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| Contact | www.ipwonline.de | Imprint | March 15 2016 |
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Inken Schoenauer Editor-in-chief |
Dear ipw reader,
below please find a selection of recent news from the ipw website. No bio-fibre magazine news are included this time, instead they are in the new issue out now for the World Bio Markets Event in Amsterdam this week. From new bio-based materials, an update on UPM's Bio-Verno diesel, highlights of the Biofor conference, bio-fibre magazine offers an insight into this exciting market. It is free to all ipw subcribers or available as a stand alone subscription. For more information, please visit www.bio-fibre.eu. Wishing you a good start into Spring, now just around the corner, your ipw team |
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International Paper to Sell Asian Corrugated Packaging Business
IP announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise. International Paper's corrugated packaging business in Asia has 18 plants and a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees. › more |
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Valmet to supply new white liquor plant to CMPC Celulosa S.A
Valmet will deliver a new white liquor plant to CMPC Celulosa S.A.'s Laja pulp mill in Chile. The new white liquor plant will replace the existing one and will comply with new environmental permits coming into force in 2018. Furthermore it will give higher white liquor plant production rate and increase flexibility of the lime cycle management within CMPC Corporation. Start-up of the new plant is scheduled to be in February 2018. › more |
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ANDRITZ successfully starts up new equipment for stock preparation upgrade at VPK Paper, Belgium
Andritz has successfully started up pulping and screening equipment delivered for VPK Paper's PM 6 at Oudegem, Belgium. The upgraded stock preparation line processes corrugated paper and board packaging grades, boxboard cuttings, as well as corrugated board and has a feed capacity to the existing low-consistency pulper of approximately 900 tons per day. › more |
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Xerium Introduces Drysoft Through-Air-Drying Fabric Technology for Tissue Machines
The Drysoft T.A.D. fabric portfolio includes designs with the ideal topography options to optimize sheet softness, maximize sheet bulk, and improve machine efficiency. Drysoft is also engineered with an exceptionally strong seam design and enhanced edge reinforcements for dependability, stability, and long economic life. › more |
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2 new orders for Valmet automation technology from Kotkamills in Finland
Valmet has received two orders for automation technology from Kotkamills Oy in Finland to complement the paper machine technology and automation system orders received in April and July 2015 for a paper machine conversion project. › more |
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SOFIDEL CONTINUES TO GROW IN EUROPE BY INVESTING IN HUNGARY
The operation includes the acquisition of new customers, the Forest brand, an overall converting production capacity of 30 thousand tonnes and a converting plant in Piszke. The framework of the agreement also includes buying approximately 90,000 square metres of land. › more |
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UPM closes Madison Paper Industries
UPM-Kymmene Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corp., a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, announced today the dissolution of their partnership, Madison Paper Industries, in the USA. The partnership's paper business will end and paper production is expected to conclude by the end of May at the latest. Hydro power assets located at the mill site will be sold. › more |
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Södra's CFO, Jörgen Lindquist, interim President of the Södra Wood
Södra's business area for sawn and planed timber plus interior wood, Södra Wood, has been suffering from weak profitability for some time. The extensive restructuring programme over the past few years has not yielded sufficient results. › more |
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Valmet receives repeat order for two new tissue production lines from Lee & Man Paper
Valmet will supply two Advantage DCT tissue production lines and related automation systems to one of China's leading paper and pulp producers, Lee & Man Manufacturing Ltd. The new lines will be installed at Lee & Man's mill in Chongqing and start-up is planned to take place in late 2016. › more |
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Toscotec to supply AHEAD-2.0S tissue production line to WEPA Professional Piechowice S.A., Poland.
WEPA Professional Piechowice, part of the German based Wepa Holding Group, has chosen Toscotec as supplier for it’s new tissue line that will be installed at the company's Piechowice Plant in Poland. › more |
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Arcwise® – round corrugated board packaging offers unique design
SCA has developed a new and revolutionary technique for producing round corrugated board packaging. It offers totally new design possibilities while reducing packaging weight by 30%, thereby also improving environmental performance. Arcwise® can be deployed in standard corrugated board production facilities. › more |
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International Paper’s Don Forst Accepts Excellence in Leadership Award from ASPI
Don Forst, Director-Global Sourcing, International Paper, accepted the ASPI 2016 Excellence in Leadership Award at the association’s Spring meeting held February 24-26 in Miami, Florida. In his presentation before a high turnout of ASPI members, Forst shared the leadership influences and philosophies that have helped him achieve success. › more |
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Kimberly-Clark receives Climate Leadership Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, headquartered in Irving, TX, at the Climate Leadership Awards. Kimberly-Clark, among 17 winners nationwide, was honored for reducing global absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 6.9 percent from 2010 to › more |
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Data-Driven Solutions Champion, Marko Summanen, to Lead Fisher International’s European Business Development
Fisher International, business intelligence consultants to the pulp and paper industry, has appointed Marko Summanen to lead its European business development. Previously Services Director at Valmet, Mr. Summanen brings more than 20 years of paper industry experience across strategic, tactical, and engineering functions to his role at Fisher International. › more |
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Bio-based commercialization is the focus for global expert gathering
Global production of bio-based chemicals now exceeds 60 million tonnes, with the global market for them expected to increase to at least $12.2bn by 2021. We are moving away from bio-based chemicals being made by small, niche producers and only used by a narrow group of brands. Instead they are becoming a major part of corporate strategy, which can deliver a boost across the the triple bottom line (financial, social and environmental). › more |
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