Metso's third service center in China for pulp and paper industry celebrates stone laying

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

A foundation stone laying ceremony was held at Metso's new Shandong Service Center in Zibo, Shandong province, China, on November 18th.The new greenfield center will provide advanced machinery maintenance and process development services to the pulp and paper making industry in Northern China. Metso's investment in the new center will amount to over EUR 10 million....

Metso establishes a new office in Vietnam

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Metso strengthens its presence in South East Asia by setting up a new company, Metso Vietnam Co., Ltd., in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The office will serve all business of Metso....

Xiameter Attracts Price- seeker Customers through Market-based Pricing and Online Convenience

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Purchasers of commonly-used silicon-based products have found numerous advantages to ordering online from XIAMETER, Dow Corning's online business model. Convenience and reliability are often raised as key customer criteria....

CPI Statement: Export Order Exodus Hits Paper Recovery Sector

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) reported in February 2008 that the UK had cracked the 8.6 million ton mark for paper and board recycling in 2007 and was moving quickly towards well over 9.0 million tons for 2008. Although current statistics indicate the UK is still heading for a record year in 2008 the performance has now been stopped...

Voith Paper: Instrumentation packages successfully positioned on the market

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

A year ago Voith Paper Automation added valves and sensors to its product range by means of cooperation agreements with leading vendors of field instruments. In the first major projects in China and Latin America customers have been convinced that Voith field instruments – integrated into an automation solution for the entire papermaking process- are the ideal solution. This is...

Metso's first OptiCell flotation system starts up in Germany

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Metso's first OptiCell flotation system was started up successfully on September 15 at Stora Enso's Maxau mill in Germany. The delivery contains Metso's new flotation technology. The system comprises primary and secondary cells designed to improve the end product quality and to lower the production costs. The deinking line 1 at Maxau, equipped with the OptiCell flotation cell, produces deinked...

Stora Enso to close down Baienfurt Mill and paper machine at Kabel Mill in Germany

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Stora Enso has decided to close down Baienfurt Mill and Kabel Mill's coated magazine paper machine PM 3 with annual capacity 140,000 tons by the end of the year 2008. The reasons behind the planned closures are persistent profitability problems caused by European overcapacity, the strength of the euro and cost increases, especially for wood and energy....

Domtar to permanently shut down its Dryden, Ontario paper machine

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Domtar announced that it will permanently shut down the paper machine and converting operations of its Dryden, Ontario mill. This will result in the permanent curtailment of Domtar's annual paper production capacity by approximately 151,000 tons of uncoated freesheet paper. Dryden papermaking and converting operations are expected to cease by mid-November 2008....

Metso to supply two tissue lines to HengAn International Group, China

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Metso will supply two complete Advantage DCT 200 tissue production lines to HengAn International Group in China. One of the lines will be delivered to the Group's Hunan HengAn Living Paper Products Co., Ltd., Changde City, Hunan province, and the other to Shandong HengAn Paper Co.,Ltd., Weifang City, Shandong province. The lines will be started up in December 2009 and...

India Label Show lays strong Foundation for Industry Future Growth

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

The India Label Show that took place on 3 to 6 December at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, was hailed a great success. Notwithstanding the fact that India, like many other countries, is currently experiencing an economic slowdown, and despite the terrible atrocities that happened in Mumbai just five days prior to the show opening, the India Label Show was a...