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| Contact | www.ipwonline.de | Imprint | January 18 2018 |
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Inken Schoenauer Editor-in-chief |
Dear ipw reader,
we are off to a busy start in 2018! We have plenty of news below and more on our website! We are currently working on our next issue. Topics we are requesting editorial content on, are: tissue, wet end technology, process chemicals, service & maintenance. Please send us information on these topics as well as any current news or articles we should consider by February 8th. Our current issue of Paperazzo (our magazine about paper and packaging) was produced completely sustainably (both the paper used and the printing process) and has the strictest certification, Germany's 'Blauer Engel'. Please let us know if you would like to receive a copy! Sincerely,your ipw and bio-fibre team |
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Hamburger Turkey has purchased new paper machine from Valmet for paper mill inTurkey
Hamburger Turkey Ltd., part of Hamburger Containerboard, has purchased a new paper machine from Valmet for its recently announced paper mill project in Kütahya, Turkey. The Prinzhorn Group intends to double in size by 2030. The Valmet machine will have a width of 7,80m and an annual production capacity of 480.000 tonnes containerboard. It will produce mainly light-weight Testliner and Fluting. “With Valmet we already had positive experience in the past. The environmentally friendly technology and the outstanding production capabilities convinced us to partner up again. › more |
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Valmet to supply a repeat order of OptiConcept M board production line
Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M board production line with automation for Pratt Paper (IN), LLC for Pratt's new greenfield paper mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. The mill will use 100% recovered paper to produce lightweight and high-performance linerboard and corrugated medium. › more |
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Four successful start-ups of Voith XcelLine tissue machines at Lee & Man
The new Voith XcelLine tissue machine TM 12 was started up at Guangdong Lee & Man, taking only 28 minutes from “stock on wire” to “paper on reel”. From the very first parent roll produced, the tissue was of saleable quality. TM 12 was the fourth XcelLine tissue machine that was launched by Voith for Lee & Man in 2017; the previous three were TM 9, TM 10 and TM 11. › more |
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EcoWipes invests in technology from Trützschler and Voith
EcoWipes is a young, innovative company that has become a leading manufacturer and converter of private label products for the hydro- entangled nonwoven segment. The firm, which is located to the north of Warsaw, Poland was established in 2009 and has now already ordered its third nonwovens production line. › more |
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Australian tissue producer Encore Tissue started up a new TT SYD at its Laverton North mill
Encore tissue started up a new Toscotec Steel Yankee Dryer on ET3 at its Laverton North mill, Melbourne, Australia. The rebuilt tissue machine started producing high quality tissue paper immediately after start-up. › more |
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Martti Asunta continues as Chairman of Metsäliitto Cooperative Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Metsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative elected in its constituent meeting Martti Asunta, M.Sc. (Forestry), to continue as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2005 and Chairman since 2008. › more |
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Market launch for Sappi's Fusion Uncoated Announced
Sappi expands its container board product range and with Fusion Uncoated, offers an uncoated fresh fibre liner in the corrugated board market. With the development of Sappi’s Fusion Uncoated, a fully bleached fresh fibre liner, the specialist paper manufacturer is continuing to expand its product offering for the high-volume corrugated board market. Fusion Uncoated is based on the paper concept for the already very successful Fusion Topliner. In contrast to the double-coated Fusion Topliner, Fusion Uncoated has a natural, uncoated surface. Ideal applications include corrugated board and carton packaging, requiring a high white appearance for the topliner, inner liner and fluting. › more |
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BillerudKorsnäs is impacted by shortage of pulpwood due to wet, mild winter
The root cause of the shortage of pulp wood is the unusually wet and mild start of the winter. Normal winters the ground freezes which allows for efficient forestry. At present, forestry machines cannot be used in the forests in certain areas. In addition, the possibility of driving on the forest road network is limited in some areas, which also reduces the flow of wood. The situation is the same in the Nordic countries, western Russia and the three Baltic states. › more |
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Alternatives to toxic phenol compounds used in glues are being developed from softwood tannins
Finnish softwood bark contains large amounts of water-soluble tannin-polyphenols, which can be used as renewable alternatives to the fossil and toxic phenol compounds widely used in glues. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk) are developing an industrial production method for a polyphenol extraction process as part of the SusBinders project. › more |
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Using Big Data for sustainable agriculture, forestry and fishery
As part of an international consortium, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing new solutions for the responsible and sustainable use of the resources of agriculture, forestry and fishery. The main goal is to use Big Data particularly in the raw material production for the bioeconomy industry to produce food, energy and biomaterials. In forestry, MHG Systems leads pilots that develop services enabled by forest data. › more |
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