Custom duty scrapped on newsprint similar move is envisaged on wastepaper

adminFebruary 27, 2009

February 27, 2009

The bottom-line of all newsprint manufacturers in the country is already affected following a substantial fall in the price of newsprint in the international market during the last couple of months. The situation may worsen with the further 3% cut in the custom duty on the imported newsprint announced by the Union Government. Recently the finance ministry has exempted newsprint,...

Writing Indian Paper Scenario

adminFebruary 3, 2009

February 3, 2009

Indian paper industry with more than 550 mills is producing over 8 million tons of paper, paperboard and newsprint, which may go up to 15 million tons by 2015 and around 20 million tons by 2020. Most of the mills have already gone for expansion and upgradation of their plants as well as for modernization of their processes to make...

Major paper mill savings with new rotor technology

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

A partnership between UBC (University of British Columbia), government and the pulp and paper industry has resulted in the development of three high efficiency pulp screen rotors that produce high quality paper while reducing almost half the energy required....

Waste Paper Management and Recycling

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Paper is an essential commodity with which all of us are very closely associated in our daily life. Its socio-economic importance in the overall development of the country has its own value, which is directly linked with the industrial and educational growth in the country....

Fundamentals of De-inking Technology of Recycled Paper

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

The demand of paper has been continuously increasing at a pace much faster than the availability of fibers from the natural sources. Recycling of waste paper, after its intendment use, has been found to be more economical and eco - friendly. Without recycling, the fiber supply from the world's natural sources shall not be sufficient to keep up with the...

Future planes, cars may be made of PAPER

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made....

China to build world's largest straw pulp alkali recovery system

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

China Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the waste heat energy recovery sector of the alternative energy industry, announced that it has executed contracts for designing and manufacturing the world's largest straw pulp alkali recovery system in alliance with CMIIC Engineering & Construction Corporation....

Catalyst Paper to curtail production at all printing paper mills

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Catalyst Paper announced that it will curtail production at all mills during the seasonally slow Christmas period, reflecting reduced demand expected in the first quarter of 2009 as paper markets continue to be affected by the economic slowdown worldwide....

Poyry awarded power plant implementation engineering by Stora Enso in Poland

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Poyry has been awarded implementation engineering services by Stora Enso Oyj for a combined heat and power plant project in Poland. The value of the contracts is totally about EUR 3.3 million....

100% Recycled Recyclable Ream Wrapper and

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Cascades will now package its reams of copy paper in a more ecological fashion, by using a wrapper that is 100% recycled and recyclable. What could be more logical than to provide paper that already has a smaller environmental footprint in a wrapper that is environmentally friendly!...