Oji Paper to install a 700,000 TPA Hardwood Pulp Mill China

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Metso will supply a greenfield kraft pulp mill to the Japanese Oji Paper Co. Ltd., to be built in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, in the southern part of China. Start-up of the pulp mill is scheduled at the end of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed. A typical value of this type of a pulp mill...

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Matti Kähkönen appointed new President and CEO of Metso

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

The Board of Directors of Metso has appointed Mr. Matti Kähkönen, M.Sc. in Engineering, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Metso Corporation and Metso Group. Matti Kähkönen will start in his new position on March 1, 2011. Matti Kähkönen (b. 1956) is currently President of Metso's Mining and Construction Technology segment and he will continue in this...

Bahrain to Get a New Tissue Machine

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Voith Paper has received an order for the first turn-key tissue production line in Bahrain. The order comes from a joint venture formed by Olayan Group and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. The new Bahrain TM 2 will be located in Isa Town, close to the capital of Manama. Olayan, one of the largest industrial groups in Saudi Arabia, and North America-based Kimberly-Clark,...

Ahlstrom's acquisition of Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products confirmed

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Ahlstrom, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products Limited in China from the Purico Group. Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products Limited is a producer of transportation filtration media and operates a plant in Binzhou in the province of Shandong in northeastern China. Ahlstrom announced...

SCG Paper upgrades production process at Phoenix Plant

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

SCG Paper has invested Baht 2,200 millions (USD 71 million) in upgrading the Khon Kaen - based Phoenix Pulp & Paper plant's utilities production and environmental management efficiency to international standard....

Tembec shuts down permanently its Pine Falls newsprint mill

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September 30, 2010

Tembec announced the permanent closure of its newsprint mill located in Pine Falls, Manitoba. The mill had been indefinitely idled due to a labour dispute on September 1, 2009. After examining a full range of options, the company initiated a sales process for the mill in early January 2010. This sales process has proved unsuccessful. After a thorough analysis of...

Lee & Man Paper to install 1800 TPD cartonboard machine

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Metso will supply a coated cartonboard production line to Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co. Ltd to the company's Hongmei mill in Guangdong province, China. The start-up of the new production line is scheduled for the end of 2011. The value of the order is not disclosed. A typical value of a board production line of this type is about...

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Billions to save in the paper business

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Innventia, a research institute, continues to revolutionise the paper business. Its research work has now produced a new method that will result in a stronger paper with lower production costs and reduced raw materials consumption. This dream scenario has now become a reality for many companies in the paper business....

Servalakshmi Paper Ltd to enter capital markets

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September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Servalakshmi Paper Ltd has filed Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an Initial Public Offer (IPO). The company is proposing to enter capital markets with a public issue of equity shares aggregating Rs.600 million through 100 percent Book Building Process....

Milano Papers to Install a 190 TPD Duplex Board Plant

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September 30, 2010

Milano Papers Pvt. Ltd. is installing a 190 TPD coated duplex board plant in Morbi, Gujarat. Former is sourced from Bagpet Industries Ltd., while the pulp mill equipments are supplied by JMC Engineers and other machine are from JMC Engineers & Ambesh Engineering Works. Setup with an investment of Rs. 40 crores, the project is expected to start by the...