Uniform moisture means customer satisfaction for Cascades East Angus
The moisture profile stability provided by a Metso IQAquaPro has meant more uniform paper strength properties, fewer rejects and claims, and a handsome ROI....
Stora Enso to close down 195000 TPA newsprint machine
Stora Enso will, subject to decisions by the respective German corporate bodies, permanently shut down the 195,000 tonnes per year newsprint machine at Maxau Mill in Germany by the end of November 2010. Newsprint production at Maxau will end due to weak European market outlook and high production costs. Sales prices have fallen significantly while recovered paper and wood costs...
China to Shut Over 2,000 Outdated Manufacturing Plants
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on August 8 published a list of 2,087 steel mills, paper mill, cement works and other energy-intensive factories required to close by Sept. 30. The manufacturing plants were chosen after discussions with provincial and municipal officials to identify industrial operations with outdated, inefficient technology, the ministry said....
Rendezvous with Mr. R.N. Agarwal
Having climbed the ladder of success with hard work, brilliance & excellent execution, Shri N.R. Agarwal, a chemical engineer began his entrepreneurial journey in 1975 by setting up a 10 TPD Kraft Paper manufacturing unit. Brewing with confidence, he set up a second unit in 1979. With considerable experience and understanding of the Duplex Board market, he went on to...
Oji Paper to install a 700,000 TPA Hardwood Pulp Mill China
Metso will supply a greenfield kraft pulp mill to the Japanese Oji Paper Co. Ltd., to be built in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, in the southern part of China. Start-up of the pulp mill is scheduled at the end of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed. A typical value of this type of a pulp mill...
Matti Kähkönen appointed new President and CEO of Metso
The Board of Directors of Metso has appointed Mr. Matti Kähkönen, M.Sc. in Engineering, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Metso Corporation and Metso Group. Matti Kähkönen will start in his new position on March 1, 2011. Matti Kähkönen (b. 1956) is currently President of Metso's Mining and Construction Technology segment and he will continue in this...
Bahrain to Get a New Tissue Machine
Voith Paper has received an order for the first turn-key tissue production line in Bahrain. The order comes from a joint venture formed by Olayan Group and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. The new Bahrain TM 2 will be located in Isa Town, close to the capital of Manama. Olayan, one of the largest industrial groups in Saudi Arabia, and North America-based Kimberly-Clark,...
Ahlstrom's acquisition of Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products confirmed
Ahlstrom, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products Limited in China from the Purico Group. Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products Limited is a producer of transportation filtration media and operates a plant in Binzhou in the province of Shandong in northeastern China. Ahlstrom announced...
SCG Paper upgrades production process at Phoenix Plant
SCG Paper has invested Baht 2,200 millions (USD 71 million) in upgrading the Khon Kaen - based Phoenix Pulp & Paper plant's utilities production and environmental management efficiency to international standard....
Tembec shuts down permanently its Pine Falls newsprint mill
Tembec announced the permanent closure of its newsprint mill located in Pine Falls, Manitoba. The mill had been indefinitely idled due to a labour dispute on September 1, 2009. After examining a full range of options, the company initiated a sales process for the mill in early January 2010. This sales process has proved unsuccessful. After a thorough analysis of...