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Recard to supply Star Paper mill with new tissue production line in Abu Dhabi; capacity 38K t.p.a.
(Italy, Feb. 28, 2017) Recard announced that it will supply Star Paper Mill Ltd. in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with a new tissue production line.
Recard’s scope of supply includes two stock preparation lines (long and short virgin fiber), two rewinders with variable-crown calendar to enhance paper softness, and a Crescent Former with a latest-generation shoe press.
The “turnkey” production line will have the capacity to produce 38,000 tons per year of high quality tissue.
Start-up is scheduled for the spring Read More...
A.Celli Paper to supply new tissue machine to Grupo Corporativo Papelera; capacity 34K t.p.a.
(Italy, Feb. 28, 2017) A.Celli Paper to supply a high-speed tissue machine with a production capacity of 34,000 tonnes per year (110 tonnes per day) to Grupo Corporativo Papelera in Mexico.
The new tissue machine, with a 2,650-mm paper width at the pope reel and a maximum operating speed of 2000 m/min, is part of a complete turn-key project that includes the “Control & Automation” system, together with all ancillary equipment. A 100% pure cellulose pulp preparation system designed to Read More...
SCA to invest $105 million in tissue plant in Mexico
(Mexico, Feb. 24, 2017) SCA will invest about USD 105 million (approx. SEK 950m) in one of the company's tissue facilities in Mexico to further strengthen competitiveness and enable future growth in that region.
SCA explained that the investment in Mexico will support its high-quality tissue offering under the Regio brand.
The investment is aligned with the company's strategy to streamline production and secure capacity for future growth in order to increase value creation in the Tissue business area.
In addition, SCA Read More...
January 2017 pulp stats; global pulp shipments up 11.2%
(Brussels, Belgium, March 01, 2017) Highlights January 2017 pulp stats:
• World producer stocks up estimated 152,000 tonnes
• Global shipments of 4 million tonnes up 11.2%
• China up 29.9%.
Global pulp deliveries decreased by 12.0% month on month to 3.978 million tonnes in January, down from 4.520 million tonnes in December, according to Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC). Global producers' 36 days-of-supply in January was up 1 day MoM but down 3 days vs January 2016. BSK at 32 days, BHK Read More...
European Paper Industry Launches Bold Investment Roadmap
(Brussels, Feb. 27, 2017) The European paper industry today has launched the reviewed version of its 2050 Roadmap detailing the pathways and investment needed to cut its carbon emissions by 80% while creating 50% more added-value. The Roadmap projects the need for EUR 44 billion more investment -- a 40% increase on current levels -- to transform industry in Europe and lead the low-carbon bioeconomy by 2050.
The Confederation of European Paper Industry (CEPI) pioneered in 2011 the first low-carbon Read More...
Papyrus takes over Procurator
(Sweden, Feb. 23, 2017) Swedish paper merchant Papyrus has finalised the acquisition of Procurator, according to Euwid. “Procurator will help strengthen our customer offer by adding safety and protective products to our range,” said Christoph Sander, Chairman and CEO of Papyrus. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Roos Gruppen, the former owner of Procurator, will become a shareholder in Papyrus at the same time.
Procurator is one of the leading suppliers of protective clothing and equipment as well as Read More...
Sonoco to acquire Peninsula Packaging
(USA, Feb. 17, 2017) Sonoco , one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Packaging Company for approximately $230 million in cash. Peninsula, which is owned by a fund managed by Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC, is a leading manufacturer of thermoformed packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables found in the fast-growing perimeter of retail supermarkets. The transaction is subject to normal regulatory review and is expected to close Read More...
Link: Oji to boost Australian capacity with new plant
(Tokyo, January 07, 2017) Oji Holdings will construct a new Australian plant for food-grade cardboard boxes made from pulp, rather than recycled paper, for supply to local meat processors and farmers.
The Queensland facility is seen costing some 5 billion yen ($42.9 million), with full-scale operations starting this October. Equipment will be added in stages, raising capacity to between 3 million sq. meters and 4 million sq. meters a month as early as 2019.
Oji already produces pulp cardboard boxes in Read More...
Nippon Paper Industries announced price hike for printing and communication papers in Japan
(Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 21, 2017) Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. today announced price increases for its printing and communication papers in the domestic market (Japan) to all its agencies, effective April 1, 2017.
The price hikes will be applied to printing paper grades such as woodfree, coated woodfree, medium weight coated, and lightweight coated papers, etc., and communication paper grades such as business forms, carbonless copy, thermal, PPC paper, etc.
Prices for printing paper will increase by a minimum 15 Yen/Kg, Read More...
Chinese company to build biggest paper mill in Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa, Jan. 17, 2017) China Engineering Corporation (CEC) has signed an agreement with Yekatit Pulp and Paper on Tuesday to construct the biggest Pulp and Paper Mill in Ethiopia.
Yekatit Pulp and Paper, a sister company of Yekatit Paper Converting Plc, a pioneer in the Ethiopian paper industry since 1997, has planned to set up the biggest mill in the east African country with an investment budget of over 1.9 billion birr (over 80 million U.S. dollars).
The Chinese construction Read More...
Link: Paper industry investments in Gulf valued at $3.9bn
(Qatar, Feb. 20, 2017) The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) announced in a report that the cumulative investments in the paper products manufacture reached approximately $3.9bn in 2015, compared to about $2.6bn in 2010, an increase of approximately 49 percent and a CAGR (compound annual growth rate)of 8.3 percent during this period.
Saudi Arabia was ranked first, with cumulative investments reaching more than $3bn or 77.5 percent of the total investments in the GCC paper products industry in 2015. Read More...
Paper Exports of Indonesia Fall on US & Aussie Anti-Dumping Duty
(Djakarta, Indonesia, January 09, 2017) Indonesian paper manufacturers may see their exports fall further in 2017 as Australia and the United States have implemented high anti-dumping import duties on paper from Indonesia. Liana Bratasida, Executive Director Indonesia Pulp & Paper Association (APKI), said several local paper manufacturers stopped shipments to Australia after the country implemented anti-dumping import duties in the range of 2.4 - 72.8 percent in December 2016. Reportedly, it has become not feasible for these companies to Read More...
Sack and kraft packaging demand shifting to consumer applications
(UK, 21 February 2017) World demand for sack and kraft paper used in packaging is set for healthy annual growth of 3% across the next five years according to the latest exclusive research from Smithers Pira.
In 2016 demand from this segment stood at over 23 million tonnes of material and held a value worldwide of $66 billion (US)/$86 billion (CAN) according to the new market study The Future of Sack and Kraft Paper to 2021[http://www.smitherspira.com/industry-market-reports/paper/paper-packaging/the-future-of-sack-and-kraft-paper]. Its analysis charts how Read More...
Romanian tissue paper production up 16% in 2016
(Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 21, 2017) Romanian tissue paper makers managed to expand their total output to some 170,000 tonnes in 2016, an increase of 16% compared with a year earlier, according to data released by local industry association ROMPAP.
In the years 2008 to 2016, the country’s tissue paper production doubled. The Romanian market is currently estimated to be worth be-tween €400 million and €450 million per year.
The three leading players with a largest market share include Romanian producer Pehart Read More...
Suzano earmarks R$720 million in 2017 to diversify product mix and improve production efficiency
(Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 21, 2017) Suzano Pulp and Paper said that it will invest around R$720 million by year-end in a set of projects intended to diversify its operations in Brazil through higher-value products, boost structural competitiveness, cut costs and enhance environmental initiatives.
The investments will be used to build two tissue lines -- one at the Mucuri Unit in Bahia state and the other at the Imperatriz Unit in Maranhão state. Suzano will also build a lignin production Read More...