Current Headlines

1. Essity Starts Testing Of First CO₂ Emission-Free Large-Scale Paper Production 3/23/2021

   Hygiene and health company Essity's tissue production facility in Lilla Edet, Sweden wants to become the world's first large-scale tissue facility with fossil CO2 emission-free production. By completely replacing natural gas with biogas, the production facility will reduce its fossil CO2 emissions to zero during normal operations

2. Klabin Launches New Paperboard With Sustainable Barrier 3/17/2021

   Guided by its commitment to develop more sustainable solutions, Klabin, Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging solutions, is launching a paperboard with a sustainable barrier applied, the new Klafold GB – Grease Barrier

3. Metsä Group’s New Textile Fibre Is Kuura 3/16/2021

   Kuura, the new textile fibre brand of metsä group’s innovation company metsä spring, is presented to the general public during japan fashion week. Made from the pulp of the finnish äänekoski bioproduct mill, kuura fibre is launched at the top fashion event this week in cooperation with japanese trading house itochu corporation and the clothing brand the reracs

4. Interfor Completes Acquisition Of South Carolina Sawmill 3/14/2021

   INTERFOR CORPORATION (“Interfor” or the “Company”) (TSX: IFP) announced today that it has completed the previously announced transaction to acquire WestRock Company’s (NYSE: WRK) sawmill located in Summerville, South Carolina

5. ANDRITZ Successfully Starts Up Two Tissue Production Lines Delivered To Suzhou Taison Paper Mill In China 3/12/2021

   The two CrescentFormer tissue machines (TM13, TM15) of the type PrimeLineST W8 have a design speed of 1,900 m/min, a paper width of 5.6 m, and a total design capacity of up to 120,000 tons of tissue per year

6. ABB Delivers Machine Modernization Plan For One Of The World’s Most Advanced Pulp And Board Mills 3/11/2021

   Major upgrade with ABB Ability System 800xA drives and quality control solutions underway for enhanced operations at Iggesund Paperboard

7. Valmet To Deliver Key Pulp Technology To Nine Dragons In China 3/10/2021

   Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons to its pulp mills in China. The deliveries include fiberlines and core components for recovery boilers and lime kilns. The deliveries will be done in phases and the start-ups are scheduled for 2022 and 2023

8. Valmet To Supply Coated Board And Fine Paper Making Lines And A Line For Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp Production (BCTMP) To Fujian Liansheng In China 3/3/2021

   Valmet will supply a folding boxboard making line (BM 1), a fine paper making line (PM 3) and a bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line to Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China

9. MEPCO Signs With Toscotec. Toscotec To Supply Tissue Machine For MEPCO’s New Tissue Mill In KAEC 2/26/2021

   Today MEPCO and Toscotec signed a turnkey supply contract for a high efficiency AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine. Toscotec is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, specialized in turnkey projects, complete lines, rebuilds and single equipment for the tissue and paper & board industries

10. Spinnova And Suzano To Open Commercial Scale Factory In 2022 2/26/2021

    Material innovation company Spinnova and the world’s largest wood pulp producer Suzano will make an estimated 22 million euro investment to build the first commercial scale SPINNOVA production facility in Finland