Monthly Archives: July 2017
Nippon Paper Industries establishes Nippon Paper Logistics
(Tokyo, Japan, July 06, 2017) Nippon Paper Industries has formed Nippon Paper Logistics Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary. The logistics subsidiaries engage in the logistical operations of the Group on a regional block basis, mainly offering the transportation of the products and materials manufactured or used by the Group’s nationwide plants.
With the establishment of Nippon Paper Logistics, the Group aims to strengthen collaborations among the logistics subsidiaries, in which the company is expected to play a pivotal role. Read More...
Heinzel Group to Install Second Paper Machine in Pöls, Austria
(Austria, July 3, 2017) The Heinzel Group announced that it will install a second paper machine at its Zellstoff Pöls pulp and paper mill in Austria for the production of bleached kraft papers.
“Using the new machine, we will be able to manufacture 200,000 tonnes of MG papers annually at the Pöls location,” said Kurt Maier, CEO of Heinzel Holding. “With pulp production in Pöls being expanded at the same time, this has only marginal impact on our annual market Read More...
DS Smith to Buy 80 Percent of U.S. Packaging Firm Interstate Resources for $920 Million
(London, UK, July 3, 2017) DS Smith Plc (DS Smith or the Company) [on June 29] announced that it, along with its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, DS Smith Holdings, Inc. (together with the Company, the Buyer), has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 80 percent of the total issued share capital of Indevco Management Resources, Inc. (IMRI), the holding company for the Interstate Resources, Inc. group (IMRI and its subsidiaries together, the IRI Group), from Merpas Co. S.a r.l. Read More...
Suzano Announces New Organizational Structure
(Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 5, 2017) Suzano Papel E Celulose S.A. announces to its shareholders and the general market that it is undergoing an organizational restructuring to ensure that its new businesses have the structures needed to maximize profits.
Structural Competitiveness, Adjacent Businesses and Redesigning the Industry are the strategic pillars that guide and prioritize Suzano efforts. Over the past few months, we have finely tuned our vision for and understanding of each product and analyzed each production chain as Read More...
Expera Introduces Prepara Food Processing Papers
(USA, July 6, 2017) Expera has continued to customize its line of food packaging and processing papers with its newly launched brand Prepera™ Food Processing Papers.
According to Expera, Prepera papers keep individual food slices neatly separate and wrapped, while easily releasing from products that have been vacuum packaged, frozen, or thawed. Expera produces layout sheets for raw and pre-cooked applications as well as paper-based solutions designed to address a variety of needs in today’s refrigerated and frozen food categories.
“Prepera Read More...
EU Launches Trade Investigation Against Turkey Following Complaint by the European Paper Industry
(Brussels, July 7, 2017) Today the EU has decided to launch investigations against Turkey for breach of EU-Turkey Customs Union and WTO rules confirming the validity of a complaint lodged by the European paper industry.
CEPI, the independent voice of the paper industry in Europe, presented a trade complaint (Trade Barrier Regulation (“TBR”)) to the European Commission on the 24 April 2017. The complaint concerned the unfair non-automatic import licensing system established by Turkey concerning, inter alia, EU exports of Read More...
Link: The Most Stunning Printing Trends We’ve Seen in 2017
(USA, July 5, 2017) I’ve had the worst luck with printers. I’ve owned a million of them it seems, and usually something jams up here or there, causing me some kind of expensive problem. Half the time it’s cheaper to buy a new printer than it is to buy the cartridges. But in recent years, printer technology seems to have improved, because the days of wanting to chuck my printer over a bridge embankment have gone to the wayside. Read More...
Avery Dennison to launch new products at Labelexpo 2017
(USA, 06 Jul 2017) Performance, sustainability and intelligent solutions will be at the top of the list for Avery Dennison at Labelexpo Europe 2017 (Brussels, 25-28 September), as new products will be launched that deliver enhanced shelf appeal, higher performance, increased sustainability, intelligent solutions, and increasingly transparent compliance and services.
“As our industry’s most important show, Labelexpo Europe provides a vital opportunity for us to learn and share. We gain massive insights by listening to our customers that attend, Read More...
Rabobank: Europe’s corrugated packaging industry set for consolidation
(The Netherlands, 05 Jul 2017) Europe’s fragmented corrugated packaging industry is expected to enter a period of consolidation prompted by slim margins and firms’ need for a wider geographical presence, according to Rabobank.
Analysts at the specialist food and agribusiness bank have predicted that the number of mergers in the sector is expected to remain at record high levels. Some ten deals have been completed or announced between January and June 2017 – more than three times the number in Read More...
Valmet receives a repeat order from Nine Dragons in China
(Helsinki, Finland, June 30, 2017) Valmet will supply two more containerboard production lines with related automation systems for Nine Dragons Industries Co., Ltd., China. The new production lines will be located in Hebei (PM 41) and Shenyang (PM 42) and are similar to the previous orders of PM 39 and PM 40 announced in March 2017.
At this point, Nine Dragons also purchased steam and condensate systems for these new lines and for the previous board making lines (PM 39, Read More...
Valmet to Supply a Complete Tissue Production Line to ICT Iberica in Spain
(Helsinki, June 28, 2017) Valmet will supply a complete tissue production line with an extensive automation package to ICT Iberica in Spain. The new Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line will be installed at the company’s mill in Burgo.
The value of the order was not disclosed.
“The flexibility of Valmet’s Advantage ViscoNip press makes it possible to adjust the production to fit current and future market needs, from production of tissue with high bulk and softness to energy- and cost-efficient products Read More...
International Paper Acquires Europac’s Tangier, Morocco Packaging Facility for EUR 40 Million
(Memphis, June 29, 2017) International Paper announced yesterday that it signed an agreement to acquire Europac’s Tangier box plant for 40 million Euros. With this acquisition, the company expects to realize significant synergies in its box system in Morocco as well as from the paper integration with the recently acquired Madrid, Spain, mill and its existing recycled containerboard mill in Kenitra, Morocco.
International Paper obtained all relevant approvals by Moroccan authorities, including antitrust approval.
Closing of the transaction is expected for Read More...
International Paper Signs Agreement to Sell Foodservice Business in China
(Memphis, USA, June 29, 2017) International Paper today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its foodservice business in China to Huhtamaki Hong Kong Limited.
International Paper’s foodservice business in China has two plants and a workforce of approximately 200 employees.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the next couple of months, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, including obtaining required governmental approvals.
Over the last two years, the company has finalized the sale of its Read More...
Pmp’s Tm1 at Hebei Jinboshi Group has been brought on stream
(China, 04 Jul 2017) On 22nd January 2016, PMP -- a global provider of tissue, paper & board technology, signed a contract with Hebei Jinboshi Group CO., LTD. for the delivery of (2) Intelli-Tissue® 1200 EcoEc lines. TM1 has started-up smoothly and easily and as a result the first paper at reel appeared on 21st June 2017 in the afternoon of the local time.
TM1 is characterized with 3650mm reel trim, operating speed of 1200 m/min, daily capacity 75 t/d Read More...
Papcel to supply a new tissue paper machine to Jakarta
(Czech Republic, 30 Jun 2017) Recently, ABK Groupe & PAPCEL signed a new contract with the customer PT Aspex Kumbong, West Java, Indonesia to supply a complete tissue machine including approach flow system, Crescent former, winder and auxiliary equipment.
The tissue machine is designed for a capacity of 60 tpd of tissue paper grades (facial and toilet tissue paper), 13 to 35 gsm basis weight ranges and a maximum operating speed of 1,200 mpm. The sheet width on reel trim Read More...