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Mondi expands online ordering options for uncoated fine paper

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, provides new possibilities for sourcing paper easily and quickly. The website mymondi.net serves as a central access point. Starting from the product pages, articles from the PERGRAPHICA® and Color Copy ranges are linked directly with suitable sources of supply. This service is open to customers in […]

Voith and Essity develop groundbreaking concept for sustainable paper production

Saving CO2 emissions and energy are among the most important fields of action of our time. In recognition of this fact, Voith has developed a completely new, disruptive concept that allows CO2 neutral paper production. Moreover, the groundbreaking concept reduces fresh water consumption by up to 95 percent as well as energy consumption by up […]

World’s largest kraftliner machine enters service in Obbola

The world’s largest machine for the production of kraftliner has entered service in Obbola in Västerbotten, outside Umeå, eastern Sweden. With a total investment of SEK 7.5 billion, this major project has been completed ahead of schedule and within budget, significantly increasing opportunities to produce packaging materials that replace plastic. “At full capacity, the machine […]

Ilim Group expands its footprint in the southwest of China

By 2025, the share of Ilim Group’s board supplies to the southwest of the People’s Republic of China will have increased three-fold from 5% to 16%, which is another 100 thousand tons of the finished products. Stepped-up deliveries will make the Company a key player on the pulp and paper market in the south-western China. […]

Twin Rivers Paper finalizes sale of lumber mill to Groupe Lebel

Twin Rivers Paper Company, a leading producer of specialty and kraft paper products, announced that it has finalized the sale of Plaster Rock Lumber Corporation, its softwood lumber mill in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, to eastern Canadian lumber manufacturer and North American forest products leader Groupe Lebel.  The sale advances Twin Rivers’ strategy of investing […]

Andritz completes major rebuild of high-performance board machine for MM Board & Paper

MM Board & Paper, Austria, has successfully re-started its KM3 board machine at the Frohnleiten mill after ANDRITZ completed a major rebuild. The rebuild included several upgrade measures to improve the machine’s performance in line with the customer’s targets. Mag. Gernot Schleiss, Managing Director of MM Frohnleiten, explains: “The main objective of our investment was […]

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 […]

Vaisala launches a pioneering optical inline process refractometer series for industrial liquid measurements

The new robust platform of inline process refractometers adds to Vaisala’s leading-edge innovations by introducing the first fully inhouse developed refractometer series to product platform that combines both liquid and gas measurement capabilities. Vaisala, a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements continue to strengthen its spearheading industrial product ecosystem by unveiling a next-generation […]

How embossing impacts toilet tissue aesthetics and consumer buying behavior

The origins of toilet tissue embossing are rooted in practically. The three-dimensional patterns increase surface area and liquid absorbency of the tissue, and also keep multiple plies from peeling apart. Absorbency and bonding remain key benefits of embossed toilet tissue. However, embossing also plays an important role in meeting the demands of buyers who are […]

GreenFirst completes sale of Quebec assets for $94 million

GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its La Sarre and Béarn sawmills, Abitibi and Témiscamingue forestry operations, as well as their related assets and business operations to Chantiers Chibougamau Ltée, for a total purchase price of approximately $94 million, subject to final adjustments. “We thank Chantiers Chibougamau […]