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Link: JK Paper plans to increase plantation in Myanmar
(Chennai, India, Sept. 26, 2016) JK Paper is exploring the possibility of enhancing forest plantation in Myanmar to secure its key raw material for operations in India.
Harsh Pati Singhania, Managing Director, JK Paper, said the company is looking to secure pulp requirement by enhancing plantation in Myanmar, as the wait for a dedicated policy on industrial plantation in India is getting longer.
Indian paper industry continues to struggle with lower supply. The paper industry requires 10 mt of wood annually Read More...
CMPC signs contract with Voith to supply new tissue machine
(Heidenheim, Germany, Sept. 21, 2016) CMPC has signed a contract with Voith Paper for the supply of a complete VTM 4 double-width tissue machine, which will be installed in the new production facility of its subsidiary Protisa in Cañete, Peru.
The scope of supply covers the entire machine and provides energy-efficient technologies, including equipment for the approach flow system, MasterJet T headbox, CrescentFormer, NipcoFlex T shoe press, MasterReel reeler with automatic spool change, DCS (Distributed Control System), MCS (Machine Control Read More...
Södra reports operating profit of SEK 553 million ($64.5 million) in January-August 2016
(Stockholm, Sweden, 21 Sept. 2016) Within the context of Södra’s Group strategy, investments and restructuring are now being realized to increase competitiveness and long-term profitability. The results for 2016 will be impacted, and operating profit for the first eight months of the year totalled SEK 553 million ($64.5 million).
“Operating profit is in line with expectations, due to lower prices for market pulp and sawn timber, our transition and the change programme,” said Södra’s CEO Lars Idermark.
CEO Lars Idermark
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Huhtamaki invests in its manufacturing unit in Guangzhou
(Helsinki, Sept. 19, 2016) Huhtamaki supports the profitable growth of its foodservice business in China by investing in the expansion and modernization of its manufacturing unit in Guangzhou, South China. The total investment including site expansion, improvements in plant layout and new high-speed machinery is expected to be approximately Euro 15 million.
The investment follows Huhtamaki’s earlier announced actions to improve the competitiveness of its foodservice business in China and consolidate the South China manufacturing operations.
The modernized unit will manufacture Read More...
Andritz receives follow-up order from Naberezhnye Chelny paper mill, a leading packaging producer in Russia
(Graz, Austria, Sept. 20, 2016) Andritz has received an order from ZAOR “Narodnoye Predpriyatie Naberezhnye Chelny Paper Mill named after S.P. Titov”, the leading packaging producer in Russia, to upgrade and modernize its PM K-28 paper machine in Chelny. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2018.
Andritz will deliver a new PrimeCoat Size press with a PrimeAir Glide air turn and a new PrimeReel pope reel with two new under-the-machine pulpers as well as complete new mechanical and Read More...
Papyrus exploring strategic alternatives for its French business unit including a possible divestiture
(Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept. 22, 2016) Papyrus is exploring strategic alternatives for its French business unit, including a possible divestiture. In that context, Papyrus is in discussions with Inapa regarding a possible sale of Papyrus France to Inapa.
As part of these discussions, Papyrus and Inapa have entered into a non-binding letter of intent and, at the request of the French merger authority, authorized an early market test of a potential transaction.
Papyrus is a leading European merchant in paper, facility supplies Read More...
Sonoco ThermoSafe acquires Laminar Medica Group
(USA / UK, Sept. 21, 2016) Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco and a leading global provider of temperature-assurance packaging, has acquired the assets and operations of Laminar Medica in the United Kingdom and Czech Republic, from Clinimed (Holdings) Limited, a privately held specialty medical products company based in the U.K.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Established in 1975 in London, Laminar Medica specializes in the design, test, manufacture and qualification of temperature-controlled packaging solutions, used by the pharmaceutical Read More...
PAPCEL to deliver a new rewinder to India
(Litovel, Czech Republic, 21 Sept. 2016) The company PAPCEL signed a contract for delivery of a new rewinder and refurbishment of the existing rewinder with its strategic partner from India.
The delivery of rewinders is following the existing project for the above mentioned partner, where PAPCEL is carrying out a complete refurbishment of two paper machines.
PAPCEL is a Czech company which produces machines and technological equipment for the paper industry. It offers paper machines; waste paper processing, chemical pulp refining, Read More...
Ranpak to reduce the costs-in-the-box with its new Greenline paper line
(Singapore, Sept. 14, 2016) The void filling market is constantly looking for reducing the packaging costs, while the customer demand for environmental friendly solutions increases. Ranpak offers with the new Greenline paper line a solution for both needs.
The recycled paper is produced of post-consumer waste and stands for a green solution. Due to the reduced costs of the Greenline paper, Ranpak is able to offer a competitive supply of paper and paper systems. The Greenline paper can be applied Read More...
Sonoco-Alcore to Increase Paperboard Prices Across Europe
(Brussels, Sept. 19, 2016) Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. today announced it will raise prices by EUR 40 per tonne on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the Company’s Nordic, Central European and Greek regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after October 17th, 2016.
“This price increase is in response to the continuing rise of raw material costs, which are now at the point where we need to pass on to the market,” said Phil Woolley, director, Paper Europe. Read More...
Andritz received order from Bashundhara Paper
(Graz, Austria, Sept. 20, 2016) Andritz has received an order from Bashundhara Paper Mills Limited, an enterprise of the Bashundhara Group, for supply of a turnkey tissue production line for its mill in Bangladesh. Start-up of the line, which will produce high-quality facial wipes, toilet paper, and napkins, is scheduled for the end of 2017.
The scope of supply includes the complete stock preparation, the tissue machine, as well as the complete automation and electrification. The PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine Read More...
Linerboard Weights Continue to Drop Sept. 16, 2016
(Alexandria, USA, Sept. 16, 2017) Right weighting of corrugated is happening every day. Some combiners and converters have discovered containerboards, more effective corrugators, converting equipment with less degradation, and improved designs to produce the “same” carton with less basis weight.
Not everyone is on this adventure, but those who have led the charge have been reaping the rewards. While these newer containerboards are not necessarily for conventional applications such as industrial packaging, food applications, or U.N. hazmat packaging, there are Read More...
Valmet received nine new orders for its paper testing lab
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 19, 2016) Valmet has recently received all together nine orders for its automated paper testing laboratory from various paper mills around the world. Three of the Valmet Paper Lab units will be delivered to North America, four to Europe and two to Asia. The deliveries will take place later this year.
Valmet’s unit is easy to use all the way from sample cutting, measurements through to getting the analyses.
To present the system in action and enable paper Read More...
Valmet to deliver a quality control system to Tembec Tartas
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 19, 2016) Tembec’s specialty dissolving pulp mill in Tartas, France, has ordered a Valmet IQ quality control system (QCS) and an expansion of its existing Valmet DNA distributed control system (DCS) for its pulp dryer. By complementing its current control system with this investment, the mill is targeting to improve process stability and reduce lost time during transition phases such as start-ups, breaks and speed changes. Start-up of the new QCS is scheduled for October 2016.
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Researchers study Aussie gum trees for jet fuel
(Canberra, Australia, 19 September 2016) Scientists are a step closer to using Australia’s iconic gum trees to develop low-carbon renewable jet and missile fuel.
Dr Carsten Kulheim from The Australian National University (ANU), a lead researcher in an international study published in Trends in Biotechnology, said renewable fuels that could power commercial aeroplanes were limited and expensive but a solution could be growing all around us.
“If we could plant 20 million hectares of eucalyptus species worldwide, which is currently the Read More...