Metso's first OptiCell flotation system starts up in Germany

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Metso's first OptiCell flotation system was started up successfully on September 15 at Stora Enso's Maxau mill in Germany. The delivery contains Metso's new flotation technology. The system comprises primary and secondary cells designed to improve the end product quality and to lower the production costs. The deinking line 1 at Maxau, equipped with the OptiCell flotation cell, produces deinked...

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Stora Enso to close down Baienfurt Mill and paper machine at Kabel Mill in Germany

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Stora Enso has decided to close down Baienfurt Mill and Kabel Mill's coated magazine paper machine PM 3 with annual capacity 140,000 tons by the end of the year 2008. The reasons behind the planned closures are persistent profitability problems caused by European overcapacity, the strength of the euro and cost increases, especially for wood and energy....

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Domtar to permanently shut down its Dryden, Ontario paper machine

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Domtar announced that it will permanently shut down the paper machine and converting operations of its Dryden, Ontario mill. This will result in the permanent curtailment of Domtar's annual paper production capacity by approximately 151,000 tons of uncoated freesheet paper. Dryden papermaking and converting operations are expected to cease by mid-November 2008....

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Metso to supply two tissue lines to HengAn International Group, China

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Metso will supply two complete Advantage DCT 200 tissue production lines to HengAn International Group in China. One of the lines will be delivered to the Group's Hunan HengAn Living Paper Products Co., Ltd., Changde City, Hunan province, and the other to Shandong HengAn Paper Co.,Ltd., Weifang City, Shandong province. The lines will be started up in December 2009 and...

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Will Excise Duty Cuts Reach The End Consumer?

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Paperboard printing and pack- aging manufacturers across the country led by their core associations have asked paper and board mills to pass the excise duty benefit of 4% to the end consumer. This is to ensure that the objectives of boosting growth and generating consumer demand envisioned by the government are met....

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Ladhar Paper Mill to start 100 TPD Writing & Printing Paper plant in Punjab

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Ladhar Paper Mill is installing a 100 TPD (tons per day) newsprint and writing & printing paper machine in Village Ladhran, Distt Jalandhar, Punjab. The paper plant has been imported and the wire part is being modified with new press from R.C.Paper Machinery, Saharanpur. The paper machine has a production speed 450 mpm and width of 2850 mm. Start-up of...

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Tetra Pak to invest 88 million to build state-of-the art packaging material plant in India!

adminJanuary 19, 2009

January 19, 2009

Tetra Pak is investing over € 88 million (INR 570 crores) to build a state-of-the-art packaging material manufacturing plant in India to meet growing demand of the Indian dairy and beverage industries as well as growing demand from other emerging markets around the Indian subcontinent....

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Allimand installs and starts-up a vacuum unit on the PM2 at the Abhishek Industries

adminJanuary 10, 2009

January 10, 2009

Allimand has just successfully started-up the PM2 at the Abhishek Industries, of the Trident group in Barnala, Punjab, India. The PM2 produces 400 tons of printing and writing paper per day, 45 -110 g/m2, and has a wheat straw pulp based stock, a wire width of 5-100 mm and runs at 800m/min....

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Clariant’s New Paper Service Centre opens in India

adminJanuary 10, 2009

January 10, 2009

Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. launched its New Paper Service Centre at Kolshet, Thane. Mr. Andy Johnson-Head Paper Business for Special Markets, Clariant International inaugurated the new Service Centre in the presence of Mr. Heiner Meier - VC & MD, Mr. A.K. Prasad - Head TLP Division and Mr. R. Prasad - Head Paper Business....

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Ashok Paper Mill revival

adminJanuary 10, 2009

January 10, 2009

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has claimed that it has initiated the revival process of the closed Ashok Paper Mill and appointed a consultant for techno-economic feasibility report....