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Successful start-up of PM12 tissue machine at Hengan Group, China

adminJuly 4, 2012May 27, 2021

July 4, 2012May 27, 2021

May 29, 2012 ANDRITZ has successfully started up PM12 tissue machine supplied to Hengan Group Chongqing. Hengan Group, one of the leading tissue producers in China, now has seven ANDRITZ PrimeLine machines in operation. Two more machines will be started up this year, both of them equipped with the world’s......

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SCA's disposal of packaging operations approved by EU

adminJuly 4, 2012May 27, 2021

July 4, 2012May 27, 2021

May 25, 2012 The European Commission has approved DS Smith’s acquisition of SCA’s packaging operations, excluding the two kraftliner mills in Sweden. The purchase price amounts to EUR 1.7bn on a debt free basis. The operations have approximately 12,000 employees. Jan Johansson, President and CEO of SCA, comments: “The most......

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Cascades Announces Norampac – Trenton will remain open

adminJuly 4, 2012May 27, 2021

July 4, 2012May 27, 2021

May 29, 2012 Cascades Inc. announced that further to a vote by a significant majority of employees in favour of its final offer, it will not proceed with the closure of its containerboard mill located in Trenton, Ontario, as planned and announced last April. “We are satisfied to be able......

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ITC PSPD organizes Grand Suppliers

adminApril 20, 2012June 2, 2021

April 20, 2012June 2, 2021

ITC PSPD is the largest buying outfit among ITC’s various divisions, with over Rs. 1600 crores per annum of buying inputs and services. PSPD deals with best of the manufacturers globally and have over 5000 vendors supplying pulp, chemicals, process consumables, machine clothing, waste paper, engineering spares & equipment, general......

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Stora Enso to build world-class EUR 1.6 billion consumer board and pulp mill in China

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

Stora Enso plans to build plantation-based integrated board and pulp mills at Beihai city in Guangxi, southern China. The mill site will initially include a 450,000 tons per year paperboard machine and pulp capacity of 900,000 tonnes per year, including necessary energy plant and auxiliary facilities. In a unique set-up,......

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European Paper and Board Production Off About 2% in 2011

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

After the recovery in 2010 following the previous financial downturn, the indications are that paper and board production by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) member countries fell in 2011 by close to 2% as the momentum of the revival was affected by the economic slowdown, particularly in the......

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HCL to offer IT Services to UPM

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

HCL Technologies Ltd. and UPM have signed a five year outsourcing frame agreement of IT infrastructure services. As part of this agreement, HCL will provide data center, end user support, network services and professional IT services to UPM. HCL will also set up a data center in Finland and strengthen......

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Toscotec Takes Order from Vinda for Eight Tissue Machines

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

Toscotec said that it has been awarded an order to supply eight new tissue machines to Vinda, a branded seller and leading manufacturer of tissue paper products in China and Hong Kong. The value of the order was not disclosed. Toscotec’s scope of delivery for each of the new lines......

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International Paper Completes Acquisition of Temple-Inland

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

International Paper Company announced that it has completed its acquisition of Temple-Inland Inc. through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Metal Acquisition Inc. with and into Temple-Inland. Temple-Inland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper. Including the assumption of approximately $700 million in Temple-Inland net debt, the......

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Metso inaugurates new facilities in Brazil

adminApril 19, 2012June 1, 2021

April 19, 2012June 1, 2021

Metso has inaugurated its new facilities in Brazil on March 8, 2012. The new facilities, incorporating a machinery production and services unit and an administrative office, are situated in Araucária, a metropolitan area of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. The facilities will reach full production capacity by June 2012.......