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PMT to supply key components for Jiangmen Xinghui Paper Mill's white-lined chipboard project in China
PMT Italia has been selected by Jiangmen Xinghui Paper Mill Co., Ltd. as a key partner for its new "White Line Chip Board" machine project. The new board machine will be installed in the Jiangmen, Guangdong province, close to the town of Shuangshui in the People Republic More
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Metso to supply automation package for Miquel y Costa’s new Allimand-supplied specialty PM in Spain
Metso has won an order to supply an extensive automation package to French supplier Allimand for the new paper machine to be erected in the new Miquel y Costas' plant in la Pobla de Claramunt, Spain. The new production line, which is the latest generation, will allow More
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RockTenn opens new single-stream recycling facility in Memphis, TN; continues to grow and invest in automated sorting capabilities
RockTenn announced today the opening of a new single-stream recycling facility in Memphis, TN, expanding the Company's recycling capabilities and increasing its presence and service capabilities. The new 150,000 square-foot facility will complement RockTenn's established single-stream recycling plants in Chattanooga and Knoxville. The automated, single-stream system allows More
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Kimberly-Clark contingency plan helps firm weather global disasters [From the web]
Kimberly-Clark Corp. of Irving saw one of its plants in Bangkok flooded last year. Another in Bahrain was disrupted by the Arab Spring demonstrations. Stratfor.com, an Austin-based intelligence and analysis firm, was attacked in December by Internet hackers. Kimberly-Clark managed to keep its customers supplied with the More
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A clear vision
Once you can define a problem you can usually solve it. That's an old engineering saying that still holds true, especially when papermakers are trying to figure out the causes of sheet flaws and associated web breaks. A clear view of the initial problem is a vital More
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ABB introduces new Weight xP extended profiling actuators
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently introduced the new Weight xP extended profiling actuators. These state-of-the-art actuators help customers to achieve the lowest possible Cross Direction variability and to reduce cost. The new Weight xP actuators, the latest generation of ABB's popular xP profilers, More
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PMT Italia to supply new secondary headbox to KapStone Kraft paper's PM1 in North Charleston, SC
PMT has received an order from the North Charleston Mill of the KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation for a new secondary headbox for the #1PM. The scope of the rebuild, planned for a spring 2012 startup, is to replace the existing 6.2m secondary headboxwith a new PMT M3 More
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ABB signs five year agreement to manage maintenance and improve efficiency of Nampak Corrugated’s Rosslyn Paper Mill in Pretoria, South Africa
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group has signed a five-year, ABB Full Service® contract with Nampak Corrugated, to manage maintenance and improve overall efficiency at the company's Rosslyn Paper Mill in Pretoria, South Africa. Under the agreement, ABB will manage all maintenance operations at the More
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ABB to upgrade PM3 automation and drives systems at DS Smith Kemsley mill in England
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an extensive order to upgrade automation at DS Smith Paper Ltd's Kemsley Mill in Sittingbourne, Kent, England. The new systems will help the mill produce a greater diversity of high quality paper products. The order includes an More
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Holmen's Iggesund Paperboard implements ToolsGroup supply chain planning software
ToolsGroup, announced today that Iggesund Paperboard, Holmen AB, has begun implementing a new way of achieving its market needs for reliable and stable lead-times and supply chain efficiency using software from ToolsGroup and its partner, Optilon AB. Holmen Group manufactures a range of paper types including newsprint, More
