70 TPD Kraft Plant in Sundernagar, Gujarat
Shree Gopinath Paper Mills is installing a 70 TPD recycled paper based kraft paper plant at Surendranagar, Gujarat with an estimated investment of 10 crores....
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CPRRI celebrates 30th Foundation Day
CPPRI recently completed 30 years of service to pulp & paper industry and at that occasion inaugurated paper museum. Over the years, the institute has carved a niche and is considered at par with the reputed research organizations of developed countries like Sweden, Finland etc....
Invest in Sweden Agency inaugurates India office
Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA), a Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has set up its fourth worldwide office in India to assist and inform Indian investors about business and investment opportunities in Sweden. ISA's other offices are in the US, Japan and China....
International Paper planning genetically engineered forests
International Paper Co., the world's largest pulp and paper maker, plans to remake commercial forests in the same way Monsanto Co. revolutionized farms with genetically modified crops....
BILT- First Indian Paper Company to FSC-COC Certification
Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) announced that two of its manufacturing facilities in Maharastra have received the international Forest Stewardship Council- Chain of Custody (FSC-COC) certification. These certifications apply to BILT’s units at Bhigwan in Pune district (SCS COC-002612) and Ashti in Ghadchiroli district (SCS-COC 002610). The Forest Stewardship Council is......
Shandong Chanming buys fine paper line
Metso has signed a contract with the Chinese Shouguang MeiLun Paper Co., Limited, for the supply of a large coated fine paper production line to the company's mill in Shouguang, Shandong province, China. Shouguang MeiLun Paper is part of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited, one of the biggest paper producers in China. The total value of the order is approx...
World's largest recycyled newsprint machine begins production in UK
Production on the world's largest recycled newsprint machine has started production three weeks ahead of schedule. Palm Paper, a subsidiary of Germany-based Papierfabrik Palm, switched on the PM7 machine at its King's Lynn site in Norfolk on 21 August....
Catalyst Paper to restart one pulp line at Crofton Mill
Catalyst Paper said that it will start one line of pup production at its Crofton NBSK (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) kraft mill on Vancouver Island, British, Columbia, Canada, due to improved market conditions. The kraft pulp will be indefinitely idled in February of this year, removing approximately 400,000 tonnes of annual capacity....
Stora Enso to close mills in Finland
Europe's biggest paper maker Stora Enso said in a statement that it is planning to permanently close down its sawmill in Tolkkinen by the end of this year and its pulp mill in Sunila during the second quarter of next year. In addition, the company said it would permanently shut down an uncoated fine paper machine at its Imatra mills...
UPM sees industry M&A need
UPM-Kymmene plans to be an active player in the consolidation of a paper and packaging industry struggling to slash costs and close excess capacity, its chief executive told Reuters....