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Paques to supply wastewater treatment plant for new Nine Dragons paper mill in Tianjin, China
It seems that the market for Paques in the Far East is improving rather than in Europe, showing the most recent order Paques received from paper giant Nine Dragon to the Chinese sister company of Paques bv. It concerns a BIOPAQ IC (Internal Circulation) anaerobic waste water More
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Clariant reports operating income before exceptional items of CHF 107 million in 3Q 2009
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced sales of CHF 1.691 billion in the third quarter, compared to CHF 2.094 billion during the same period in the previous year. This represents a 19% decline in Swiss Francs, and 14% in local currency. Sales stabilized during More
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CP Kelco completes CMC facility in Taixing, China
CP Kelco is proud to announce the completion of its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China. The facility complies with China Food GMP standards, and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. This new facility has been designed More
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Akzo Nobel reports 30% increase in 3Q 2009 net income to Euro 197 million
Akzo Nobel N.V. has today announced its results for the third quarter of 2009, which demonstrate that trading remains tough across all businesses, and that markets are stabilizing at lower levels of demand. "We have seen some signs of an improvement in emerging markets, but overall we More
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Cargill and Topchim developing paper/board moisture resistance alternative application
Cargill, one of the world's biggest companies in the food industry, and Topchim, a Belgian company of specialty chemistry research, announce their strategic partnership to produce a sustainable line of products in Brazil to be used for paper and board applications. The first product is called TopScreen More
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Minerals Technologies to expand PCC plant at Suzano's Mucuri mill in Brazil
Minerals Technologies Inc. announced today that it will expand its satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant at a paper mill owned by Suzano Papel é Celulose, S.A. in Suzano, Brazil. The facility, which was originally constructed in 1996, is operated by Minerals Technologies do Brasil Comercia é More
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Arizona Chemical investigates biodiesel from crude tall oil
Arizona Chemical, the world's leading bio-refiner of Crude Tall Oil, is studying the possibility of producing biodiesel at its manufacturing plants. Crude Tall Oil, a renewable natural material that is a co-product of the wood pulping process, can be used to make green products based on renewable More
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Imerys Performance Minerals announces price increases in North America
Imerys Performance Minerals North America announces product line specific price increases generally ranging from 4% to 7% and greater on certain specialty items, subject to any provisions in individual contracts. The increase, across their mineral portfolio including calcium carbonate, mica and kaolin, is effective January 1, 2010, More
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Kemira celebrates grand opening of its newest R&D center in Atlanta, US
Kemira held the grand opening of its Atlanta research and development center which is located at Technology Enterprise Park on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The official inauguration of the center took place on September 29, 2009, with more than 100 customer representatives, local More
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CalciTech presents benefits of synthetic calcium carbonate at coating symposium in Germany
CalciTech Ltd. CalciTech announces today that it has attended, during September, the PTS Coating Symposium in Baden-Baden, Germany where industry leaders meet to review the latest advances in the technology of paper coating. CalciTech presented the benefits of its Synthetic Calcium Carbonate (SCC) to key customers showing More
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Dye system manufacturer minimizes lost time for color
Upon visiting pulp and paper mills all over the world, Jason Peterson and John Mara, both technical employees in the paper industry, noticed that most dye systems suffer chronic and unnecessary losses due to the system's dye metering equipment. More
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Removing metals the biodegradeable way
Kemira's patented Fennobio chelating agents offer an evironmentally friendly way for removing copper, iron, and manganese from pulp. More
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Look Out Slime! Chlorine Dioxide Offers an Alternative to Biocides for Cleaner Water Throughout the Mill
WHILE PAPERMAKERS HAVE enjoyed considerable benefits from the switch to alkaline/neutral papermaking, many have encountered an onslaught of microorganism growth, especially when whitewater systems are increasingly closed. Not only can machine ... More