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MWV Appoints Naveen Ganzu Managing Director for India

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March 27, 2015July 17, 2021

January 23, 2015 MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, announced the appointment of Naveen Ganzu as managing director for the company’s operations in India. Mr.Ganzu will be responsible for leading MWV’spaperboard and industrial packaging business in India, and will also work closely with the company’s global......

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India's First Service Workshop of GapCon GmbH Kicks off at Kalyani

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March 27, 2015

January 14, 2015 Kalyani (50 km from Kolkata) service workshop of GapCon GmbH, a subsidiary of the Irle Deuz based in Siegen, became officially operational recently. This is the first GapCon facility outside Europe and the country’s industrialists are upbeat as this will significantly cut down expenses of bringing in......

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Valmet Plans a New Services Center in Asia-Pacific

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March 27, 2015

December 18, 2014 Valmet has decided to build a new services centre in Indonesia, which is one of the key markets in Asia-Pacific for Valmet’s products and services. The new service centre will be located in the Jakarta area on the island of Java, and it will be fully operational......

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Voith's Bundling Plan to Adapt Rough Market Conditions

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March 27, 2015

February 2, 2015 Long-term diminished market volume for new machines and major rebuilds has forced Voith Paper to go for a package of measures intended to adapt the company’s European structure to the market conditions. Under these measures, the concentration of the paper machine business in Heidenheim and stock preparation......

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Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Kicks off Its Tissue Machine With Steel Yankee

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March 27, 2015July 17, 2021

January 26, 2015 Successful start-up of the tissue machine with an 18-foot steel Yankee was at Zhejiang Jingxing Paper in Pinghu city, Zhejiang province, China. The machine was supplied by Andritz. The PrimeLineST C8 machine, which is producing high quality facial wipes and toilet paper grades, has a design speed......

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Fiberline at Mondi Frantschach's Pulp Mill to be Upgraded by Andritz

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March 27, 2015July 17, 2021

January 23, 2015 The Mondi Group has placed an order with Andritz to upgrade the continuous cooking plant at the Frantschach mill in St. Gertraud, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2015. Andritz will convert the digester to its Downflow Lo-Solids cooking technology and add a TurboFeed......

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Södra and Statkraft Form JV to Produce Biofuel at Tofte Pulp Mill in Norway

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March 27, 2015

February 17, 2015 Södra and Statkraft have signed a cooperation agreement to start a jointly-owned company for the future production of biofuel at the former Tofte pulp mill in Norway. The company will be named Silva Green Fuel AS, and will be 49-percent owned by Södra and 51-percent owned by......

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PET Bottles Successfully Converted to Biodegradable Mineral Paper

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March 27, 2015

January 15, 2015 This may be termed as another successful attempt to cut down fewer trees and avoid wasting water-a group of young Mexicans has succeeded in converting used PET bottles into biodegradable mineral paper or peta paper. The paper meets the standards required to print books, boxes and general......

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A New Bio-Product Pulp Mill in Finland to Procure Key Production Technologies From Andritz

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March 27, 2015July 17, 2021

February 13, 2015 International technology Group Andritz has signed a letter of intent with Metsä Fibre to deliver key production technologies for a new bio-product pulp mill with an annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes of pulp in Äänekoski, Finland. The order value for Andritz is over EUR 100 million.......

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Canada's Forest Industry Welcomes Trade Action Against China

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March 27, 2015

February 12, 2015 The trade dispute with China over the country’s imposition of import duties on dissolving pulp moved ahead another step in early February, as the federal government requested a panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resolve the issue. The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) applauded......