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UPM and Ashland collaborate to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology
UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM's Biofibrils technology. UPM Biofibrils are micro and nanofibrillated cellulose products that can be used for shaping materials and giving them new characteristics. In the biofibrils collaboration UPM and Ashland will More
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Stora Enso to invest Euro 32 million to raise pulp capacity at its Skoghall mill in Sweden by 45,000 tonnes/yr
Stora Enso is investing approximately EUR 32 million in Skoghall Mill in Sweden. The investment primarily pertains to rebuilding of a fibre line in the sulphate pulp mill and its chemical recovery operations, thereby increasing the mill's pulp production capacity by 45 000 tonnes per year. "The More
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Mayr-Melnhof Karton to acquire Södra's CTMP mill near Trondheim, Norway for Euro 4 million
Mayr-Melnhof Karton has signed an agreement to acquire a high grade CTMP (Chemithermomechanical pulp) production near Trondheim, Norway. An annual capacity of up to 130,000 tons replaces external supply by self-sufficiency. The acquisition price will amount to approximately EUR 4 million. Södra Cell AB, Schweden, is the More
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Södra sells its Follafoss CTMP pulp mill in Norway to Austria's Mayr-Melnhof Karton
Mayr-Melnhof Karton is acquiring all shares in Södra Cell Folla AS and consequently Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss in Norway. In 2012 Södra Cell took the decision to divest the Follafoss pulp mill. Production at the mill ceased at the end of October/beginning of November 2012. Discussions More
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Metso to supply DNA control system and pulp cooking process optimization solution to Smurfit Kappa's Cellulose du Pin mill in Biganos, France
Metso DNA control system, analyzer and pulp cooking process optimization service to help the mill to face the challenge of running the fiber line more efficiently and preserving the fiber quality properties at the same time. Metso has won an order from Smurfit Kappa for the More
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Mercer's Celgar mill in BC completes extended maintenance shut, curtailed production put at 30,300 tonnes of NBSK pulp
Mercer International Inc. today announced that, during this current quarter of 2013, its Celgar mill took its annual scheduled major maintenance shutdown. As a result of a combination of a lightning strike at the mill and equipment and execution issues, the shutdown, which was planned for 11 More
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Kadant completes acquisition of Noss product line
Kadant Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of the Noss Group, a Sweden-based developer and supplier of screening, hydrocycloning, and deaeration systems and equipment for both virgin and recycled fiber lines as well as for approach flow systems. The Noss product line More
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Metso obtains license to FLSmidth lime kiln and recausticizing technology; to establish new lime kiln technology center in Copenhagen, Denmark
Metso will acquire the lime kiln and recausticizing business of FLSmidth through an exclusive license to the technology concerned. The acquired business will be affiliated to Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power segment, Fiber business line. The value of the transaction will not be disclosed. A new lime More
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Metso signs letter of intent with CMPC Celulose Riograndense to supply key technologies for its new pulp line in Guaíba, Brazil
Metso has signed a letter of intent with CMPC Celulose Riograndense S.A. to supply key technology for CMPC's Guaíba II pulp line in Brazil. The new pulp line, which is an expansion to the existing Guaíba pulp mill, will have a capacity of 1.3 million tonnes per More
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Rottneros VallviksBruk pulp mill chooses ABB instrumentation to build new plant for biological water treatment in Sweden
ABB instrumentation was an obvious choice when the Swedish pulp producer VallviksBruk AB built a new plant for biological water treatment. VallviksBruk AB, located about 200 km (125 miles) north of Stockholm, produces softwood kraft pulp and chemical pulp for export. A tour of the mill More
