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  Contact www.ipwonline.de Imprint February 03
2015
         
           


Dear ipw reader,

Better to get the bad news out of the way early in the year: Voith is cutting 1000 jobs and closing two locations in Germany in the biggest cost-reduction effort in its 148 year history.
UPM, on the other hand, had better than expected Q4 2014 results and has an optimistic outlook for 2015.

Below you can read more on this and a selecction of other news from our website. We will keep you informed with recent developments via our newsletter; for our in-depth articles please subscribe to ipw and bio-fibre magazine here.

Sincerely,

your ipw team



Voith Paper plans to bundle European activities

The significantly reduced market volume for new machines and major rebuilds has resulted in a difficult situation at Voith Paper, especially in the projects business. With this in mind, the Management Board of Voith Paper today presented a plan for a package of measures, which is intended to adapt the company's European structure to the market conditions.
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UPM reports strong earnings momentum in Q4/2014

Jussi Pesonen, President and CEO: “UPM showed good performance in the fourth quarter of 2014, finishing the year with strong earnings momentum. In 2014, our operating profit improved by 24% year-on-year thanks to the successful actions we have taken to improve profit.
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Iggesund’s challenge to designers: Improve the packaging in your local shops!

Iggesund Paperboard is working via the American crowdsourcing company Crowdspring to challenge the world’s designers to improve existing consumer packaging.
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Valmet-supplied OptiConcept M boardmaking line officially launched at SCG Paper's mill in Thailand

SCG Paper's Valmet-supplied containerboard production line, PM 16, successfully came on stream on October 01, 2014, 11 days ahead of the targeted date, at the Siam Kraft Industry Ban Pong mill in Ratchaburi, Thailand. The official Inauguration Ceremony at the Ban Pong mill took place on January 23, 2015, with over 400 guests celebrating the new well performing production line.
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ANDRITZ successfully starts up tissue machine with steel Yankee for Zhejiang Jingxing Paper, China

ANDRITZ has successfully completed start-up of the tissue machine with an 18-foot steel Yankee supplied to Zhejiang Jingxing Paper in Pinghu city, Zhejiang province, China. The PrimeLineST C8 machine, which is producing high quality facial wipes and toilet paper grades, has a design speed of 1,900 m/min and a paper width of 2.85 m.
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ANDRITZ to upgrade fiberline at Mondi Frantschach’s pulp mill, Austria

ANDRITZ received an order from the Mondi Group to upgrade the continuous cooking plant at the Frantschach mill in St. Gertraud, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Smurfit Kappa partners with BiBoViNo for Bag-in-Box® packaging

Smurfit Kappa and BiBoViNo, the first chain of specialised wine shops dedicated to supplying premium wines in Bag-in-Box® packaging, have partnered together to bring high-quality wines to consumers using this innovative packaging solution.
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Valmet to supply key board machine solutions for Zhejiang Long Chen Paper in China

Valmet will supply a new headbox, press section and sizer for its new PM7 containerboard machine to be located in the company's Dushan mill in Jiaxing City in China. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for 2015. The order is included in Valmet's fourth quarter 2014 orders received, but he value of the order will not be disclosed.
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Interactive tool helps customers trace the impact of paper purchased

Domtar announced significant updates to The Paper Trail®, its award-winning interactive tool that helps customers trace the impacts of their paper purchases. The totally renovated site includes social and economic information in addition to environmental data, broadening the meaning of sustainability.
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