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

ipw news

Valmet has received an order from Stora Enso Narew Sp. z o.o. to modernize the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler at the Ostrołęka pulp and paper mill in Poland. The upgrade will improve boiler availability, reduce unplanned downtime, and lower operating costs. The order was included in Valmet's orders received for the third quarter of 2026. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The upgraded equipment is scheduled to be installed during the mill's annual shutdown in June–July 2027.

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SCA appoints Gustaf Nygren as the new head of business area Containerboard and Pulp and member of the executive management team. Nygren will assume the role of Head of the Containerboard and Pulp business area on December 1, 2026. Gustaf has extensive experience from various roles within both SCA and other industrial companies. He currently serves as Mill Manager at Obbola. Previously, Gustaf has held positions including Maintenance Manager at SCA and has been responsible for coordination within SCA’s paper and pulp production.

For the first time, new data quantifies the carbon footprint of paper carrier bags in Europe. Commissioned by The Paper Bag platform and conducted by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, the study finds a cradle-to-gate fossil carbon footprint of 16.6 to 82.9 g CO₂e per bag, based on three typical bag types and applications. The findings provide retailers and brand owners with a credible basis for informed packaging decisions.

Tieto has signed an agreement to sell its Pulp, Paper and Fibre software business TIPS to Valmet. TIPS comprises Tieto Indtech’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Order‑to‑Cash solution for the pulp, paper and fibre industry. The transaction is a natural step in Tieto’s portfolio simplification, enabling Tieto Indtech to sharpen its focus on scalable businesses and their growth opportunities. The business to be divested generated altogether EUR 32 million in revenue in 2025. The divestment is expected to close during the second quarter of 2027.

Siemens is expanding its drive portfolio for extra-low-voltage (ELV) applications with the introduction of the new Sinamics E210 converter and the new Simotics E-1EE1 servomotors. The new drive solution has been specifically developed to meet the requirements of battery-powered mobile systems, particularly Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and driverless transport systems. Its aim is to provide a powerful, compact, and fully integrated drive solution that helps manufacturers and system integrators reduce development effort and simplify the implementation of safety concepts.

To demonstrate its innovative paper and tissue testing technologies to the British audience, Leipzig-based company emtec Electronic GmbH is pleased to participate in the Paper & Tissue Show London in the UK. Simultaneously, thanks to their Canadian representative von QC Contrôle, emtec’s measurement solutions will be showcased at the Advanced Design & Manufacturing (ADM) Montréal. Paper industry experts from both trade shows in November are cordially invited to participate in a professional exchange on cutting-edge developments.

Valmet is delivering key technology for Century Sunshine’s new Rizhao pulp mill that is being built in Shandong province in China. Valmet’s delivery includes cooking and fiberlines, an evaporation plant, a recovery boiler with optimizers, ash treatment and a white liquor plant.

UPM Adhesive Materials plans to open its first factory in India in early 2028. Located in the state of Gujarat, the factory will feature an acrylic-based coating line for self-adhesive label materials. The investment continues UPM’s expansion in India, following the company’s March 2026 announcement of a new label material slitting and distribution terminal near New Delhi.

bio-fibre news

Spinnova Plc (“Spinnova” or the “company”), a materials technology company producing textile fibre from side streams and wood pulp, announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent (“LOI”) with Outlast Technologies GmbH (“Outlast”). Outlast is a Germany-based specialist in temperature regulation and insulation technologies, and the LOI aims to explore the development of high-performance textile materials combining Spinnova® fibre with Outlast’s technologies.

Shandong Huazhe Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. has placed an order with international technology group Andritz for a high-speed needlepunch line to produce advanced filtration materials. This order builds on the cooperation between the two companies that began in 2023 with the contract for an Andritz batt forming line, which was successfully delivered in 2024. The value of the order will not be disclosed. It is included in Andritz’s order intake for the third quarter of 2026. Delivery is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.