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UPM to build biorefinery producing wood-based biodiesel in Lappeenranta, Finland
UPM is to invest in a biorefinery producing biofuels from crude tall oil in Lappeenranta, Finland. The industrial scale investment is the first of its kind globally. The biorefinery will produce annually approximately 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for transport. Construction of the biorefinery will More
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Fortress Paper to acquire idle Lebel-sur-Quevillon pulp mill assets in Quebec from Domtar; plans $222M conversion to dissolving pulp by late 2013
Fortress Paper Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fortress Global Cellulose Ltd. ("Fortress Global"), signed an asset purchase agreement (the "APA") with 9109-3294 Quebec Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Ministere du Developpement economique, de l'Innovation et de More
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Södra starts up textile pulp production at its Cell Mörrum mill in Sweden; annual production expected at 170,000 tonnes
Production of textile pulp at Södra Cell Mörrum has now begun. Under full operation, annual production is expected to amount to 170,000 tonnes, and the investment in Mörrum will give Södra competitive textile pulp production based on hardwood. Södra made a decision to invest in the production More
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CelluForce inaugurates the world's first NanoCrystalline Cellulose demonstration plant at Domtar's Windsor mill in Quebec after $36M project
CelluForce officially inaugurated today the world's first NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) demonstration plant at the Domtar pulp and paper mill site in Windsor, Quebec . Jean Moreau , President and CEO of CelluForce, was accompanied by the Canadian Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver ; Québec's More
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FPAC says new CelluForce plant at Domtar's Windsor mill proves growing momentum for innovative forest products
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) says the opening of the world's first nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC) plant in Canada is clear evidence of the rapid transformation of the forest sector and its growing role in the emerging bio-economy. Leading edge research by FPInnovations has led to More
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Noss to supply pulp machine approach flow system to Schweighofer Fiber in Austria
Noss AB, Norrköping, Sweden, has received an order for a pulp machine approach flow system from Schweighofer Fiber GmbH, Hallein, Austria. Schweighofer intends to enhance their product portfolio from standard paper pulp to speciality pulp grades at Hallein. Noss AB will deliver a RADICLONE cleaner system to More
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Finland's VTT and Aalto University develop transparent plastic-like packing material made from birch fibril pulp
VTT Technical Research Centre and Aalto University have developed a method which for the first time enables manufacturing of a wood-based and plastic-like material in large scale. The method enables industrial scale roll-to-roll production of nanofibrillated cellulose film, which is suitable for e.g. food packaging to protect More
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Peikko to supply components for Montes del Plata's pulp mill in Punta Pereira, Uruguay, starting up in early 2013
Peikko has received significant orders to a pulp mill project in Punta Pereira, Uruguay, South America. Montes del Plata, a joint venture of Arauco of Chile and Stora Enso of Finland, is intending to produce 1.3 million tons of pulp per year starting in early 2013. The More
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Mercer upgrade for Stendal mill in Germany to include new 40 MW steam turbine; pulp capacity to increase by 30,000 tonnes/yr
Mercer International Inc. today announced a project ("Project Blue Mill") to increase production and efficiency through debottlenecking initiatives including the installation of an additional 40 MW steam turbine at its Stendal mill. The debottlenecking which, among other things, requires the new turbine in order to enhance and More
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Noss to supply hydrocycloning system for production of 460 BDMTPD of bleached chemical pulp to European mill
Noss will supply a hydrocycloning system to a mill in Europe. The system start-up is scheduled for April 2012. The Noss system consists of a RADISCREEN-C protection screen followed by a 5-stage PERICLONE system. The system is designed for a production of 460 BDMTPD of bleached chemical More
