The project to expand folding boxboard production capacity has been completed at the Husum integrated pulp and paperboard mill in Sweden. With the modernisation of the board machine 1 (BM1), the annual production capacity of folding boxboard (FBB) will be increased by 200,000 tons to reach 600,000 tons. This will make the Husum BM1 the […]
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Stora Enso to Invest EUR 1 Billion for Conversion of Idled Paper Machine at Oulu Mill to Paperboard
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Oct
Oct
Stora Enso has decided to invest approximately EUR 1 billion to convert the remaining idle paper machine at the Group’s Oulu site in Finland into a high-volume consumer board production line. The investment supports the Group’s growth strategy in renewable packaging by providing new volume for growing packaging segments. Production on the converted machine is […]
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May
May
Through the acquisition of the Finish Kotkamills Group Oyj, MM Karton expanded its position in the market for virgin fiber based board (FBB) and food service board (FSB). It also complemented the established market position in recycled fiber based cartonboard. MM Kotkamills operates two cartonboard/paper machines at the integrated site in Kotka (Southern Finland). The […]
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May
May
Through the acquisition of the Finish Kotkamills Group Oyj, MM Karton expanded its position in the market for virgin fiber based board (FBB) and food service board (FSB). It also complemented the established market position in recycled fiber based cartonboard. MM Kotkamills operates two cartonboard/paper machines at the integrated site in Kotka (Southern Finland). The […]
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Dec
Dec
Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a board machine rebuild to Metsä Board Husum in Sweden. The main goal is to increase board machine BM 1’s Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and annual folding boxboard (FBB) capacity by 200,000 tonnes. Valmet delivered BM 1 to Metsä Board in 2016. The start-up of the rebuilt […]
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Oct
Oct
Nine Dragons, Asia’s largest manufacturer of recycled containerboard, has commissioned Voith to deliver five BlueLine OCC stock preparation lines and two wet end process (WEP) systems for its plants in Malaysia and other regions. The overseas order is a full line supplied by Voith, featuring elevated process consistency and energy-conserving technologies. The new systems will […]
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Sep
Sep
Andritz has received an order from Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper to supply a complete tissue production line – from stock preparation to a double-width tissue machine (TM13), including automation – for energy-efficient production of high-quality grades at its mill in Jiangmen Xinhui, China. Start-up is planned for the end of 2022. The tissue machine of […]
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Sep
Sep
Andritz has received an order from Nine Dragons Paper Industries to supply two chemi-thermomechanical pulping systems for their mills in China. The start-ups are scheduled for spring and summer 2022. Andritz will install its well-proven P-RC APMP (pre-conditioning refiner chemical alkaline peroxide mechanical pulp) technology to ensure optimum pulp quality at lowest energy consumption and […]
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Jun
Jun
The Mayr-Melnhof Group and a subsidiary of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. have reached a firm intention on the sale of MM’s virgin fiber cartonboard mills located in Eerbeek, Netherlands, and Baiersbronn, Germany, to Oaktree for an equity value of EUR 104.6 million and net debt subject to final closing accounts. Eerbeek and […]
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Jan
Jan
Production capacity on folding boxboard machine BM 1 could increase by 200,000 tpy in 2023. Finland’s packaging paper and board company Metsä Board has announced its plan to increase output at the Husum pulp and board mill in Sweden. The company started a pre-engineering study to evaluate the possibility of increasing the annual production capacity […]
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