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Bellmer supplied banknote PM starts up at Papierfabrik Louisenthal paper mill in Germany
Only 19 months after construction work started at the Papierfabrik Louisenthal paper mill in Königstein, the new cylinder mold machine officially went online today, precisely on schedule. The workforce turned out to celebrate the event together with 130 invited guests. The inauguration of the new plant marks More
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Black liquor gold rush coming to an end?
Sadly - for pulp and paper makers in the US at least - it looks like the recent government funding of tax credits in relation to the use of black liquor is coming to an end, bang on time. And there's worse, hopes for the emergence of More
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Metso supplied fine paper machine comes on stream at Fujian Nanping in China
A Metso-supplied fine paper machine delivered to Fujian Nanping Paper Co., Ltd. in Nanping, Fujian Province, China successfully started up on October 9, 2009. The new PM 6 has a wire width of 5.8 m and a design speed of 1,400 m/min, producing close to 800 tonnes More
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Metso confirms paper machine project worth Euro 150 million for Shandong Chenming in China
Metso's paper machine project to Shandong Chenming in China, which Metso published on August 6, 2009, has been confirmed. The coated fine paper production line to Shandong Chenming's subsidiary, Shouguang MeiLun Paper, has been booked in Paper and Fiber Technology's Q4 orders received. The total value of More
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Presidential inauguration of Portucel Soporcel’s UWF paper machine at Setúbal, Portugal
Amid an atmosphere of much pomp and ceremony over 1000 customers and guests from all over Europe, the US and South America were treated to a presidential inauguration of Portucel Soporcel's brand new 500,000 tonnes/yr UWF paper machine and mill at Setúbal, an hour's drive from Lisbon More
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Kadant develops new paper dryer surface cleaning device
Kadant Web Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI), launched its latest product designed for cleaning the surface of paper dryers. The Dryer Cleaner TM device fits into conventional doctor blade holders and incorporates application specific cleaning pads for cleaning and polishing the surface of paper More
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Korea's Donghae Pulp breaks ground for first paper machine
Donghae Pulp, the subsidiary of Moorim group and the only market pulp producer in South Korea, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the installation of a 450,000 tonne/yr coated fine paper machine at its mill in Ulsan city on November 2. The new paper machine scheme will cost More
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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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Will India follow in China’s footsteps
During the past few years as RISI's Asian Paper Packaging economist, this author has received more questions about India than any other country apart from China. One of the key questions from clients is whether India will become the next China in the Asian paper packaging market, More
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Unique in India - Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) in Bhigwan
The new PM 2 of Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) in Bhigwan, in the state of Maharashtra in India, is setting new standards for graphic coated paper. BILT operates the Voith PM 1 offline machine at the same location very successfully and can, therefore, directly compare the two More
Featured White Papers
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Uniform Moisture the Key to Better Profitability
Maintaining a uniform moisture distribution in the sheet is probably the most significant improvement on the paper machine to affect final quality, productivity and production cost. The practical implications of an optimum moisture profile go far ... More
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Hokuetsu Paper's Niigata mill: Next step overseas
The Niigata mill, Hokuetsu Paper's flagship with
its four coated wood-free papermaking lines,
ranks as one of the largest pulp and paper mills
in Japan. The mill employs a highly efficient
production process from the manufacture of
pulp ... More -
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