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China's Shandong Tranlin to invest USD 2 billion in U.S.

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June 18, 2014 Tranlin, Inc., the newly-formed U.S. subsidiary of a leading Chinese pulp and paper company, announced that the company will invest $2 billion over the next five years to build and operate the company’s first U.S. advanced manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The company’s investment in this......
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Shandong Sun Paper, China successfully starts up tissue machine with steel Yankee

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July 17, 2014 International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully completed start-up of the tissue machine PrimeLineTM W8 with steel Yankee supplied to Shandong Sun Paper, Yanzhou mill, Shandong province, China. The machine (PM27) has a design speed of 2,000 m/min and a width of 5.62 m. The Yankee, manufactured entirely......
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Stora Enso acquires US-based biotechnology company

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June 23, 2014 Stora Enso has acquired 100% of the shares of the US-based company Virdia, a leading developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into highly refined sugars and lignin. The upfront debt-free transaction value is approximately USD 33 million with additional potential payouts totalling......
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Papierfabrik Scheufelen plans to shut one Paper Machine

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July 15, 2014 The declining consumption of graphic paper is forcing Papierfabrik Scheufelen to reduce its capacity from 300,000 tons to 140,000 tons annually. One paper machine and its associated equipment will be idled in the near future. Papierfabrik Scheufelen belongs to the Paper Excellence Group, which is based in......
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Thinking Outside the Box to Future-Proof Corrugated Packaging

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June 11, 2014 Innovation is transforming the image of corrugated packaging, providing eye-catching uses beyond its traditional purpose for some of the biggest brand names in the food and beverage sectors, says the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). The UK Corrugated Packaging Industry is already a pioneering force in sustainable,......
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Sun Paper to buy three paper machines from Voith

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July 7, 2014 Sun Paper has commissioned Voith with the delivery of three paper machines for production of packaging and graphic paper. With a wire width of 7.3 m, the two medium-sized packaging paper machines convince with high efficiency and low investment and operating costs. After some orders for medium-sized......
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International Paper Inaugurates India's Largest Casuarina Clonal Propagation Center

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April 16, 2014 International Paper APPM Limited (IP-APPM), a group company of International Paper in India, announced the inauguration of India’s largest Casurina Clonal Propagation Center (CPC) in Mulugapudi village in Vishakapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. This is the company’s 5th CPC in the country and is equipped with state......
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Stora Enso to convert Varkaus Mill fine paper machine to light-weight containerboard

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April 25, 2014 Stora Enso will invest approximately EUR 110 million in converting the Varkaus Mill fine paper machine in Finland to produce virgin-fibre-based containerboard. Most of the cost is due to the conversion work required on the paper machine and in the pulp mill. “Utilising existing assets within Stora......
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Valmet to supply chemi-mechanical pulp and board production lines for Stora Enso's new mill in China

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May 5, 2014 Valmet will supply Stora Enso with a chemi-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) and a board production line for their new mill site in Beihai, Guangxi Province in China. The board machine will produce high-quality liquid packaging board and folding box board grades. The production lines are planned to be......