Metso to supply coated fine paper line to Shandong Huatai Paper

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July 24, 2009

Metso will supply a coated fine paper production line to Shandong Huatai Paper Co. Ltd, member of Huatai Group, in Dong Ying City, Shandong Province, China. The start-up of the production line is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011. The total value of the order is approximately EUR 170 million....

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M-Real proceeds in Speciality Paper Business

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July 24, 2009

The loss-making standard coated fine paper production was discontinued at the Gohrsmühle mill at the end of April 2009. M-real Zanders mills Gohrsmühle and Reflex are concentrating their operations on speciality papers. At the Gohrsmühle mill the production of uncoated fine paper reels and folios sheets is also increased. The......

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MWV receives SFI, FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody Certifications

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July 24, 2009

MWV Consumer & Office Products announced it has received Chain of Custody certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC), as well as SFI fiber sourcing certification. The certifications provide third-party validation of MWV’s sustainable fiber sourcing practices and help to assure our customers...

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Printing & Writing Paper Shipments Down 20% in U.S.

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July 24, 2009

The American Forest & Paper Association reported total printing writing paper shipments decreased 19.6% in June 2009 compared to June 2008. For the year to date, shipments were down 22.7%. According to AF&PA's June 2009 Printing-Writing Paper Report, U.S. purchases (shipments + imports - exports) of printing writing papers dropped 21.8% in June versus year-ago June and declined 24.1% for...

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Andritz receives major orders from Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings

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July 24, 2009

Andritz has been awarded major orders by Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited for its mill in the Guangdong Province. The total value of the orders is approximately 160 MEUR. Andritz Pulp & Paper will supply all process technologies for a 700,000 t/y bleached hardwood kraft greenfield pulp mill Zhanjiang Chenming Pulp & Paper......

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Andritz to supply tissue machine to Chenming Group

adminJuly 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

Following an order to supply all process technologies for a greenfield kraft pulp mill, Andritz has been awarded another order by Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings. Andritz Pulp & Paper will deliver to Shouguang Meilun Paper Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese tissue producer and a company of the Chenming Group, a......

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Palode Paper to restart in August

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July 24, 2009

Palode Paper Mill will be restarted in August 2009. The mill started in 1997 but shuttered 2 years back in 2007 has an installed capacity of 25 TPD. They will produce semi virgin and non virgin kraft paper from recycled fibers. The target markets will be Kerela, Karnatka, Tamil Nadu,......

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Dunaujvaros PM 7 breaks records already at start-up

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July 24, 2009

Fast and perfectly on schedule, Dunaujvaros PM 7 started paper production in mid-June 2009. The packaging paper machine delivered by Voith produced the very first paper of 90 g/m² with a record speed of 1,225 m/min. The owner, Hamburger Hungária Kft. Containerboard, is part of the Austrian Hamburger Group and operates Hungary’s largest paper mill at the Dunaujvaros site....

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Metso to deliver LWC ine to China

adminJuly 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

Metso and the Chinese MCC Meili Paper Industry Co. Ltd. have signed a Letter of Order for the delivery of a lightweight-coated papermaking line to the customer’s mill in Zhongwei city, Ningxia autonomous region in China. The start-up of the production line is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.......

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Europe's Paper Industry Calls for EU Cooperation

adminJuly 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

European leaders of the pulp and paper industry launched its manifesto for competitiveness and employment during a meeting with the European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, Günther Verheugen, in Brussels....