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Cadam and PPSA announce price increase June 24, 2008

Nalco launches deposit control technology for pulp and paper industry June 23, 2008

SHP Celex increasees production with BTG ceramic creping blades June 23, 2008

Ilim starts up converting plant in Russia June 20, 2008

Kamenskaya starts up corrugator at Russian plant June 20, 2008

Freund starts up board plant June 20, 2008

Arbumprom starts up new BM in Armenia June 20, 2008

Researchers gather in Finland to accelerate development of bioactive paper June 19, 2008

Saltigo increases prices for phosgene derivatives June 18, 2008

Voith to rebuild PM1 at Norske Skog Skogn mill in Norway June 17, 2008

Environmental Defense Fund launches paper calculator June 17, 2008

KaMin sets 10-15% price increase on paper kaolin products June 16, 2008

BASF to further increase prices for acrylic monomers June 16, 2008

Voith's SolarSoft provides tissue machine speed increases June 16, 2008

Tronox sets surcharge for titanium dioxide grades in North America June 13, 2008

Indonesia's Fajar Surya Wisesa mulls over new machine June 12, 2008

Wausau Paper to invest $15M in efficiency at Wisconsin mill June 12, 2008

Voith closes contract to rebuild Kruger Paveca tissue machine in Venezuela by 2009 June 12, 2008

Metso completes pilot machine rebuild in Karlstad, Sweden June 11, 2008

Ciba launches new liquid dyes for packaging June 11, 2008

PMT Italia to rebuild tissue machine for SCA Ortmann June 09, 2008

TopChim launches wax substitute for paper and packaging June 09, 2008

Imerys increases global kaolin prices June 06, 2008

Imerys increases GCC prices in North America June 06, 2008

Metso supplies vertical dryer to Steinbeis Temming in Germany June 05, 2008

Voith reports Gold East sets another new speed record on PM3 in China June 05, 2008

Dow raises emulsion polymer prices in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and India June 04, 2008

Metso strengthens roll cover, grinding at US service centers June 04, 2008

Myllykoski increases MY GOLD production June 03, 2008

Lee & Man orders Voith EcoProcess for new PM in Hongmei, China June 03, 2008

Voith Paper roll covers achieve milestone in North America June 02, 2008

Domsjö takes over chipping operations at Utansjö mill May 30, 2008

Dow boosts prices for latex emulsion polymers by 20% May 30, 2008

RohmNova sets surcharges for paper emulsions May 30, 2008

Metso acquires Danish measurement systems maker Kemotron May 30, 2008

PMT successfully starts-up Al Zeina tissue machine in Egypt May 29, 2008

Metso sells spreader roll business to investors May 28, 2008

KPL names new managers for Langhammer Maschinenbau sites May 28, 2008

Metso acquires Mitsubishi papermaking technology; now sole owner of Beloit's intellectual property May 27, 2008

Voith to upgrade PM1 controls at Mondi Frohnleiten May 27, 2008

Honeywell introduces QCS migration services for paper mills May 27, 2008

Mondi Neusiedler sets copy paper converting record May 27, 2008

Van Houtum Papier increases production and quality with Voith fabrics May 27, 2008

Productos Familia hires Voith for quality control May 26, 2008

Stora Enso starts feasibility study for pulp and paper mill in Russia May 23, 2008

Futura joins forces with Focus at expanded facility in Lucca, Italy May 23, 2008

Tan Mai to build new newsprint mill in Vietnam May 22, 2008

Kemira and Rockwood to form TiO2 joint venture May 22, 2008

Canadian magazine first to publish with wheat straw based paper May 22, 2008

International Paper to take six months to repair Vicksburg boiler May 21, 2008

Metso to deliver new flotation cell to Stora Enso in Germany May 21, 2008

NewPage integrating Premium No. 2, No. 3 coated paper product lines May 21, 2008

Yueyang Paper orders two stock preparation systems from Andritz May 20, 2008

Metso multilayer coating running at Jujo Thermal in Finland May 20, 2008

Kaman Industrial Technologies announces addition of three new fluid power product lines May 19, 2008

Kingdecor of China orders equipment for new PM May 16, 2008

Papierfabrik Louisenthal orders new paper machine from Bellmer May 16, 2008

St. Regis orders Kemsley mill PM rebuild from PMT Italia May 16, 2008

Dnepropetrovsk moves forward with tissue PM in the Ukraine May 16, 2008

Lorentzen & Wettre introduces new dewatering instrument May 15, 2008

SMART Papers breaks ground on $30 million energy project May 13, 2008

New process to turn carbon dioxide into compounds for paper, plastics May 12, 2008

Jack-Pol installs tissue PM in southwestern Poland May 08, 2008

Ecopaper starts up Toscotec shoe press at Romania mill May 07, 2008

TietoEnator implements supply chain management system to Stora Enso Packaging May 07, 2008

PMT to install new shoe press for FP Innovations-Paprican May 06, 2008

Metso to rebuild P&G tissue machine in California May 05, 2008

Subburaj delays startup of greenfield mill in India May 05, 2008

Metso to supply tissue line to Santher in Brazil May 05, 2008

DuPont lubricants names new senior account manager May 05, 2008

Islamic Paper to build board machine in Egypt May 02, 2008

Troitskaya to kick off commercial production on PM at Kondrovo plant May 02, 2008

Metso introduces a new paper quality control system May 01, 2008

Procter & Gamble selects Andritz for new tissue machine in Utah April 30, 2008

Angara Paper to build pulp and paper mill in Krasnoyarsk territory of Russia April 30, 2008

Kemira reports Euro 33 million operating profit for January-March 2008 April 29, 2008

ASD unveils new process optimization for paper industry April 29, 2008

BTG Eclépens re-certified ISO 9001:2000 April 29, 2008

GLV finalizes carve-out with FLS and restructures US water operations April 28, 2008

Response Group to purchase Oran Waste in the UK April 28, 2008

Arctic Paper improves whiteness and opacity of Amber Preprint April 28, 2008

Krasnaya Zvezda to install paper sack line in Belarus April 25, 2008

Syktyvkar installing tissue PM at Komi Republic mill April 25, 2008

Metso-supplied board making line up and running in Turkey April 25, 2008

BTG launches new consistency measurement transmitter April 25, 2008

Ecopump vacuum systems used for energy savings at paper mills April 25, 2008

Gotek to build new containerboard mill in western Russia April 24, 2008

Giesecke & Devrient begins extension work at German mill April 24, 2008

Boise meets federal guidelines on tamper-resistant prescription paper April 21, 2008

White Birch Paper to convert newsprint capacity at F.F. Soucy mill April 18, 2008

Krymbumaga to manufacture containerboard at Ukraine plant April 18, 2008

Voith wins contract to supply two paper machines for Yueyang Paper April 17, 2008

Global hydrogen peroxide market to reach 4.3 million tonnes by 2012 April 17, 2008

Metso to supply fine paper machine to Fujian Nanping Paper in China April 16, 2008

Kemira inaugurates Asian Technology Center in Shanghai April 15, 2008

Omya and Shiraishi establish production joint venture April 14, 2008

Mondi gets to work on Russian mill overhaul April 11, 2008

KaMin implements energy surcharge on paper kaolin products April 11, 2008

SPP installs new fine paper machine at Thai plant April 10, 2008

Syassky tissue PM delayed in Russia April 10, 2008

Mondi commissions rebuilt paper machine at Felixton in South Africa April 07, 2008

Imerys North America announces energy surcharge on all products April 07, 2008

Dow increases prices for more emulsion polymers products for paper and paperboard producers in North America April 07, 2008

Toscotec to deliver dryers for Asian pulp and paper group April 04, 2008

Kombassan restarts PM in Turkey April 03, 2008

Polpak Karton starts up PM in Poland April 03, 2008

Metso to modernize fiberline at Sappi Gratkorn mill in Austria April 03, 2008

Orange County Container installs new finishing machine April 03, 2008

GLV arranges $40M in new financing to pursue expansion plans April 03, 2008

MarquipWardUnited installs new sheeter at Green Bay Packaging plant April 02, 2008

Gold East sets industry record with Voith press sleeve April 02, 2008

Metso extends Valmet-Xian jv, increases ownership to 75 percent April 01, 2008

Dow Chemical increases prices for emulsion polymers for paper and paperboard in North America April 01, 2008

IMin purchases kaolin business from J.M. Huber April 01, 2008

Cognex to supply world's largest web inspection system to Oji Paper March 31, 2008

Metso to supply coated board line to Shandong Bohui in China March 31, 2008

Torraspapel improves wastewater treatment processes in its mills March 31, 2008

Pushing the Limits of Forming Fabric Performance March 30, 2008

Roll Treatment Improves Machine Efficiency and Sheet Quality March 30, 2008

Novel Wet End Technology Gives Mills Operational Flexibility March 30, 2008

Optimized Triple-Layer Fabric Improves Paper Machine Efficiency March 30, 2008

Competitive Edge™ Process Helps Customer to Improve Fabric Life March 30, 2008

Metso to supply OCC line and winder to American Israeli Paper Mills in Israel March 28, 2008

MarquipWardUnited installs second sheeter at Iggesund Découpe France March 28, 2008

Oji brings new specialty PM on stream in Japan March 27, 2008

India’s Hindustan makes headway with new mill scheme March 27, 2008

Hans Kolb Papierfabrik begins PM installation March 27, 2008

Metso-supplied board machine starts up successfully at Zhejiang Jian Paper in China March 27, 2008

BASF to increase prices for acrylic monomers March 27, 2008

Hernani starts up tissue PM at Spanish mill March 26, 2008

See how BTG can optimize your process at SPCI in Stockholm March 26, 2008

India’s Abhishek goes commercial on new PM March 25, 2008

IP and Sun Paper jv installs LPB machine in China March 24, 2008

India’s Star Paper Mills alters expansion scheme March 24, 2008

Rainbow delays PM startup at Indian plant March 21, 2008

Startup of new tissue plant in Vietnam delayed March 21, 2008

Voith group announces new president, other board changes March 19, 2008

Metso inaugurates service center extension in Wuxi, China March 19, 2008

Cargill to launch new binder for the paper industry at SPCI March 18, 2008

Fritz Peters re-starts PM ahead of schedule following Voith rebuild March 17, 2008

BTG to showcase advanced technologies at PaperCon '08 March 17, 2008

Papresa completes newsprint PM rebuild March 14, 2008

Sovetsky switches pulp output at Russian mill March 14, 2008

Kartogroup successfully starts-up PM1 following rebuild March 14, 2008

Pöyry starts up research operations in Falun, Sweden March 14, 2008

Nalco, Evonik expand tissue additives distribution in Latin America March 14, 2008

Fujian Nanping of China orders new newsprint machine March 13, 2008

Long Chen installs new board machines in China March 13, 2008

CPH plans a major investment at its Perlen Papier plant in Switzerland March 12, 2008

Metso to modernize baling line at Stora Enso Nymölla mill in Sweden March 12, 2008

Kartogroup PM restarted in France March 12, 2008

Olin to close New Brunswick chlor alkali plant March 12, 2008

Lorentzen & Wettre offer handbook for paper, pulp testing March 12, 2008

American Israeli Paper moves forward with recycled packaging project March 10, 2008

SEPAC orders new tissue machine from Voith for its mill in Parana, Brazil March 10, 2008

Alatyrskaya to upgrade stock preparation line at Russian plant March 07, 2008

Dunapack to build new corrugating plant in the Ukraine March 07, 2008

Arkema doubles production capacity at its Leuna hydrogen peroxide plant March 05, 2008

Smurfit-Stone taps Kiwiplan for automation at container plants March 05, 2008

New production line goes on stream at Perlon Monofil March 05, 2008

Kadant gains $4M order for OCC recycling system in Asia March 04, 2008

Voith supplies anaerobic reactor to SCA packaging mill in Italy March 04, 2008

Machinery supplier PMT sets up Brazil subsidiary March 03, 2008

Technonikol steps up revamp in Russia February 29, 2008

Islamic Paper to start up new PMs in Egypt February 29, 2008

UPM revamps newsprint plant in France February 29, 2008

SCA completes PM upgrade at Aschaffenburg plant February 29, 2008

SCA orders new yankee hoods for German mills February 29, 2008

Panther Packaging expands German sites February 29, 2008

Ecovation to supply wastewater treatment system for Pratt's new Shreveport, LA, mill February 27, 2008

Neenah Paper expands digital portfolio February 26, 2008

UPM to start RFID tag production in China February 25, 2008

PMP to upgrade PM1 for Smurfit Kappa Roermond in the Netherlands February 18, 2008

MeadWestvaco to expand performance chemicals business February 15, 2008

Metso acquires Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' paper machinery technology February 15, 2008

BTG introduces new tissue service package February 15, 2008

Finnish Centre for Nanocellulosic Technologies established February 14, 2008

Greenville Colorants restructures unit February 14, 2008

Xerium Technologies announces management appointments February 11, 2008

GLV posts gains despite currency fluctuations February 11, 2008

Montalvo names customer service supervisor February 09, 2008

IKBK to invest in new PMs and CTMP plant February 08, 2008

Syassky tissue PM delayed in Russia February 08, 2008

Albany sales up 14% in fourth quarter 2007 February 08, 2008

Kostenez delays PM startup in Bulgaria February 08, 2008

Stephen R. Light to take helm at Xerium February 08, 2008

Metso upgrades two pilot PMs at its Paper Technology Center February 08, 2008

Indevco buys tissue PM in Egypt February 07, 2008

Inland Empire Paper to install TMP system February 06, 2008

Metso to supply paper making line to Propapier in Germany February 06, 2008

Voith implements drive solution for Papierfabrik am Neckar February 06, 2008

Poyry to design new PM for Propapier in Germany February 05, 2008

Pelita Cengkareng Paper plans new PM in Indonesia February 04, 2008

DS Smith to convert PM following acquisition of M-real plant in the UK February 01, 2008

SPI starts up second PM in Egypt February 01, 2008

RohmNova increases prices for paper emulsions and hollow sphere pigment February 01, 2008

Honeywell expands range of pulp and paper industry gas detectors February 01, 2008

Mondi to build new lightweight recycled containerboard machine in Poland January 31, 2008

BTG announces senior management appointments January 31, 2008

Norske Skog improves paper machine efficiency with Voith roll covers January 31, 2008

New pulp mill considered for the Philippines January 30, 2008

CIC appoints Charles Mazza as new president and general manager January 30, 2008

Voith to rebuild second-hand paper machine in Kazakhstan January 29, 2008

ABB wins $50-million pulp and paper order from Visy in Australia January 25, 2008

PMT to rebuild PM for Seyfert in France January 24, 2008

POM supplies compact wet end systems to Japan and Spain January 24, 2008

Metso to supply complete tissue line to Cellynne in the US January 15, 2008

Metso to supply tissue machine to Fabrica De Papel San Francisco in Mexico January 15, 2008

Michelman hires CFO Alan Blake January 11, 2008

Stora Enso converts PM to produce book paper at Anjala mill January 10, 2008

Metso to expand boiler service business in the USA January 08, 2008

Metso to deliver two board machines to China's Nine Dragons January 07, 2008

Albany to close Alabama paper machine clothing plant January 07, 2008

Kadant builds move forward in the USA, Asia January 07, 2008

SCA invests additional $23 million in Menasha, WI, paper mill January 04, 2008

Suzano replaces stack at Embu plant in Brazil January 04, 2008

Hercules paper group to raise prices in North America January 03, 2008

FBA provides update on status of Wal-Mart's packaging scorecard January 02, 2008

Daniel Skrovanek joins Minerals Technologies as vice president, the Americas, Paper PCC January 02, 2008

Visy Paper Australia gains high speeds with Dienes' high-speed slitter January 02, 2008

Metso to supply rebuilt white liquor plant for Mondi, Syktyvkar mill in Russia December 21, 2007

Stora Enso starts up rebuilt Varkaus PM3 December 21, 2007

BASF to increase prices for acrylic monomers December 21, 2007

Metso-supplied PM9 comes online at China's Guangzhou Paper December 21, 2007

Stora Enso signs letter of intent concerning possible mill in Russia December 20, 2007

Voith to upgrade PM for Vyborg Cellulose in Russia December 20, 2007

Metso Paper begins work on new Guangzhou Service Center December 18, 2007

Parsytec to supply web inspection system to Stora Enso in Germany December 18, 2007

Voith completes installation of new headbox at Condat mill in France December 18, 2007

Toscotec to supply complete tissue plant to UPI-Group in Ukraine December 17, 2007

Voith details graphic paper PM headed for West Coast Paper Mills December 14, 2007

China's MCC Paper to expand capacity with Metso PM December 13, 2007

Visy selects Andritz to supply key systems for Tumut mill expansion December 11, 2007

Kadant receives $7 million recycling order for greenfield mill December 10, 2007

Metso supplies stock preparation to Servalakshmi Paper in India December 07, 2007

Metso to supply two tissue machines to China's Fook Woo Group December 07, 2007

Rohm and Haas Packaging and Building Materials to increase prices to Asia-Pacific 5-10% December 06, 2007

Atlantic Wallboard calls on EUB to reject natural gas price hike December 05, 2007

Nalco to up paper specialty chemicals prices 8-12% December 04, 2007

Stora Enso Fors commissions Andritz Küsters for BM upgrade December 03, 2007

Xerium Technologies enters Chinese market with acquisition of two roll covers facilities December 03, 2007

Huber announces price increase on kaolin for paper December 03, 2007

Huber announces price increase for paper grade silica and silicates December 03, 2007

Dow announces North American price increases for surfactants December 03, 2007

Omya to increase pricing for paper grade ground calcium carbonate November 30, 2007

Michelman announces price increase on paper coatings November 30, 2007

Mondi Packaging invests in European, US facilities November 27, 2007

PMT to supply shoe press unit to Smurfit-Stone's Florence mill November 27, 2007

Metso to restructure two Swedish manufacturing units November 27, 2007

NewPage orders roll wrapping and handling system from Metso November 26, 2007

Huber hikes kaolin prices globally November 26, 2007

Kadant and Saigon Paper forge ahead with three stock preparation systems November 21, 2007

Voith coating reduces maintenance for Jass Schwarza PM1 forming roll November 20, 2007

New UV curable paper from Brightec November 20, 2007

PMP to supply new tissue machine to Anhui Bilun in China November 19, 2007

Giesecke & Devrient invests in new PM at German plant November 19, 2007

Celanese announces global price increase for PVOH November 16, 2007

Rohm and Haas names 12 vice presidents November 16, 2007

OMNOVA Solutions Foundation to fund permanent paper tech endowment November 15, 2007

Neman Cellulose and Paper inks service deal with Voith for St. Petersburg mill November 14, 2007

Nippon Paper successfully starts up Metso supplied PM in Japan November 12, 2007

ICAI selling two titanium dioxide slurry plants November 12, 2007

China's Guangdong Guanhao to test new coater November 06, 2007

Titan launches new compact twin-shaft slitter rewinder November 05, 2007

Kemira ramps up new technology center in Shanghai November 02, 2007

Spain's LC Paper picks supplier for new PM scheme November 01, 2007

Baldor extends range of ethernet-compatible three-phase motor drives November 01, 2007

Two largest producers hike US caustic soda prices by $75/ton October 31, 2007

ÅF wins contract for Rosenthal 400 project October 31, 2007

Noss to supply deaeration system for ITC Bhadrachalam mill October 31, 2007

Pakistan's Packages gets set to install new tissue PM October 30, 2007

RohmNova announces price increases for paper chemicals October 30, 2007

Metso to supply new fine paper production line to Portucel October 29, 2007

National Starch announces North American price increases October 29, 2007

Metso Paper's iRoll receives ATIP Innovation Award October 29, 2007

Foundation to fund permanent paper tech endowment at WMU October 29, 2007

Peruvian Atlas to enter tissue market October 26, 2007

Voith introduces nanotechnology in new calender covers October 26, 2007

Cascades chooses GE Fanuc to optimize business and manufacturing systems October 25, 2007

Metso's profitable growth continues in 3Q07 October 25, 2007

Hercules sales, income up for third quarter 2007 October 25, 2007

Tegrant taps Worknet for systems transition from SCA October 25, 2007

Copamex to integrate Honeywell Da Vinci QC system in specialty paper plant October 24, 2007

Kadant third quarter revenues up on foreign currency translation October 24, 2007

Hercules Shanghai Technical Center set to open October 23, 2007

Metso to rebuild PM at Metsä Tissue Katrinefors mill in Sweden October 22, 2007

Vaahto completes rebuild at Iggesund board mill in Sweden October 22, 2007

Rohm and Haas seeks price increases to offset high raw material costs October 22, 2007

Syktyvkar Tissue orders slitter rewinder from Toscotec October 22, 2007

India's Century Pulp and Paper to add new Metso 120 MT/day tissue machine October 19, 2007

Allimand to rebuild two ITC PMs in India October 18, 2007

India's West Coast Paper to invest in Dandeli plant October 18, 2007

ICAI to stop accepting new customers for titanium dioxide due to demand, supply disruptions October 18, 2007

Imerys Pigments for Paper announces global kaolin price increases October 15, 2007

Forbes names Kadant one of 'America's Best Small Companies' October 15, 2007

Pöyry to design Portucel's new PM4 October 12, 2007

TOP invests in Polish packaging plants October 12, 2007

Domino ISG and HIDE-Pack collaborate to offer RFID 'smart boxes' October 11, 2007

PMT acquires Sandusky business in South Africa October 11, 2007

Anhui Shanying Paper successfully starts up Metso PM in China October 10, 2007

Kronos to increase titanium dioxide prices in Europe and North America October 10, 2007

Vaahto to supply headbox for BM rebuild at Stora Enso Imatra mills October 05, 2007

Rockwell to supply drive system at SCA Tissue Alabama mill October 04, 2007

Pöyry wins Mondi containerboard contract worth Euro 12 million October 03, 2007

TMI Group acquires BQM box measurement technology from XQ Innovations October 03, 2007

BTG launches new Duroblade for light-weight high-speed applications October 01, 2007

Michelman announces new territory manager in Mexico October 01, 2007

Lemcon builds labelstock factory for UPM Raflatac in Poland September 26, 2007

IP starts up linerboard production at Pensacola mill September 24, 2007

Metso to supply automation solutions for International Paper & Sun Cartonboard in Shandong, China September 21, 2007