CURRENT HEADLINES

• Toscotec Successfully Completes A Dryer Section Rebuild At Aviretta In Germany

  Toscotec successfully completed a post dryer section rebuild at German containerboard producer Aviretta. The project was executed according to the original schedule, despite Covid-19 restrictions. The paper machine (PM4) produces fluting from 60 to 130 g/m²

• DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences Partners With Global Chemicals Company Kemira For Development And Commercialization Of Biobased Material Innovation

  DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (NYSE: DD) and Kemira today announced an exclusive partnership for the development and commercialization of DuPont’s enzymatic polymerization-based polysaccharide platform technology for certain applications

• Voith Realizes Ropeless Threading For Board Machines In Two-Tier Dryer Sections

  In board machines, threading the paper web following shutdowns or breaks in the dryer section has until now been a complicated and time-consuming process. The process of using ropes to guide the tail through the dryer section presents safety risks and involves an extensive maintenance effort

• Valmet To Supply An Extensive Paper Machine Grade Conversion Rebuild To Cascades In The United States

  Valmet will supply an extensive paper machine grade conversion rebuild with a wide scope of automation and services for Cascades' Bear Island mill in Virginia, the United States

• Stora Enso Invests EUR 80 Million In Wood Handling At Imatra Mills

  Stora Enso has decided to invest in centralising and modernising the wood handling capacity at its Imatra mills in Finland. The investment of EUR 80 million will enhance Stora Enso's production capabilities for premium packaging board

• Paper Excellence Announces A $13M Upgrade Plan For Port Alberni

  Paper Excellence announced today that it plans to invest over $13M at its Port Alberni paper mill in British Columbia. This decision reflects our continued confidence in the strategy to invest in the forest sector of British Columbia

• Holmen Paper Hallsta Upgrades Online Vibration Monitoring System On PM12

  Earlier this year, SPM received an order for a total of 154 sensors for the replacement of an older SPM system on the drive side of the drying section on Hallsta’s PM12 paper machine

• Norway’s Largest Newsprint Producer Selects ABB For Mill Digitalization

  ABB Ability Manufacturing Execution System with its foundational Process Data Management layer will be the digital enabler to boost smart operations and production efficiency at Norske Skog Skogn

• Kemira Announces Partnership With Danimer Scientific To Develop Biodegradable Coating For Paper And Board Industry

  Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries, and Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, today announced a partnership to develop biodegradable aqueous barrier coatings for more sustainable paper and board products

• ANDRITZ Successfully Starts Up Tissue Production Line Delivered To Xuan Mai Paper In Vietnam

  International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line delivered to Xuan Mai Paper Co. Ltd. for its mill in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam