Jarkko L. Mattila, and Roger Ekstrom, Global Product Managers, ABB System Drives explain why liquid-cooled drives are the ideal solution for challenging pulp and paper environments. The pulp and paper industry has long used variable speed drives (VSDs) to achieve greater energy efficiency and precise motor control. However, some places within a mill present challenges […]
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Velvet Care to halve tissue factory’s carbon footprint with PLN 63 million heat and power plant
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Aug
Aug
Velvet CARE, the consumer tissue producer owned by ESG transformation specialist private equity fund Abris Capital Partners, will slash its CO2 emissions by 46% with an investment of PLN 63 million ($15 million) in a gas-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP). Central Europe’s fastest-growing consumer tissue maker will build the cogeneration unit at its […]
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Jul
Jul
Runtech Systems has received a repeat order from DS Smith Paper Ltd, Kemsley Mill, for a RunEco vacuum system rebuild on PM4. In the rebuild, existing liquid ring pumps will be replaced by four EP600 Turbo Blowers. Delivery also includes detailed engineering, EcoDrop and EcoSep water separators. With the rebuild, PM4 targets significant energy savings […]
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Jul
Jul
The inauguration of the new integrated corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco, marks Smurfit Kappa’s first operation in North Africa. Morocco offers an exciting opportunity, with the OECD forecasting a 3.5% growth rate in 2023 and 3.7% in 2024. The country’s location enables Smurfit Kappa to serve not only the local market but wider regions in Africa. […]
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Jul
Jul
BMH Technology has signed a contract with SAICA Paper France for the delivery and installation of a combined biomass fuel and paper rejects handling plant in Nogent Sur-Seine, France. The system will process waste wood collected from the surrounding 150 kilometers as well as use the pulper and fibrous rejects from the paper mill process. […]
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Jun
Jun
The Rengo Group will achieve zero use of coal at manufacturing sites in Japan by 2027. Currently, the Paperboard Production Group’s Kanazu Mill and Marusan Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. use a total of approximately 125,000 tons of coal each year. Kanazu Mill will convert to the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for fuel in […]
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Jun
Jun
The industrial site in Alizay, acquired in June 2022, has been converted by VPK into a sustainable development hub for circular economy. The group invested 200 million euros in the site to convert the existing paper machine into a recycled paper production unit based on carbon-free energy. The site strengthens VPK’s position in the French […]
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May
May
Essity has entered an exclusive partnership with Voith to develop a tissue-making process it said will reduce energy and CO2 emissions while cutting water consumption by up to 95%. The partnership will include collaborating “in the development of a new disruptive concept” that Essity said revolutionizes and rethinks tissue manufacturing. Compared to conventional paper making […]
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Mar
Mar
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
Valmet will supply a new tissue production line with the latest technology to Metsä Tissue’s mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The delivery also includes an extensive package of stock preparation, automation and service solutions. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The new line will add 70,000 tons of tissue made from virgin fiber […]