Monthly Archives: September 2016
Voith to Supply Liansheng Paper in Taiwan with New Packaging Paper Machine
(Heidenheim, Germany, September 29, 2016) Voith said that it will supply Liansheng Paper Industry (Longhai) Co., Ltd. with a new packaging paper machine, to be designated PM 9.
The new machine will be located in Liansheng’s paper mill in the Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone.
PM 9 will have a wire width of 7,300 mm and reel width of 6,660 mm, with a design speed of 1400 m/min and an operating speed of 1300 m/min.
The machine will be capable of producing 400,000 Read More...
Valmet to supply paper machine modifications and a new winder to Laakirchen Papier in Austria
(Helsinki, Finland, September 29, 2016) Valmet will supply paper machine modifications and a new winder to Laakirchen Papier AG in Austria. Laakirchen Papier will convert its paper machine 10 (PM 10) to produce lightweight containerboard. Currently PM 10 is producing publication paper. The start-up of the paper machine and the winder is scheduled for the autumn of 2017.
The order is included in Valmet’s third quarter 2016 orders received. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The value Read More...
ST Tissue Announces $35 Million Capacity Expansion Project at Franklin, VA Mill
(Franklin, Virginia, USA, Sept. 29, 2016) Tak Investments, owner of tissue mills in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin and Franklin, Virginia, on Sept. 27 announced a $40 million expansion project at its Franklin facility -- ST Tissue.
The expansion project includes the addition of a 50,000 ton per year dry crepe tissue (DCT) machine, alongside its existing 70,000-ton-per-year wet crepe machine.
A crepe tissue (DCT) machine (courtesy Valmet / representational purpose only)
The company also is adding some downstream equipment that will allow it Read More...
Metsä Board to Permanently Close Down Wallpaper Base Machine in Kyro
(Helsinki, Finland, September 29, 2016) Metsä Board announced on August 4, 2016 that it was planning to close down the wallpaper base machine (PM3) located at its Kyro mill in Hämeenkyrö, Finland, and to discontinue its loss-making wallpaper base production.
Metsä Board’s wallpaper bases
The statutory labor negotiations, which affected all of the 250 people working at the mill, have been completed. As a result, the Kyro mill wallpaper base machine PM3 will be closed down and the number of personnel Read More...
Link: Solvay’s Longview Expansion Nears October Completion
(Longview, Wash., USA, September 26, 2016) There is an emerging pulp market that Solvay Chemicals is looking to capitalize on, and it’s the reason behind their $22-million expansion of their hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production plant in Longview, Wash.
At the Longview Solvay plant
Also known as the pulp plus market, this emerging market uses alternative fiber technologies to produce pulp from other renewable sources, such as wheat straw, sugar cane residue, or other organic waste products.
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is mainly used Read More...
Domtar optimizing fluff pulp production
(Plymouth, N.C., USA, Sept. 28, 2016) Domtar Corporation announced a plan to optimize fluff pulp manufacturing at its Plymouth mill (North Carolina). The streamlining measures will strengthen the mill’s position in the global fluff pulp markets.
The restructuring, which is expected to be completed by mid-2017, includes the permanent closure of the small pulp dryer and idling of related assets, in addition to a workforce reduction of approximately 100 positions. The streamlining process will also right-size the mill to an Read More...
Finland’s Metsa sees room for pulp price hikes; says new pulp line to supply growing China market
(Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 27, 2016) Finland’s Metsa Fibre sees a chance of raising prices for its Nordic wood pulp this year and says its 1.2 billion euro ($1.35 billion) new pulp plant will supply growing market demand, particularly from China. …
Metsa, a rival to Sweden's Sodra, Canada's Canfor Corp and Mercer International, is set to become the world's largest seller of softwood pulp when its new Finnish plant with annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes starts in late 2017…
The Read More...
Coldwater acquires EZ eco smart cleaner Technology for Wires and Press Felts– 90% Less Water and Eliminates Need for Mist Removal
(Atlanta, GA, USA, Sept. 26, 2016) David Withers, President, announced that Coldwater has acquired the EZ eco smart cleaner technology for wires and press felts.
The EZ eco smart cleaner is a quantum improvement in wire and press felt cleaning compared to oscillating showers. The EZ eco smart cleaner system uses traversing high pressure rotating heads that deliver 150 bar (2,200 psi) operating pressure, plus shear forces from rotation. The 120 mm (4.72”) diameter heads deliver twice as much cleaned Read More...
Link: IIT Hyderabad develops sanitary napkins that absorb better
(Chennai, India, Sept. 27, 2016) The absorption capacity of napkins with nanofibre was higher due to greater surface area
Sanitary napkins which have greater absorption capacity than commercially available ones and can be safely disposed owing to their biodegradable nature may soon become a reality thanks to research work carried out by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
Prof. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Shital Yadav (middle) and Mani Pujitha Illa used nanofibre that is biodegradable.
Chandra Shekhar Sharma Read More...
Belarusian paper mill eyes higher exports following upgrade
(Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 28, 2016) Belarusian paper mill Red Star is planning to raise its exports following the completion of an investment that allowed the firm to increase its output capacity from some 33 to 80 tonnes per day.
The project enabled Red Star to raise its revenues by a robust 150%, reports local daily Vitebske Vesti. The paper mill is a subsidiary of local company JSC Svetlogorsk CKK, and it is based in Chashniki, in the country’s north-eastern region Read More...
A Celli to deliver rewinder to Sofidel
(Lucca, Italy, Sept. 28, 2016) A.Celli Paper has recently concluded an order for a latest-generation rewinder model E-WIND with the Italian Group Sofidel, a world market leader in the production of tissue for hygienic and domestic use.
Sofidel, that has just celebrated 50 years of business activity, is present in Europe and the United States with 19 companies that each year produce more than one million tons of paper and employ over 5,500 people.
The new tissue rewinder model E-WIND®T200 commissioned Read More...
Sonoco to hike price for paperboard tubes and cores
(Hartsville, SC USA, Sept. 28, 2016) Sonoco recently announced it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by 6 percent to 10 percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada, beginning October 24, 2016.
“This price increase, our first in more than a year, is necessary due to the recent increase in costs for uncoated recycled paperboard, our primary raw material, combined with price escalations in energy, labor and other input costs,” said James Harrell, Read More...
KapStone Container Corporation announces price increase
(USA, Sept. 28, 2016) KapStone Container Corporation will be increasing box prices by a mininum of 8% and sheet prices by a minimum of 10% effective with shipments on October 10, 2016. This increase follows the $50.00/ton containerboard price increase that our plants will begin incurring on October 1, 2016.
Our high operating rates, declining inventories, solid boxboard demand, rising input costs and the necessity for reinvestment are a few factors driving this increase.
We sincerely appreciate your business and thank Read More...
65 North American Companies Remove “Go Paperless – Go Green” Claims
(Washington DC, USA, Sept. 23, 2016) Two Sides North America, Inc. confirmed that over 65 leading North American companies have removed inaccurate anti-paper claims as a result of the group's efforts.
The list includes several Fortune 100 companies in the financial, telecom and utilities sectors who have engaged in a dialogue with Two Sides and modified their marketing messages to consider the social and environmental benefits of print and paper, as well as the life cycle of sustainable forests and Read More...
Link: The Future of Market Pulp
(Aracruz, Brazil, September 23, 206) Brazilian pulp major Fibria, recently hosted its 5th Investor Tour, which is an annual meeting with market analysts and investors that was held at the company’s unit in Aracruz, Espírito Santo.
The program included a very informative presentation The Future of Market Pulp by João Cordeiro, Poyry.
Extract:
Issues addressed during the presentation included:
1. “What drives demand for market pulp?”
Rapidly Changing Consumption patterns
From A Life Cycle Perspective BEKP and Tissue are growth segments
China Is Responsible For Read More...