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	Contact	www.ipwonline.de	Imprint	January 09 2019

Inken Schoenauer
Editor-in-chief

Dear ipw reader,

we wish you a healthy and successful new year!

Below you'll find a selection of the latest news from the world of pulp and paper. Enjoy reading!

Sincerely,

your ipw and bio-fibre team

	Mondi to invest in Styria plant Mondi, the global packaging and paper group, is investing in its Styria, Austria, plant to further boost its ability to offer safe, clean, environmentally friendly liners for Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers. "Mondi’s FIBC liners ensure clean food processing and are ideal for milk powder, other foods, pharmaceuticals and additional applications", notes Stefan Pfundner, Business Solution Manager, Mondi Technical Films. › more

	Toscotec Paper & Board chosen by Smurfit Kappa for PM5 rebuild project Toscotec has been awarded a contract by Smurfit Kappa Cellulose du Pin in France to rebuild the entire dryer section of its 6m wire PM5 at Facture, Aquitaine, France. Toscotec will rebuild the entire pre-dryer section of the machine, including 36 new TT SteelDryers with a diameter of 1.8 m, maintaining the same machine length of the existing 43 cast iron cans. The scope of supply includes 4 new TT Uniroll for the first battery. › more

	Xeikon qualifies Ahlstrom-Munksjö Wallstar Digital Xeikon, a "market leader in digital colour printing technology for the labels and packaging as well as the graphic arts printing industry" and a subsidiary of the Flint Group, today reported that it has qualified Ahlstrom-Munksjö Wallstar Digital® nonwoven wallcovering media for use on Xeikon digital presses as part of the alliance between the two companies. › more

	Stora Enso divests Swedish packaging manufacturer June Emballage Stora Enso has divested 100% of the shares of its Swedish subsidiary June Emballage AB to its current management team. June Emballage is a manufacturer specialized in small-batch custom-made transport packaging in corrugated board. “We believe that June Emballage is in a better position to serve its smaller scale markets for custom-made packaging as a stand-alone supplier. › more

	Shopping bags made of grasspaper now also available nationwide in Norma stores The grasspaper bags consist of at least 40 percent of a fresh fiber based on grass and only a maximum of 60 percent of wood pulp, which means that these raw materials regrow and every bag is completely recyclable and even compostable, states Norma. That is why the treatment of these purely natural materials without the use of chemical additives. › more

	Valmet to supply a new brown stock washing and screening line to Sappi Saiccor mill in South Africa Valmet has received an order for the new magnesium oxide (MgO) no 3 brown stock washing and screening line for the Sappi Saiccor mill in South Africa. The delivery is part of the Vulindlela Project which targets to reduce the Saiccor mill's air emissions and effluents, and to increase its total production from 783,000 ADt/a to 890,000 ADt/a. The capacity of the new MgO no 3 brown stock and screening line will be 720 ADt/d. › more

	Stora Enso partners with H&M and IKEA to industrialize TreeToTextile TreeToTextile AB is a joint venture between H&M group, Inter IKEA group and innovator Lars Stigsson since 2014, with the aim of developing new textile fibers in a sustainable way at attractive cost levels. Today TreeToTextile announces that Stora Enso will join this partnership, and also support the industrialization of TreeToTextile’s production process by setting up a demonstration plant at one of its Nordic facilities. › more

	Andritz to supply process technology for fiberline modernization to Iggesund Andritz has received an order from Holmen’s Iggesund Paperboard to supply fiberline process technology and equipment to their Iggesund mill, Sweden. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019. › more

	BillerudKorsnäs once again top rated in global assessment For the fifth consecutive year, BillerudKorsnäs receives the Gold Award of Ecovadis, thus continuing to be one in the top of the 50,000 companies being evaluated. EcoVadis is a system for evaluating company environmental aspects, working conditions, business responsibility and subcontractors. The system is used by multinational brands with high ethical ambitions when they evaluate their supply chains. The evaluation is broad and takes place in four categories: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Purchasing. › more

	Finished components provide greater customer value In Sweden, the wood-based packaging industry is the single largest user of sawn solid-wood products. Now that SCA Tunadal can supply precision-cut components direct to customers, this frees up capacity at the sawmill while also reducing waste and increasing value. › more

	Smurfit Kappa creates toys for feline customers in Poland Smurfit Kappa has created a new range of corrugated toys for the lions and tigers in a Polish zoo. The packaging leader was approached by a zoo in the Polish town of Czluchówz with a special request for the big cats. The request was for a range of stimulating, recyclable toys that the lions and tigers would enjoy playing with. A team of designers from the Smurfit Kappa Gdansk Plant worked on creating pieces that were large enough for the animals to move in and out of, and free from tape, staples or glue. › more

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