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  Contact www.ipwonline.de Imprint April 26
2017
         
           



Inken Schoenauer
Editor-in-chief
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Metsä Board starts up the new extrusion coating line in Sweden

Metsä Board is delighted to announce the startup of its new extrusion coating line at its Husum mill in Sweden. The new state-of the-art coating line has an annual capacity of about 100,000 tonnes and represented an investment of EUR 38 million. At the same site Metsä Board operates a 270,000 tonnes efficient linerboard machine and Europe’s most modern folding boxboard machine, which started production at the beginning of 2016 with yearly capacity of 400,000 tonnes.
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The most successful fields for Finnish companies in the future are cleantech, health technology and the forest industry

According to a new research study, Finns believe that in future, domestic companies will be most successful in environmentally sustainable technologies, health technology and the forest industry. One example of a Finnish cleantech innovation is the wood-based biofuel produced from forest industry residues.
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Kimberly-Clark Invests in Energy Efficiency at its Mobile, Alabama Mill

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has approved an investment of $75 million for construction of a new on-site combined heat-power plant at its tissue mill in Mobile, Alabama. This plant, to be constructed over a two-year period, is expected to improve the facility's long-term energy efficiency and costs, as well as boost its overall competitiveness within Kimberly-Clark.
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AkzoNobel strongly supports Chairman in response to EGM request

The Supervisory Board has concluded that the request from Elliott Advisers to dismiss the Chairman does not meet the standards required under Dutch law. The request is irresponsible, disproportionate, damaging and not in the best interests of the Company. Given the sole agenda item, there is no legal basis for calling an EGM.
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Stora Enso launches FlyoBrite for retail print

To improve its product range and to meet the requirements of retail customers, Stora Enso is introducing a new product, FlyoBrite. FlyoBrite is based on 100% recycled fibre and provides a great balance between brightness and smoothness, ensuring a glossy printed image and brilliant colors.
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Papcel refurbishes stock preparation line in St. Petersburg

The subsidiary OOO PAPCEL Saint Petersburg signed a new contract with the paper mill ZAO Kartontol to supply equipment and machinery for the stock preparation line (waste paper processing), line output 100 tpd.
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Cascades and Tricentris announce a major partnership

Cascades and Tricentris are thrilled to announce that they have signed a three-year partnership agreement. As part of this deal, Tricentris will supply all of the cardboard recovered at its three sorting facilities ( Lachute , Terrebonne and Gatineau ) to Cascades. This alliance between two of Quebec's leaders in cardboard recovery and recycling is all the more important because of its benefits for the environment and the local economy.
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Prowell continues to expand production capacities in Central Europe

Prowell, a company belonging to Progroup AG pursues its Two Twentyfive strategy with determination and continues expanding at a fast pace with two further corrugated sheet board plants. Europe‘s fastest growing corrugated board manufacturer is thus expanding its production capacities by a further 250,000 tonnes in the medium term.
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European paper industry lodges complaint against unfair Turkish import licensing on EU exports of office paper

CEPI has presented a Trade Barrier Regulation (“TBR”) complaint to the European Commission against the unfair non-automatic import licensing system established by Turkey concerning, inter alia, EU exports of uncoated wood free (“UWF”) paper, which includes office paper, books, envelopes and paper used for direct mail marketing.
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