UNO is a number one family. In Burgo we confirm our commitment to develop new papers that are always dedicated to satisfy the publishing market’s latest trends, making them appreciated by users and readers. Burgo UNO LWC range enriches with Uno Web Maxi 1.3, the super bulky HSWO paper.

With its natural superficial aspect, Uno Web Maxi 1.3 offers one of the bulkiest papers in the market and a whole set of features that, combined together, offer and exceptional reading comfort.

Thanks to its special qualities blended in a single product,  Uno Web Maxi 1.3 expresses its strength in all its substance range, covering the most important end uses such as magazines, commercial printing jobs, illustrated books, comics and mailings.

Uno Web Maxi 1.3 is available in 54, 60, 65 and 70 gsm, in FSC or PEFC versions.

Characteristics: natural aspect, excellent brightness/ apocity ratio, balanced print gloss, awesome printability, high traction resistance  valori di resistenza alla trazione, ottima uniformità superficiale, volume e sofficità ideali per spedizioni postali, rapido asciugamento degli inchiostri.

KraussMaffei Berstorff strip winding systems have long gained a strong foothold in the market. With the successful installation, set-up and start-up of several strip winding systems in Europe, the USA and Asia in 2016, the machine manufacturer has been able to continue its success story in the field of roll covering equipment.

• Cutting-edge technology for unparalleled productivity
• Strip winding systems score with premium product quality
• State-of-the-art control technology for easy control and configuration

Cutting-edge technology for unparalleled productivity

Thanks to the finely tuned interaction with state-of-the-art rubber processing extruders, KraussMaffei Berstorff strip winding systems stand out for excellent productivity, optimized advance and coating control and maximum ease of operation. All the operator has to do is to enter the application-specific compound, length, diameter and thickness, that's it – the rest is done automatically. These strip winding systems are suited for processing a wide range of different compounds – from silicone, SBR, NBR, EPDM, NR, HNBR, FKM (F)VMQ up to highly-filled special compounds. They are designed for covering rolls for the most varied industrial applications. Rolls of any face length with a core diameter between 50 and 2,800 mm can be coated with rubber layers of 0.5 to 70 mm thickness in a single working cycle.

KraussMaffei Berstorff strip winding systems stand out for excellent productivity and unparalleled ease of operation.

Strip winding systems score with premium product quality

"The rubber processing extruders used in combination with the forth strip winding system generation exhibit substantially improved feeding behavior and ensure pulsation-free extrusion even with the most challenging compounds. The dimensionally stable strip produced on these extruders is the fundamental basis for precise covering results," explains Joachim Brodmann, responsible for roll covering systems at KraussMaffei Berstorff. "Thanks to the optimized advance and covering control, the user is in a position to reduce the excess coating material required for finishing the covered rolls by up to 70%."

Apart from flat and inclined coating, KraussMaffei Berstorff has developed additional methods that allow manufacturers of rubber rolls to cover any type of roll with the most demanding rubber compounds at maximum precision and without any air inclusions. Another highlight in the KraussMaffei Berstorff machine portfolio is a wrapping system with variable tension that helps to avoid deformation in the end areas of the coated rolls.

KraussMaffei Berstorff strip winding systems are suited for a wide range of rubber compounds and designed to coat rolls, sleeves or tubes.

State-of-the-art control technology for maximum ease of operation

KraussMaffei Berstorff strip winding lines feature cutting-edge data and process control systems, which intuitively guide machine operators through all steps involved in the covering process. Easy operation, optional storage of recipe data via the central control panel and easily exchangeable final dies facilitate frequent compound changes and substantially reduce manpower requirements.

"The decisive benefits of our strip winding systems like high raw material savings, shorter set-up times and considerably reduced start-up scraps clearly convince all current users. Many of our customers have already placed orders for additional machines to revamp their production technology."

About KraussMaffei Berstorff
Around the world, the KraussMaffei Berstorff product brand stands for advanced, futureproof extrusion solutions. The company’s product spectrum ranges from single extruders with application-specific tooling, to up- and downstream components and fully automated extrusion lines. This product range, plus a customer-specific choice of service modules, guarantee that KraussMaffei Berstorff is a robust system partner for customers such as the bulk chemicals, automotive, construction, packaging and pharmaceuticals industries. KraussMaffei Berstorff, part of the KraussMaffei Group since 2007, was created through a merger of KraussMaffei and Berstorff, an engineering specialist with a long tradition. For more information: www.kraussmaffeiberstorff.com

 About the KraussMaffei Group
The KraussMaffei Group is among the world’s leading suppliers of machinery and systems for producing and processing plastics and rubber. Its products and services cover the whole spectrum of injection and reaction molding and extrusion technology, giving the company a unique position in the industry. The KraussMaffei Group is innovation-powered, supplying its products, processes and services as standard or custom solutions which deliver sustained added value along the customer’s value-adding chain. The company markets it’s offering under the KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal brands to customers in the automotive, packaging, medical, construction, electrical, electronics and home appliance industries. Continuing a long tradition of engineering excellence, the international KraussMaffei Group currently employs around 4,000 people. With a global network of more than 30 subsidiaries and more than 10 production plants, supported by around 570 sales and service partners, the company is close to customers around the world. KraussMaffei has been headquartered in Munich since 1838. For more information: www.kraussmaffeigroup.com 

With strongly growing sales and interest in its technology in North America, Futura is increasing its presence and its ProCare service support in the region.

Futura North America, already well-established with its headquarters in Alpharetta Georgia, is to benefit from a further injection of expertise from Futura’s centre of operations in Lucca. Experts joining Futura North America in operations management and service support will add valuable resources to the local team for the startup of new lines and servicing of existing ones.

Futura has also, for the first time on American soil, set up a demonstration of its remarkable Duplex Coremaker and associated core accumulator in Alpharetta. Together they form a key part of the game-changing Andromeda converting technology. The Duplex demonstration joins the existing JOI Center at Futura North America, which is fully dedicated to embossing technology.

Futura Vice President of International Operations, Piero Ceccon, said: “North America is a very quality-orientated market, receptive to innovation, and with a Smart Manufacturing vision. As such there is a strong appetite for Futura technology and we run many successful lines in the region. Aspects such as high efficiency, premium finished-product quality and strong service support feature high on the list of requirements, and we are, and have proved to be, the ideal partner in achieving best integrated performance and significant competitive advantages.”

Futura is with its clients every step of the way, creating tomorrow’s converting solutions through its core values of continuous innovation, superior product quality, dedication to service and long-term partnership. Best integrated performance and significant competitive advantages guaranteed.

Start-up of the A.Celli Paper rewinder model AC842, in a 2700-mm format and a production speed of 1200 m/min, sold last year to Sonoco Alcore, was concluded as scheduled on 16 January 2017, following the signing of the acceptance certificate.

In just 8 months, the order, that included not only the rewinder but also a complete final product handling system (overhead crane – wagon – conveyor belts) was built, installed and started up at Sonoco Alcore’s Ciriè Paper Mill in the Provincia of Turin (Italy).

Sonoco Alcore is part of the international group, Sonoco Products Company, who is one of the largest diversified global providers of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging and displays and packaging supply chain services.

“The choice of A.Celli Paper for the order of this new paper rewinder was well repaid by matching deadlines on deliveries and installation. The project has been very well managed by the Mill Team, in cooperation with A Celli Team all along the entire operation, from the signature of the order to the start-up of the machine,” said Massimo Basta, Plant & Sales Manager of Sonoco Alcore. “Satisfaction was further confirmed by reaching our target in established time frames.”

Sonoco Alcore

Sonoco Alcore is the acknowledged leader in high-quality, innovative, value-creating tube and core solutions operating 28 tubes and cores plants and four paperboard mills in Europe. Sonoco Alcore delivers tube and core solutions and services to customers in the paper, film, man-made fiber yarn, metal and construction industries. Understanding the importance of tube and core products in the production process and delivering solutions and services that meet customers’ needs is one of the company’s strongholds. With a sales and technology group dedicated to every specific market, Sonoco Alcore possesses the knowledge and capabilities to identify and solve any issues. Sonoco Alcore is part of Sonoco, a global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, display and packaging supply chain services.

http://www.sonocoalcore.com/ 

Valmet will supply two containerboard production lines and related automation systems for Nine Dragons Industries Co., Ltd. in China. The new production lines (PM 39 in Quanzhou and PM 40 in Chongqing) are planned to produce high-quality testliner and fluting grades out of 100 percent recycled raw materials. The start-ups of the machines are scheduled for 2018.

The order was included in Valmet's fourth quarter of 2016 orders received. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The value of an order of this type and scale is typically valued around EUR 110-130 million.

"The order is a continuation of the long and good cooperation between Nine Dragons and Valmet. We have done business together for many years. In a project of this magnitude, the customer needs to have a reliable partner to ensure fast start-up and good capabilities for continuous services and production support", says Jari Vähäpesola, President of Paper Business Line, Valmet.

"The modern industrial design of the board machines proved to be important decision making criteria as well. The delivery will include led lighting and video screens located at the both ends of the machine. In addition to increasing safety and usability, they have a positive effect on the customer's brand. The board machines are also very energy and resource efficient and suitable for high-speed production", comments Senior Sales Manager Pekka Turtinen from Valmet.

Technical details about the delivery

Valmet's delivery for the both board machines will include pulpers for stock preparation, two OptiFlo Fourdrinier headboxes to ensure higher productivity, OptiFormer Multi forming section, a center-roll based OptiPress press section, a dryer section with OptiAir high humidity hood combining systems for ventilation, runnability and heat recovery, OptiSizer Combi, a sizer with film and pond application, coating air dryers, OptiCalender Hard nip calender, OptiReel Center driven linear reel and OptiWin Drum two-drum base winder. The delivery includes also process ventilation equipment for the board machine and Valmet DNA machine control system.

With OptiReel center driven linear reel, the parent reel is moved and built up on solid rails. This new technology increases productivity and improves safety and usability. OptiWin Drum two-drum base winder has a high capacity to meet the production needs and it is also easy to operate. The winder is equipped with Dual Unwind enabling the parent roll change in only one minute. PM 39 and PM 40 will produce testliner and fluting grades with a basis weight range of 75 - 140 g/m².

About the customer Nine Dragons

Founded in 1995, Nine Dragons Paper Group is the world's largest in recovered paper based paper manufacturing in terms of production capacity. The company and its subsidiaries produce linerboard, high performance corrugating medium and coated duplex board. The group's paper machines in China are located in a number of locations. The group produces printing and writing paper in Dongguan and Taicang and packaging paperboard and specialty paper in Leshan, Sichuan Province. The group has also acquired 100% control equity interest in Hebei Yongxin Paper Co., Ltd.

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2016 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

Paper and packaging company partners to preserve forestlands and freshwater in Virginia and Tennessee

The Nature Conservancy and WestRock Foundation announced a partnership for two conservation projects in Southeast Virginia and along the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. Aligning with The Nature Conservancy, whose mission is to conserve lands and water for people today and for future generations, further demonstrates WestRock’s commitment to sustainable forestry and environmental stewardship.

“The Nature Conservancy thanks the WestRock Foundation for their generous support of our goal to restore longleaf pine forest in Virginia,” said Bill Kittrell, acting Director of The Nature Conservancy in Virginia. “This gift will allow us to expand the Big Woods Conservation Area and protect vital floodplain forest along the Nottaway river, which will preserve water quality, support rare species like the red-cockaded woodpecker, and one day be home to the returning longleaf pine tree.”

The WestRock Foundation’s funding in Virginia will help The Conservancy establish conservation easements over 10,000 acres of forestland along the Nottoway River and nearby Big Woods Conservation Area. These easements will preserve high-quality, ecologically diverse floodplain forest and support the restoration of longleaf pine savannas, home to rare red-cockaded woodpeckers and bobwhite quail. In addition to the forest and wildlife benefits of this project, a portion of the targeted conservation region includes acreage in one of the most biologically diverse stretches of the Nottoway River, which is a tributary of the Albemarle Sound. River protection resulting from the project will benefit freshwater flows into the Albemarle Sound estuary, which supports a variety of recreational and commercial uses.

“With the support of the WestRock Foundation, The Nature Conservancy will also be able to preserve critical forestlands and important streams across Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau,” said Terry Cook, State Director for The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee. “Our scientific analysis has enabled us to target biologically rich and resilient forest areas that we will protect through acquisition and sustainable forestry agreements with private landowners. Thanks to the WestRock Foundation, these forests will remain intact and healthy, benefitting people as well as many imperiled species that live there.” 

In Tennessee, the WestRock Foundation’s funding will support land acquisition for conservation, along with efforts to grow forest certifications and increase participation in The Conservancy’s Working Woodlands program in the Cumberland Plateau. Working Woodlands is designed to empower private landowners to conserve their lands as working forests while improving forest management and water quality in headwater streams through the application of forestry best management practices.

“The initiatives, and the WestRock Foundation’s pledge, speak to the importance of shared goals,” says Kevin Hudson, senior vice president, WestRock and board member of the WestRock Foundation. “The mission and work of The Nature Conservancy and the WestRock Foundation’s commitment to sustainable forest management and environmental stewardship all align to promote sustained forest health, wildlife diversity and water quality for this generation and those to come.”

About The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, and helping make cities more sustainable. Working in more than 65 countries, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org or follow @nature_press on Twitter.

About WestRock
WestRock (NYSE:WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s 39,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 250 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.

Strong, soft and sustainable tissue

Kemira will participate in Tissue World Milan 2017, the world's largest trade show for the tissue industry, with a booth and a technical conference paper. The paper is titled "Wet strength resins to provide economic and environmental benefits", and it will focus on presenting high efficiency wet strength resins that generate target wet tensile at a 5-25% lower dosage compared to the market resins. The WSR efficiency can be further improved by using novel synthetic functional promoters. The paper and industrial case studies are presented by Vladimir Grigoriev, Sr. Manager, Business & Application Development.

In case you want to create strong, soft and sustainable tissue, please stop by to discuss with Kemira experts at our booth no. E500! Welcome, see you in Milan!

Today, the European Commission initiated an inspection of BillerudKorsnäs under EU competition rules as part of a larger investigation of the market for bleached and unbleached kraft papers.

BillerudKorsnäs cooperates in full with the European Commission.

This information is information that BillerudKorsnäs AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 13.35 CET on March 7th 2016. 

BillerudKorsnäs provides packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future. We are a world-leading provider of primary fibre based packaging materials and have customers in over 100 countries. The company has 7 production sites in Sweden, Finland and the UK and about 4 300 employees in over 13 countries. BillerudKorsnäs has an annual turnover of about SEK 22 billion and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. www.billerudkorsnas.com

Valmet-supplied fine paper production line for Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper Co., Ltd. was successfully started up one month ahead of schedule on January 29, 2017. The new production line PM 12 produces top quality fine papers and it increases the company's capability to produce value-added products. All the produced paper has been saleable from the very start.

"The cooperation with the customer has been excellent. It has been a pleasure to work with the highly motivated and professional teams of both the customer and Valmet. These teams and the outsourced installation company worked well together to meet the revised start-up schedule. The start-up itself was smooth: the machine is operating well and the number of web breaks has remained very low. The start-up curve has proven to be excellent with high daily tonnages," comments Senior Project Manager Jari Laine from Valmet.

Valmet-supplied fine paper making line PM 12 for Asia Symbol (GD) Paper started-up on January 29, 2017

Producing high quality fine paper

The project is representing the long-lasting and good cooperation between Asia Symbol and Valmet. Paper making line 11 (start up in 2012) has been producing fine paper at top speeds and maximum efficiency, and has also become a leading fine paper producing machine in China.

For the PM 12, Valmet's delivery includes a complete fine paper making line from stock preparation to reel with an approach flow system, white water systems, air systems, and clothing for the whole machine line as well as a winder. A comprehensive automation package comprises Valmet DNA process, machine and drive controls and conditioning monitoring as well as Valmet IQ quality control system and profilers. The delivery will also include wet end analyzers. With these automation solutions, the entire production process and the end product quality can be optimized for maximized business results.

The new 9.35 m-wide (wire) machine produces wood free uncoated paper grades in the basis weight of 80 g/m². The production capacity of the machine is approximately 1,700 tons per day and the design speed 1,800 m/min.

Information about the customer Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper

Asia Symbol, is part of RGE (Royal Golden Eagle) Group, is a world-leading producer of pulp and paper. It has an annual production capacity of 1.8 million tons of pulp, 1.0 million tons of fine paper and 470,000 tons of paper board. Its products are sold in more than 20 countries. Asia Symbol's paper mill plant in Xin Hui, Guangdong province, has become a leading fine paper producer in China since its opening in July 2012. It produces stable fine paper quality grades, which set a reference grade quality for the global and Asian markets.

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2016 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.