ITC launches eco-friendly "Paperkraft Premium Business Paper"

adminMarch 27, 2009

March 27, 2009

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"....

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UK Paper and Board Industry declines further in 2008 but with limited impact on domestic recycling levels

adminFebruary 28, 2009

February 28, 2009

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....

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China to build world's largest straw pulp alkali recovery system

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

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....

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Catalyst Paper to curtail production at all printing paper mills

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Catalyst Paper announced that it will curtail production at all mills during the seasonally slow Christmas period, reflecting reduced demand expected in the first quarter of 2009 as paper markets continue to be affected by the economic slowdown worldwide....

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Poyry awarded power plant implementation engineering by Stora Enso in Poland

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Poyry has been awarded implementation engineering services by Stora Enso Oyj for a combined heat and power plant project in Poland. The value of the contracts is totally about EUR 3.3 million....

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100% Recycled Recyclable Ream Wrapper and

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Cascades will now package its reams of copy paper in a more ecological fashion, by using a wrapper that is 100% recycled and recyclable. What could be more logical than to provide paper that already has a smaller environmental footprint in a wrapper that is environmentally friendly!...

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Kruger reduces coated paper production by 50,000 tons in 2008

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Kruger announced that it has reduced coated paper production at its two Trois-Rivieres mills by a total of 50,000 tons in 2008. This reduction, which represents about 12% of the Company's annual coated paper production, was necessary due to difficult market conditions....

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Holmen starts new pulp line at Braviken

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Minister for Education Jan Bjorklund inaugurated a new pulp line at the Braviken Paper Mill in Norrkoping. The investment means that existing cutting edge technology combined with newly developed equipment will be tried out on a full scale for the first time....

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Cham Paper Group sells Hunsfos Paper Mill

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Swiss papermaker Cham Paper Group said that it has signed a contract for the sale of its Norwegian specialty paper mill Hunsfos Fabrikker AS to Bavaria Industriekapital AG, a German industrial holding firm...

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Caraustar announces closure of Richmond paperboard mill; idling of Carolina paperboard mill

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Caraustar announced the permanent closure of its Richmond Paperboard mill in Richmond, Virginia, effective December 11, 2008. The Richmond mill is an uncoated recycled boxboard (URB) manufacturing facility with annual capacity of 49000 tons....