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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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US Sen. Al Franken tours Sappi's Cloquet mill; Sappi site to invest $170M in cellulose manufacturing [From the web]
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) made a stop at Sappi Fine Paper in Cloquet Wednesday as part of his statewide manufacturing tour. During his one-hour visit at the mill, he met with company leaders and toured a portion of the mill, which employs approximately 750 people. The More
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Resolute’s Fort Frances, ON, pulp and paper mill installs total reduced sulfur controls after area complaints of odor; mill is idle through January [From the web]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff have reported to Koochiching County officials that the Fort Frances mill has installed the required controls to lower total reduced sulfur compounds. The mill and its TRS levels have reportedly been the source of an odor that caused some International Falls area More
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Kimberly-Clark experimental mill moves to next level of environmental program with Green Tier Contract with Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
Kimberly-Clark Experimental Mill and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials signed a Green Tier Contract at a gathering at the Neenah facility Wednesday. Kimberly-Clark Experimental Mill develops innovative products for the Family Care business sector. This includes items like, facial tissue, bath tissue, paper towels and More
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Getting serious about lubrication - Part II
Despite millions of dollars spent to improve machine condition and reliability, improper lubrication is still cited as the primary cause of premature equipment failure today. One of the reasons may be the complexity of hundreds of thousands of lube tasks required each year. Read Part I here More
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Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging installs its second Vijuk MV-2011 Large Format Folder at Long Island, NY facility
Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging, a leading global supplier of paperboard packaging, has installed its second Vijuk MV-2011 Large Format Folder at its Hicksville, Long Island, NY facility. The folder, which is part of a major global investment program, will produce patient-information leaflets for the healthcare market. More
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Getting serious about lubrication
Industrial facilities often believe they have equipment lubrication covered with existing tools and systems-from spreadsheets to condition analysis to sophisticated preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance (CM) programs. However, despite millions of dollars spent to improve machine condition and reliability, improper lubrication is still cited as the primary More
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Verso Paper completes $45 million renewable energy project at its pulp and paper mill in Quinnesec, MI
Verso Paper Corp today announced that the company has completed a $45 million renewable energy project at its pulp and paper mill in Quinnesec, Michigan. The project includes design upgrades to the mill's existing combination boiler (which burns biomass from waste wood sources), a new biomass handling More
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Spooner to install air turn for speciality paper manufacturer Idempapers in Belgium
Spooner Industries Ltd has recently won an order to supply an Air Turn for installation at a speciality paper manufacturer in Belgium. Idempapers, one of the leading producers of carbonless and technical speciality papers for the printing and converting industry, has rebuilt PM#4 to incorporate a Spooner More
