Thursday, 24 February 2022 13:18
Attracting and retaining young people to the pulp and paper industry - EU project “Turn the Page” concludes.
On 15 February 2022, the Final Conference marked the conclusion of the two-year EU project “Turn the Page” – Recruitment strategies to attract young talents in the paper industry (project VS/2020/0016). “Turn the Page” was launched in March 2020 by…
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 11:30
Walki introduces Lamibel®Recycled: made from recycled plastics and fully recyclable
Walki is answering to the market's growing demand for materials made from recycled plastics by introducing Lamibel®Recycled, a non-food monomaterial packaging material. Making the plastics stream become more circular is critical to reduce the use of plastics. It has been…
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 11:25
How to preserve paper bulk thanks to our SMARNIP® mini shoe press
The bulk is an important characteristic for many types of paper, capable of determining the softness of the papers for hygienic-sanitary use or the dimensional stability of the paper sold in sheets. In these cases, where it is essential to…
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 10:14
Stora Enso accelerates its growth agenda by exploring expansion in production of renewable consumer packaging board
Stora Enso is starting a feasibility study for the possible conversion of an idle paper machine at its Oulu site in Finland for a high-volume consumer board line. On a successful completion of the feasibility study, an investment decision could…
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 09:13
From news media to e-commerce & hygiene, we are changing how we consume paper & board, a new Cepi report shows.
Like other sectors, paper and board is bouncing back from the economic downturn brought about by Covid-19. But new trends on how we use these materials, first exacerbated by the pandemic, are now looking like more profound changes in our…
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 10:37
Stora Enso and Picadeli join forces to reduce single-use plastic in salad packaging
Stora Enso and Picadeli, Europe’s leading take-away salad bar company, are introducing renewable formed fiber lids to replace single-use plastics in take-away packaging. The lids are made of PureFiber™ by Stora Enso, and they are plastic-free, recyclable, and biodegradable. The…
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Tuesday, 22 February 2022 10:31
AMETEK Surface Vision Delivers Improved Inspection and Defect Detection
AMETEK Surface Vision, the leading provider of online surface inspection solutions, has installed an automated system to check materials, improve quality, and reduce customer claims at Texbond Srl. Based in Italy, Texbond is a manufacturer of spunlaid thermal-bonded nonwoven products…
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Monday, 21 February 2022 10:02
ABB launches fastest paper machine moisture sensor on the market, taking 5,000 measurements per second
ABB has released its High-Performance Infrared-Reflection (HPIR-R) moisture sensor, which provides the fastest, most precise moisture monitoring available on the market today. Taking up to 5,000 measurements per second, the sensor delivers precise, high-resolution measurement that enables mills to increase…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 13:16
Scandicore joins forces with PulPac and launches world’s first paper tube lids
Scandicore launches world’s first paper tube lids made with PulPac’s revolutionary Dry Molded Fiber technology. Bridge volumes will be manufactured by PulPac and first art print deliveries with the new lid are estimated to reach consumers this spring. Scandicore, one…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 09:01
James Cropper colours second life for plant waste
In an industry first, James Cropper has launched a coloured paper range using dye derived from plant extract which would have otherwise been wasted. The new Wainwright Colours from Nature range, which launches this month, is the papermaker’s latest in a list of innovations…
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 09:40
Engraving Solutions: Focus on sustainability with Buy-Back and Rised, the solutions that give new life to embossing rolls
Engraving Solutions, the Körber Group company that specializes in designing and engraving embossing rolls, presents two innovative services that meet tissue manufacturers’ demand for products with a low environmental impact. Giacomo Tambellini, Sales Account and Product Engineer comments: "For some…
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Monday, 14 February 2022 12:07
BASF has developed new adhesives for labels that no longer interfere with paper and paperboard recycling
BASF has achieved a breakthrough in the development of adhesives that do not interfere with the recycling of transport boxes, such as paperboard and cardboard boxes with paper labels coated with Acronal RCF 3705 or Acronal RCF 3706. Both adhesives…
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Monday, 14 February 2022 10:43
ABB completes remote commissioning of new actuator for India’s largest paper and paperboards business
ABB has successfully completed the installation and remote commissioning of the new Slice xP (II) Profiler system, a new actuator for slice lip weight control, at ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers’ Tribeni mill in West Bengal, India. ITC Paperboards and…
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Friday, 11 February 2022 08:42
Rottneros and Arctic Paper will invest in a fiber tray factory
The boards of Rottneros and Arctic Paper have decided to invest 15 million euro in a moulded fiber tray factory at Arctic Papers premises in Kostrzyn, Poland. The factory will be operated in a separate legal entity and as a…
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Friday, 11 February 2022 08:33
ANDRITZ receives repeat order to supply two heat recovery chains for tissue production to ICT
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from ICT Poland to deliver two heat recovery chains for the PM12 and PM14 tissue machines at its mill in Kostrzyn. Start-up is scheduled for 2022. The PrimeDry YES Yankee Ecosteam system…
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