Orient Paper & Industries has started trial runs on a new tissue machine at its Amlai facility in Madhya Pradesh. The commercial production on the 59 tonne/day unit is expected to begin soon....
ANDRITZ successfully started up a PrimeLine tissue machine - the new PM 7 - for Hengan Holding Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of high-quality tissue products in China. With this start-up, ANDRITZ now has nine tissue machines in operation in China....
The electric hand dryers found in thousands of public toilets can dramatically increase the number of bacteria on people's hands after washing them and contaminate the washrooms where they are installed. Scientists at the University of Westminster discovered the shocking findings during a study in which they compared the numbers of bacteria on subjects' hands before and after they had...
Brunnschweiler needs no introduction for air technology in paper industry.The company has firmly positioned itself as one of the distinguished supplier of drying and ventilation techniques in paper, cardboard and pulp manufacturing since last 50 years, offering a personalized service from project definition to performance test. The company asset is their world class manufacturing unit, which has been instrumental in...
Aracruz Celulose and its joint venture partner Stora Enso announced the decision to postpone expansion plans for Veracel, in Bahia, for at least one year. Capital expenditures scheduled for 2009 will be cancelled, including the purchase of land, the formation of forests and a feasibility study....
The Metso supplied PM 12 at Stora Enso Kvarnsveden mill in Sweden has improved the world speed record of SC paper production. The machine reached a 24-hour record of 1,926 m/min on January 21st. The top speed achieved during the period was amazing 2,009 m/min....
The world's top magazine paper maker UPM-Kymmene said it has agreed to sell its former paper mill and related assets in Miramichi, Canada, to Norwegian company Umoe Solar AS....
Stora Enso has decided to defer its final decision regarding the proposed pulp and paper mill project at Nizhny Novgorod in Russia to a later stage due to the weak global financial situation and near-term outlook for the forest products industry....
Metso will modernize the BM 4 board machine line at Stora Enso Kaukopää mill in Imatra, Finland. The start-up of the rebuilt line is scheduled for November 2009. The parties have agreed not to disclose the order value. The rebuild will improve the line’s material efficiency as well as the......
UPM offers a new solution for forest ownership as a way to secure a constant and competitive wood supply in Finland. UPM offers large forest entities for sale. The company will make a long-term wood sourcing and forest service contract with the buyers....