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  Contact www.ipwonline.de Imprint February 15
2017
         
           



Inken Schoenauer
Editor-in-chief
Dear ipw reader,

please find a selection of the latest news from the world of pulp and paper below.

your ipw and bio-fibre team




International Paper's Board of Directors Elects Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan to Its Board

IP announced the election of Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan to its Board of Directors effective March 1, 2017. Dr. Sullivan, age 65, is the Charles A. Lindbergh Fellow of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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Smurfit Kappa announces purchase of Litbag

Litbag has specific expertise in multi-layer EVOH barrier films which offer the advantage of extended product shelf life. Today it is one of the leaders in the Portuguese wine market exporting to several countries including Spain and France. This will strengthen Smurfit Kappa's position in Southern Europe.
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Valmet receives an order for an online condition monitoring system from Anhui Shanying Paper

Valmet has received an order for an online condition monitoring system from Anhui Shanyin Paper Industry Co., Ltd. in Ma'anshan, Anhui province, China. The new system will be installed on the mill's paper machines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 to secure high process availability, efficient maintenance and safety.
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ABB launches L&W S-Tester

for predicting compressive yield strength of fluting medium. The L&W S-Tester is based on a new, quick test method for determining the quality of fluting medium in corrugated packaging material. It expands ABB’s laboratory quality measurement offering to help paper producers improve quality and reduce costs.
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Andritz to upgrade board machine for Consorzio Cartiere in Tivoli

Andritz was awarded an order from Consorzio Cartiere in Tivoli, Italy, to upgrade the board machine and related stock preparation line at the mill in Tivoli. After start-up, which is scheduled for the beginning of 2018, the capacity of the board machine will be increased from 78,000 to over 100,000 t/a.
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Archroma extends tetrasulfonated optical brightening agents capacity in Europe

Archroma announced that it will invest in a new production facility for tetrasulfonated optical brightening agents (OBAs) at its existing production site in Prat del Llobregat, Spain.
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ANDRITZ to supply equipment for fiberline upgrade to Altri Celbi, Portugal

Andritz was selected to upgrade the brown stock washing process in the fiberline at the Altri Group’s Celbi mill in Portugal. Start-up is scheduled for autumn 2017. The new DD-Washer and other fiberline equipment supplied by ANDRITZ will substantially improve the washing efficiency and increase the capacity of the hardwood fiberline.
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Valmet to supply an extensive paper machine rebuild for Sappi North America

Valmet will supply an extensive rebuild for Sappi North America at its Somerset paper manufacturing facility in Skowhegan, Maine, USA. As a result of the rebuild, the paper machine (PM1) will be able to produce both coated paper and a variety of consumer packaging products. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for early 2018.
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Sappi is Strengthening Competitive Advantage

Sappi Limited announced today a range of projects in Europe and the United States to support its growth strategy and 2020Vision and in particular to be the lowest cost producer and best service provider in graphic papers and to increase its global product offering to packaging and speciality papers customers.
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Clearwater Paper Announces Second Tissue Machine and Converting Facility in Shelby, North Carolina

Clearwater Paper announced plans to build a new tissue machine and related converting equipment for producing premium and ultra-premium grades of private label tissue products at a site adjacent to the company's existing facility in Shelby, North Carolina.
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KPA Unicon to deliver biomass-fired steam boiler plant to Metsä Tissue paper mill Nyboholm, Sweden

Metsä Tissue AB and KPA Unicon Oy have signed a contract for the delivery of Biograte 8 MWth steam boiler plant to Metsä Tissue Nyboholm, Sweden. The plant uses as a fuel biosludge in addition to wood chips, bark and sawdust, and it produces steam for the paper mill machinery. The new plant enables efficient combustion of process residues, such as biosludge, generating steam for the mill.
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VTT has developed technology known as “CatLignin” ..

to produce reactive lignin from pulp industry side streams to be used as a replacement for toxic phenol compounds in wood adhesives that are widely used in wood products and furniture.
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Valmet introduces a new online analyzer for wood chip and bark moisture measurement

The Valmet Chip 'n' Bark Moisture Analyzer (Valmet CBA) offers pulp mills a new tool to advance productivity and efficiency. Continuously measuring wood chip moisture provides the means to accurately control cooking liquor to chip mass ratio for improved digester operation. When applied to monitor biomass moisture, better boiler efficiency is enabled by the continuous indication of heating value to optimize fuel feeding control and supplementary fuel use.
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