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The latest product developments and innovations in fiberboard in all its forms coupled with explorations of current and future market status, opportunities, and challenges, as well as the related environmental…
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DS Smith reports FY2019/2020 financial year results
DS Smith Plc reported full year ended April 30, 2020 results on July 2, 2020. According to the announcement, the company showed a strong financial performance and position, growing market…
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BillerudKorsnäs revaluates forest land in Sweden
BillerudKorsnäs informed about revaluation of forest land. According to the disclosed information, the company had made a valuation of approximately 36 000 hectares of forest assets, of which approximately 18,000…
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DŘEVOPODNIK HAUSNER installs a new log bandsaw at its sawmill in the Czechia
DŘEVOPODNIK HAUSNER installed a new hydraulic log bandsaw equipped with a Mudata optimization system at its sawmill in the Czech Republic. The second phase of the project which is being…
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Segezha Packaging invested in a new multicolor printing machine at its operation in Germany
Segezha Packaging, which consolidates the European paper packaging production facilities of Segezha Group (part of Sistema JSFC), announced start of the new multicolor printing machine operation at Segezha Packaging plant…
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Papier Union GmbH and Papyrus Deutschland become Inapa Deutschland GmbH
Papier Union GmbH and Papyrus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG have merged and will now operate under the brand Inapa Deutschland GmbH, effective from July 1, 2020. According to the…
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Neenah announces refinancing plans
Neenah Paper announced that the company is seeking to refinance its $175 million of unsecured Senior Notes which are due in May 2021. According to the announcement, the company anticipates…
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Arctic Paper Kostrzyn revamps a press section of its paper machine in Poland
Arctic Paper Kostrzyn S.A., a subsidiary of the Arctic Paper Group, signed a contract with PMP for a revamp of a press section of a paper machine. The investment is…
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Setra expands range of construction timber, invests in a new planing mill in Sweden
Wood products company Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in new planed products at its new planing mill in Hasselfors, Sweden. The new planing…
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Koskisen plans to invest in a new sawmill in Finland
Koskisen group is planning an extensive sawmill investment in Järvelä, Finland. The intention is to make the investment decision during 2020, and the new mill would start operations in 2022….
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Cartiera di Ferrara orders complete dryer section rebuild of its coreboard machine in Italy
Cartiera di Ferrara placed an order with Toscotec for a complete dryer section rebuild of its coreboard machine at Ferrara mill in Italy. The paper machine produces coreboard in the…
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Huhtamäki signs a EUR 150 million freely transferable loan agreement
Huhtamäki signed a EUR 150 million freely transferable loan agreement (Schuldschein). According to the announcement, the loan is targeted to institutional investors. It is divided into two floating rate and…
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Koehler expands its railway connectivity in Germany
Koehler Paper Group increased its pulp supply chain reliability with investment in the railway connectivity. According to the announcement, the total investments amounted to EUR 1 million. Since the start…
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Lenzing pays no dividend for 2019 financial year
Lenzing AG, a leading manufacturer of specialty fibers made from the renewable raw material wood, informed that the 76th Annual General Meeting of the company resolved on June 18, 2020,…
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BillerudKorsnäs orders a new washing system for its mill in Sweden
BillerudKorsnäs placed an order with ANDRITZ for supply of key process equipment to complement the main brown stock washing system preceding the side line for their board machine at the…
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DS Smith Tecnicarton designs car batteries packaging for PSA
DS Smith Tecnicarton designed sustainable packaging for Groupe PSA car batteries. According to the announcement, the new packaging system makes it possible to replace a returnable metal container with a…
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Paper manufacturer Feldmuehle introduces vegan paper
Feldmuehle GmbH, leading manufacturer of label and flexible packaging papers, presented vegan paper. No animal substances (such as protein or gelatine) are used in the production of its one-sided coated…
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Valmet acquires 14.9% ownership in the future Neles from Solidium Oy
Valmet agreed to acquire 22,374,869 shares in the future Neles Corporation from Solidium Oy, representing 14.88% of all Neles’ shares and votes. The transaction between Valmet and Solidium is expected…
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Canfor’s subsidiary acquires three sawmills from Bergs Timber in Sweden
Canfor Corporation announced that its 70%-owned subsidiary, Vida Group, has entered into an agreement to purchase three sawmills located in Sweden from Bergs Timber for a purchase price of CAD$43…
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BillerudKorsnäs and UPM extend pulp, steam and electricity supply agreement in Finland
BillerudKorsnäs and UPM agreed to extend the supply agreement for pulp, steam and electricity for the production at BillerudKorsnäs’ mill in Pietarsaari, Finland. According to the announcement, the original agreement…
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British Lister Wilder expands its forest machine range with KESLA tractor attachments
Kesla, the diversified forest technology company, informed that Lister Wilder becomes the sole dealer for the company’s tractor attachments. “Here at Kesla we have found a great partner in Lister…
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European demand for graphic papers decreases by 10.4% in March 2020
European Association of Graphic Paper Producers (Eurograph) reported 10.4% decrease of the European graphic paper demand in March 2020 y-o-y. According to the announcement, the demand totaled 1 860 Mt….
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Vajda Papír completes investment in a new tissue production line in Hungary
Vajda Papír completed the investment into tissue production expansion at its mill in Dunaföldvár, Hungary. According to the announcement, the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine suppled by ANDRITZ has a design speed of 2,100…
Read MoreBillerudKorsnäs introduces a new life cycle assessment tool for packaging
BillerudKorsnäs, a leading manufacturers of packaging paper, introduced a new life cycle assessment tool for packaging According to the announcement, Life cycle assessment is a technique used to assess the…
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Ahlstrom-Munksjö further increases face mask supply in Finland
Ahlstrom-Munksjö increases the supply of face masks for consumers in Finland together Teho Filter Oy and S Group. According to the announcement, the comopany supplies face mask material from its…
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Mondi appoints Mike Powell as CFO
Mondi, leading global packaging and paper group, appointed Mike Powell as Group Chief Financial Officer and as an executive director of Mondi plc. The effective date of Mike’s appointment will…
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Mondi invests in melt blown nonwoven fabric and surgical face masks production in Germany
Mondi, leading global packaging and paper group, is set to build new production lines in its plant in Gronau, Germany, to produce melt blown nonwoven fabric and surgical face masks….
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Sappi Europe follows-up fire incident at its paper mill in Germany
Sappi Europe informed about a fire around the area of paper machine 3 at the company’s Alfeld Mill site, located in Germany on May 12, 2020. According to the announcement, in…
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Sulapac receives ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification
Sulapac received the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification in May 2020. The ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification supports and compliments the ISO 9001 Quality Management Certification which Sulapac has had…
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