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  Contact www.ipwonline.de Imprint April 12
2017
         
           



Inken Schoenauer
Editor-in-chief
Dear ipw reader,

below please find a selection of news from our websites, ipwonline.de and bio-fibre.eu.

Next week, be on the lookout for our printed and digital magazine either in your inbox or mailbox.

That means we are working on our next issue with a focus on Quality:

  • Paper Machine Clothing
  • Process & Quality Control
  • PM Modernisation & Rebuilds
  • Specialty Papers

The editorial deadline is on May 5th. We look forward to your input!

(This issue will be at Zellcheming.)

Wishing you a wonderful Spring Break, Happy Easter and Passover!

your ipw and bio-fibre team




WEPA starts up new tissue machine at its Piechowice plant in Poland

WEPA Group, announced the successful start-up of the new AHEAD-2.0S Toscotec’s 32,000 tpy tissue line installed at its Piechowice mill in Poland.
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ABB names Chun-Yuan Gu President, AMEA, and Frank Duggan President, Europe

ABB China Managing Director Chun-Yuan Gu is appointed President of the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region; Frank Duggan succeeds Bernhard Jucker as President of the Europe region; both will be members of the Executive Committee
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Valmet to supply process automation and quality control systems to Jiangxi Taison Paper's four tissue machines in China

Valmet will supply Valmet DNA automation systems and Valmet IQ quality control systems to Jiangxi Taison Paper's four new tissue machines, TM7, TM8, TM9 and TM10, at its greenfield mill in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China. By installing Valmet's advanced automation technology in these tissue machines, the mill will be able to optimize machine performance and end-product quality.
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Toscotec-supplied tissue machine start-up at Pietermaritzburg plant, in South Africa

On 4th April, the South African tissue producer Hygienic Tissue started up their new MODULO-PLUS tissue machine supplied by Toscotec.
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Metsä Group’s Wood Products Industry establishes birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia

Metsä Group’s Wood Products Industry Metsä Wood has bought a 10 hectare industrial site in the city of Pärnu, Estonia and commences the construction work of the new birch plywood mill immediately.
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DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE VISITS SOFIDEL’S PAPER MILL IN PORCARI

The visit is the result of the cinematographer expressing his wish to find out about the papermaking process.
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Valmet to supply an Advantage ThruAir tissue production line to Irving Consumer Products

Valmet will supply a new Advantage ThruAir (TAD) machine for Irving Consumer Products. The new machine increases Irving's capacity for ultra-premium household paper products. The machine will be delivered in 2018, and will support Irving's ambition to provide ultra-premium products to the North American market.
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Andritz to upgrade wet lap plant for Thai Paper

Andritz has received an order to upgrade the wet lap plant of Thai Paper Co., Ltd. at its Wangsala pulp mill in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Start-up is scheduled for July 2017.
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Erik Bouts joins Mondi as CEO of Fibre Packaging business

Mondi Group has appointed Erik Bouts as its CEO Fibre Packaging effective from 1 April 2017.
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GLATFELTER TO COMPLETE UPGRADE OF PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES AT ITS OBER-SCHMITTEN, GERMANY FACILITY

Glatfelter announced that in 2017 it will complete a three-year targeted investment program at its Ober-Schmitten facility that upgrades production capabilities to continue to meet highest market requirements for the electrical and glassine paper markets.
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PaperCon 2017


A Valmet supplied demonstration scale plant for second generation sugar extraction officially opened at Sappi Ngodwana Mill in South Africa

In 2016 Sappi and Valmet agreed on a joint development project to deliver a demonstration plant to Sappi Ngodwana Mill in South Africa in order to explore and optimize the extraction of biorenewable chemicals. The demonstration plant was officially opened on April 5, 2017. Guests from all over the world participated in the opening ceremony which included speeches from Sappi and Valmet management representatives.
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Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to ten metres

Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the EU North State project has developed a new method of using satellite images to evaluate the forest carbon balance. The carbon balance indicates how much carbon is sequestered or released by forests each year. This enables the carbon balance to be displayed on digital maps, with an accuracy of up to ten metres.
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