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Mondi to shut down PM 1 at its Lohja specialty kraft paper mill in Finland

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August 28, 2014 Mondi confirms that on 21 August 2014 it has informed its employee representatives about the planned shutdown of paper machine one at its Lohja mill in Finland effective approximately 30 June 2015. The consultation process with all the mill´s employees will start immediately. Mondi´s Lohja mill currently......
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Stora Enso's joint operation pulp mill in Uruguay inaugurated

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September 9, 2014 Montes del Plata, Stora Enso’s 50/50 joint operation with the Chilean pulp producer Arauco, officially inaugurated its industrial complex located in Punta Pereira, Uruguay on 8 September 2014. The investment of the mill amounted to USD 2,270 million, with an additional USD 230 million invested in the......
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Kimberly Clark de México's Bajío starts up a 60,000 TPY tissue line

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September 4, 2014 Kimberly Clark de México S.A.B. de C.V.’s seventh tissue machine, supplied by Valmet, was recently started up at the Bajío mill in San Juan del Rio, Mexico. The new Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line adds 60,000 tpy of high quality tissue paper to the current production of......
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Resolute to permanently close Laurentide Mill in Quebec

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September 2, 2014 Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the permanent closure of its Laurentide paper mill in Shawinigan, Quebec. The restart of a competitor’s mill at the end of 2012, the high cost of fiber, as well as higher transportation and fuel costs, have affected the mill’s competitiveness. “We made......
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BillerudKorsnäs invests for growth

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August 26, 2014 A new investment makes the board machine in Frövi the largest of its kind in the world. The investment is a concrete example of BillerudKorsnäs ambitious growth agenda. The BillerudKorsnäs Board of Directors has approved an investment of approximately SEK 900 million (USD 125 million approx) in......
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Naberezhnye Chelny Paper Mill in Russia starts up paper machine after a rebuild

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September 8, 2014 International technology Group ANDRITZ successfully started up the PM K-28 paper machine at ZAOR “Narodnoye Predpriyatie Naberezhnye Chelny Paper Mill named after S.P. Titov” in Russia after completing a major rebuild. Saleable paper was quickly achieved, beginning with the second reel produced. The machine has a design......
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Aktül Kagit Üretim Pazarlama in Turkey order tissue machine

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August 20, 2014 Valmet will supply the second tissue production line to Aktül Kagit Üretim Pazarlama A.S., Turkey. The new Advantage DCT 200 tissue line will be installed at the company’s mill in Pamukova, Sakarya Province, Turkey. The start-up is planned for the first quarter of 2016. Valmet has previously......
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Stora Enso to build demonstration plant in USA

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September 3, 2014 Following its recent acquisition of the US-based biotechnology company Virdia, Stora Enso is investing USD 43 million in a demonstration and market development plant to be built at Raceland, Louisiana, USA. The plant will be used for industrial validation of the newly acquired extraction and separation technology......
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Mark S. Sutton Elected International Paper Chairman and CEO

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September 8, 2014 Sutton currently serves as president and chief operating officer responsible for leading and running the company’s global operations. Prior to his current role he was senior vice-president for industrial packaging. Current CEO and Chairman John V. Faraci is retiring. Faraci has served as CEO and chairman of......
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Iggesund's fossil-free mill: The vision is within reach

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“We’re getting close to the vision of a fossil-free mill that we’ve lived with and that has driven our investments for a long time,” says Mill Director Olov Winblad von Walter. “Our new recovery boiler, which came on line in spring 2012, is getting better and better as we fine......