Catalyst Paper to curtail production at all printing paper mills

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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....

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U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Down

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January 20, 2009

According to the American Forest & Paper Association's October 2008 Printing-Writing Report, total printing writing paper shipments decreased 12.7% in October compared to October 2007, while the month of August witnessed a decline of 11.2%. U.S. purchases of printing writing papers dropped 14.1% in October versus year-ago. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels remained essentially flat, decreasing 300 tons from September....

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Black liquor to Biofuel technology

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January 20, 2009

Sweden's Chemrec, which is working on gasification technology to turn the byproduct from paper and pulp mills into biofuels and biochemicals, says it has raised $20 million to bring its technology to commercialization. The Series C round was led by Environmental Technologies Fund and included existing investors Silicon Valley venture firm VantagePoint Venture Partners and Volvo Technology Transfer, the investment...

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Metso acquires flash drying technology from Nilsen Engineering

adminJanuary 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Metso and Nilsen Engineering have signed a purchase agreement regarding Nilsen Engineering's flash drying technology. The value of the purchase agreement is not disclosed. The acquired technology will be integrated into Metso's Fiber business line....