Yearly Archives: 2016
Link: Solvay’s Longview Expansion Nears October Completion
(Longview, Wash., USA, September 26, 2016) There is an emerging pulp market that Solvay Chemicals is looking to capitalize on, and it’s the reason behind their $22-million expansion of their hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production plant in Longview, Wash.
At the Longview Solvay plant
Also known as the pulp plus market, this emerging market uses alternative fiber technologies to produce pulp from other renewable sources, such as wheat straw, sugar cane residue, or other organic waste products.
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is mainly used Read More...
Domtar optimizing fluff pulp production
(Plymouth, N.C., USA, Sept. 28, 2016) Domtar Corporation announced a plan to optimize fluff pulp manufacturing at its Plymouth mill (North Carolina). The streamlining measures will strengthen the mill’s position in the global fluff pulp markets.
The restructuring, which is expected to be completed by mid-2017, includes the permanent closure of the small pulp dryer and idling of related assets, in addition to a workforce reduction of approximately 100 positions. The streamlining process will also right-size the mill to an Read More...
Finland’s Metsa sees room for pulp price hikes; says new pulp line to supply growing China market
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 27, 2016) Finland’s Metsa Fibre sees a chance of raising prices for its Nordic wood pulp this year and says its 1.2 billion euro ($1.35 billion) new pulp plant will supply growing market demand, particularly from China. …
Metsa, a rival to Sweden's Sodra, Canada's Canfor Corp and Mercer International, is set to become the world's largest seller of softwood pulp when its new Finnish plant with annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes starts in late 2017…
The Read More...
Coldwater acquires EZ eco smart cleaner Technology for Wires and Press Felts– 90% Less Water and Eliminates Need for Mist Removal
(Atlanta, GA, USA, Sept. 26, 2016) David Withers, President, announced that Coldwater has acquired the EZ eco smart cleaner technology for wires and press felts.
The EZ eco smart cleaner is a quantum improvement in wire and press felt cleaning compared to oscillating showers. The EZ eco smart cleaner system uses traversing high pressure rotating heads that deliver 150 bar (2,200 psi) operating pressure, plus shear forces from rotation. The 120 mm (4.72”) diameter heads deliver twice as much cleaned Read More...
Link: IIT Hyderabad develops sanitary napkins that absorb better
(Chennai, India, Sept. 27, 2016) The absorption capacity of napkins with nanofibre was higher due to greater surface area
Sanitary napkins which have greater absorption capacity than commercially available ones and can be safely disposed owing to their biodegradable nature may soon become a reality thanks to research work carried out by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
Prof. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Shital Yadav (middle) and Mani Pujitha Illa used nanofibre that is biodegradable.
Chandra Shekhar Sharma Read More...
Belarusian paper mill eyes higher exports following upgrade
(Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 28, 2016) Belarusian paper mill Red Star is planning to raise its exports following the completion of an investment that allowed the firm to increase its output capacity from some 33 to 80 tonnes per day.
The project enabled Red Star to raise its revenues by a robust 150%, reports local daily Vitebske Vesti. The paper mill is a subsidiary of local company JSC Svetlogorsk CKK, and it is based in Chashniki, in the country’s north-eastern region Read More...
A Celli to deliver rewinder to Sofidel
(Lucca, Italy, Sept. 28, 2016) A.Celli Paper has recently concluded an order for a latest-generation rewinder model E-WIND with the Italian Group Sofidel, a world market leader in the production of tissue for hygienic and domestic use.
Sofidel, that has just celebrated 50 years of business activity, is present in Europe and the United States with 19 companies that each year produce more than one million tons of paper and employ over 5,500 people.
The new tissue rewinder model E-WIND®T200 commissioned Read More...
Sonoco to hike price for paperboard tubes and cores
(Hartsville, SC USA, Sept. 28, 2016) Sonoco recently announced it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by 6 percent to 10 percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada, beginning October 24, 2016.
“This price increase, our first in more than a year, is necessary due to the recent increase in costs for uncoated recycled paperboard, our primary raw material, combined with price escalations in energy, labor and other input costs,” said James Harrell, Read More...
KapStone Container Corporation announces price increase
(USA, Sept. 28, 2016) KapStone Container Corporation will be increasing box prices by a mininum of 8% and sheet prices by a minimum of 10% effective with shipments on October 10, 2016. This increase follows the $50.00/ton containerboard price increase that our plants will begin incurring on October 1, 2016.
Our high operating rates, declining inventories, solid boxboard demand, rising input costs and the necessity for reinvestment are a few factors driving this increase.
We sincerely appreciate your business and thank Read More...
65 North American Companies Remove “Go Paperless – Go Green” Claims
(Washington DC, USA, Sept. 23, 2016) Two Sides North America, Inc. confirmed that over 65 leading North American companies have removed inaccurate anti-paper claims as a result of the group's efforts.
The list includes several Fortune 100 companies in the financial, telecom and utilities sectors who have engaged in a dialogue with Two Sides and modified their marketing messages to consider the social and environmental benefits of print and paper, as well as the life cycle of sustainable forests and Read More...
Link: The Future of Market Pulp
(Aracruz, Brazil, September 23, 206) Brazilian pulp major Fibria, recently hosted its 5th Investor Tour, which is an annual meeting with market analysts and investors that was held at the company’s unit in Aracruz, Espírito Santo.
The program included a very informative presentation The Future of Market Pulp by João Cordeiro, Poyry.
Extract:
Issues addressed during the presentation included:
1. “What drives demand for market pulp?”
Rapidly Changing Consumption patterns
From A Life Cycle Perspective BEKP and Tissue are growth segments
China Is Responsible For Read More...
Capacities: Fibria’s Três Lagoas pulp mill project in Brazil 54% completed
(Aracruz, Brazil, September 23, 206) Fibria announces new productivity gains in its project to expand the Três Lagoas Unit, which has reached 54% completion. The conclusion of the Horizonte 2 Project is still slated for early in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Fibria, a Brazilian forestry company and the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer, announced today that it captured more productivity gains in the execution of the expansion project at its unit in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul. Due Read More...
BEK producer Ence posted 1H 2016 earnings of €11.4 million, down 48% vs. year ago
(Spain, Sept. 23, 2016) Highlights:
--The solid cash generation capability of Ence and its adjusted EBITDA margin of 22%, allows Ence to comfortably cover the planned investments and fulfill the commitment to remunerate its shareholders, even in an environment of very low pulp prices as the current one.
--Continue to improve efficiency: the cost of production fell again in the second quarter to € 366.8/t, and is expected to continue its reduction to € 350/t in the 4th quarter.
--Strength of Read More...
Link: Japanese papermakers shedding excess capacity
(Tokyo, September 23, 2016) Japan’s paper manufacturers have started to rationalize their production facilities in earnest to rid themselves of unneeded capacity, the Nikkei Asian Review reports.
Pinched between declining demand and the threat of growing production by Chinese paper makers, large and midsize Japanese companies are joining hands to quickly jettison superfluous equipment.
For instance, Chuetsu Pulp & Paper, an equity-method affiliate of Japanese paper titan Oji Holdings, plans to stop one production line used to make white paperboard for Read More...
Link: Indian paper mills forecast to produce 20MT by 2020; paper industry invested in meeting increasing demand
(Mumbai, India, September 26, 2016) Delivering his keynote address during the 55th AGM and Conference of the Federation of Paper Traders Associations, held recently in Mumbai, JK Paper’s vice chairman and managing director Harsh Pati Singhania said that India was the fastest growing paper market globally. As per Mr Singhania, the Indian paper industry is growing at over 7 per cent and projected to grow at over 4 per cent per annum till 2030. This translated into 20 million Read More...