Metso Streamline Pro roll wrapping and handling system goes online in USA
The new Metso StreamLine Pro wrapping and handling system went into production on December 1, 2008 at the NewPage Wickliffe, Kentucky mill, in the USA....
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Stora Enso divests Summa Mill premises in Finland for EUR 40 million
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to sell the buildings and most of the Summa Mill site in Finland to Google Group of Companies for approximately EUR 40 million. The sale is expected to close by the end of the first quarter 2009. The transaction will improve operating profit by approximately EUR 38 million, of which approximately EUR 15 million...
Domtar to permanently reduce paper manufacturing capacity at its North Carolina mill
Domtar Corporation announced that it will permanently reduce its fine paper manufacturing at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill, by shutting down one of the two paper machines comprising the mill's fine paper production unit. This will result in the curtailment, at the end of February 2009, of 293,000 short tons of the mill's uncoated freesheet production capacity. Domtar plans to...
Chinese Paper Manufacturer starts 1000 TPD LWC Machine in Henan
Henan Puyang Longfeng Paper Co., Ltd. in Puyang City, China's Henan province, started the production successfully on their lightweight-coated papermaking line on December 30, 2008. This new line produces close to 1,000 tons of printing and writing paper grades daily....
MWV BILT & Partner to Bring Planning and Organizational Solutions to the Indian School and Office Products Industry
MWV Consumer & Office Products, a leading manufacturer of planning and organizing tools, office products and school supplies, is partnering with Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) to distribute MWV Consumer & Office Products market-leading brands, including Five Star®, Day Runner® and Cambridge®, to retail and business- to-business customers throughout India....
ITC Paper focuses on eco-friendly cups
The average per head usage of disposable cups in India is estimated at 40 per year. This includes plastic, paper and ceramic. The total consumption of disposable cups is 40 billion as per estimates. The turnover is of the order of Rs 1,100 crore. Of this, paper cups alone make up about 10 per cent or over Rs 100 crore....
Manter Appoints Weldon Celloplast as Agent in INDIA
MANTER, the Spanish manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, and part of Fedrigoni Group, has appointed Weldon Celloplast to as its exclusive representative in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, UAE and Sri Lanka....
ITC launches eco-friendly "Paperkraft Premium Business Paper"
ITC recently launched "Paperkraft Premium Business Paper", an environment friendly paper which has been crafted by ITC using a pioneering technology, which is first of its kind in India called "Ozone Treated Elemental Chlorine Free technology"....
UK Paper and Board Industry declines further in 2008 but with limited impact on domestic recycling levels
In 2008, the UK produced just less than 5 million tons of paper and board, a 4.7% reduction on the 2007 total. In terms of raw material input, UK paper and board mills used just under 4.0 million tons of recovered paper and board, a much smaller decline of 1.3% on 2007 usage....
China to build world's largest straw pulp alkali recovery system
China Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the waste heat energy recovery sector of the alternative energy industry, announced that it has executed contracts for designing and manufacturing the world's largest straw pulp alkali recovery system in alliance with CMIIC Engineering & Construction Corporation....