According to the Institute, the ranking list recognizes companies that go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and actually…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 09:30
Management Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG reappointed
In yesterday's meeting of the Supervisory Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG Mr. Franz Rappold, Mr. Andreas Blaschke, and Mr. Oliver Schumy have been unanimously reappointed members of the Management Board for a further period of five years. The new term…
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 08:30
Safety Ventilation to Reduce Costs (White Paper)
Energy is a significant cost of production. As energy costs rise and fall, the increases are difficult to pass on to customers in the price of products and services. But regardless of current energy costs and current trends, a more…
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