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Verso Announces Plans to Temporarily Idle 200,000 Tonnes of Annual Production Capacity at Androscoggin Mill

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The idling of the No. 3 paper machine will result in the layoff of about 190 employees at the Androscoggin Mill. November 1, 2016 Verso Corporation announced plans to temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine at its Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, reducing annual coated paper production capacity by......
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Chinese Pulp and Paper Producers Plans to Consolidate, Invest Overseas Amid Economic Slowdown

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China Pulp and Paper Factbook, a new publication from RISI, provides much-needed detail about this vital sector is the November 7, 2016 As China’s economic boom has slowed in recent years, its pulp and paper sector has responded with significant shifts in strategy. Mergers, overseas expansion, deleveraging and new product......
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Asia Pulp & Paper Commits USD 50 Million on Indonesian Coated Paper Imports into US

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The company requests ITC lift Indonesian duties so it may resume limited importation of specific coated paper products into the United States market. November 3, 2016 Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), the global pulp, paper, packaging and tissue manufacturing company has committed to importing certain coated papers manufactured in......
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Valmet to Supply for Sun Paper's New Dissolving Pulp Mill in Laos

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The mill in Laos is Sun Paper’s first international investment outside China; the value of the order is around EUR 20 million. December 21, 2016 Valmet will deliver key technology for a new green field dissolving pulp mill to Sun Paper`s new investment in Laos. The mill site, Muang Phin,......
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UPM Paper ENA to Cut Down 305,000 tonnes of Graphic Paper Capacity in Europe

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The slackening SC paper demand and adverse market conditions are the reasons behind the permaner closure of some machines November 3, 2016 UPM is planning to permanently reduce its graphic paper capacity in Europe by 305,000 tonnes. The capacity reductions are planned to take place in Austria and Germany. UPM......
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Schumacher Packaging to Spend EUR 100m on Capacity Expansion in Poland

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Schumacher Packaging has acquired the entire Fabryka Papieru Myszków site and will rebuild the former newsprint PM to recycled containerboard production, startup scheduled for 2019. December 5, 2016 Germany’s corrugated packaging company Schumacher Packaging is going on with its capacity expansion plans in Poland. Following the acquisition of an idled......
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UPM Biofuels Wins Pulp and Paper Industry's Bio Strategy Award 2016

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In addition to the Bio Strategy Award category, UPM also won the Financial Strategy award at the PPI 2016 Awards. November 22, 2016 UPM has received the PPI Bio Strategy Award 2016 for its biofuels business in Brussels, Belgium. The PPI Awards are the only global awards that are dedicated......
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Innventia to Lead a Three-Year Project to Develop New Dewatering Processes for Papermaking

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The Swedish Energy Agency has recently awarded a grant of MSEK 11 to develop and demonstrate new dewatering processes for papermaking that can eventually be scaled up. Base content of the project is based on Innventia’s work within the fields of stock design, nanocellulose, tissue, and papermaking. October 25, 2016......
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Toscotec to Supply Two Tissue Machines to Hengan Group

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With this Hengan order, Toscotec becomes the unique supplier in the market who is able to serve all the top four tissue players in China. December 20, 2016 Hengan Group, a leading Chinese manufacturer of tissue and hygiene products, has ordered two Toscotec’s Modulo Plus ES tissue machines, to be......
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Valmet to Supply Automation Technology to Nepa Limited in India

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Valmet’s delivery to Nepa Limited includes a mill-wide Valmet DNA automation system to control the two paper machines, PM 1 and PM 2, as well as the deinking plant. December 7, 2016 Valmet will deliver automation technology to Nepa Limited in India for its two refurbished paper machines and new......