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Afry to support Nordic Paper’s strategic investments for sustainable kraft paper production

Nordic Paper, a leading specialty paper producer with its base in Scandinavia, has selected AFRY as its engineering and project management partner for the strategic investment projects at its Bäckhammar mill in Sweden. The projects include a new wood room and a new electrostatic filter. Nordic Paper has decided to invest approximately MSEK 850 to […]

The Pulp & Beyond 2024 conference program is released

The Pulp & Beyond 2024 Conference will bring together key people in the forest industry on 9 April 2024 at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. The program for the three-part conference has now been published, focusing this time on innovative wood-based products, carbon zero future mills, and international control systems. The conference opening will […]

Afry appoints new Head of Pulp & Paper business

Visa Moilanen has been appointed as Head of Pulp & Paper, Process Industries Division at AFRY. Visa has a strong background in the Pulp & Paper sector globally and he has been working for AFRY (previously Pöyry) also earlier in several roles. He has held many leading positions within the industry, and he knows well […]

Afry project partner in TreeToTextile sustainable textile fiber demo plant in Sweden

TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest, invested €35 million in constructing a textile fiber process technology demonstration plant in Sweden. AFRY supported TreeToTextile throughout the project in the development and implementation phases from 2016-2022. The demonstration plant is now in the start-up phase. TreeToTextile is offering a new […]

New study shows paper industry could increase on-site renewable electricity and heat generation

A new study commissioned by Cepi to AFRY, a Scandinavian firm supplying engineering and advisory services, shows the untapped further potential for paper mills to function as renewable energy hubs. The pulp and paper industry could increase its on-site renewable electricity and heat production and, through a ‘swing capacity effect’, sell any excess energy production […]

PulPaper 2022 enables networking in June

About 250 exhibitors will participate in the leading international event for the forest industry, PulPaper 2022. The program consists of the PulPaper Conference, the new Green Economy Business Summit, and a wide range of presentations at the Future Square Stage. The startup competition presents the most interesting innovations during the event. The three-day PulPaper will be […]

Analysts say for ever growing demand for green paper technologies in China

The demand for green paper technologies is steadily growing in China, which leads to the massive purchases of modern machinery and equipment for the needs of local pulp and paper mills, according to recent statements, made by some leading Chinese state officials and local media reports.   So far, a number of global equipment producers […]

Metsä Fibre signs contract for delivery of chlorine dioxide plant

Metsä Fibre

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and ERCO Worldwide have signed a preliminary agreement on the delivery of process technology and main equipment for the chlorine dioxide plant of the Kemi bioproduct mill. The process technology will be based on ERCO’s latest R8/R10 technology, which is in use, for example, at the chlorine dioxide plant […]