Future planes, cars may be made of PAPER
It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made....
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....
Catalyst Paper to curtail production at all printing paper mills
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....
Poyry awarded power plant implementation engineering by Stora Enso in Poland
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....
100% Recycled Recyclable Ream Wrapper and
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!...
Kruger reduces coated paper production by 50,000 tons in 2008
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....
Holmen starts new pulp line at Braviken
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....
Cham Paper Group sells Hunsfos Paper Mill
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...
Caraustar announces closure of Richmond paperboard mill; idling of Carolina paperboard mill
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....
U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Down
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....