Monthly Archives: August 2021

Stora Enso and Tetra Pak to invest Euro 29.1 million in recycling of beverage cartons in Poland

Stora Enso and Tetra Pak will partner to provide circular solutions to the market. The investment in a complete recycling solution is set to significantly improve recycling throughout Central and Eastern Europe. The partnership, that follows a comprehensive feasibility study, sees the introduction of a large-scale carton repulping line at Stora Enso’s Ostrołęka production unit in […]

CatchMark Timber Trust sells 18,063 acres of Oregon timberlands

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc.announced a definitive agreement to sell 18,063 acres of prime Oregon timberlands – known as the Bandon property – for $100 million in cash, or approximately $5,536 per acre, to Roseburg Resources Co. CatchMark purchased the property in August 2018 for $88.8 million, or $4,916 per acre, exclusive of transaction costs. The company expects to recognize a gain on the sale in excess of $20 million in […]

Valmet to upgrade a recovery boiler for Lee & Man

Valmet will offer recovery boiler upgrade service to Lee & Man Pulp Manufacturing Limited’s Chongqing mill in China. The project is scheduled to be finished in the second quarter of 2022. The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the third quarter 2021. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “Valmet’s solution […]

Andritz to supply chip storage system to Visy Pulp & Paper, Tumut mill, Australia

Andritz has received an order from Visy Pulp & Paper for a 243,000 m3 chip handling and storage system, including a Stacker Reclaimer RST360, for its Tumut mill in New South Wales, Australia. The Andritz 360° Stacker Reclaimer is a complete system that stores and reclaims wood chips in a continuous 360° radial configuration. It […]

Total printing-writing paper shipments increased five percent in July in the US

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its July 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments increased five percent in July compared to July 2020. U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers increased nine percent in July compared to the same month last year. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels remained […]

ANDRITZ introduces CircleToZero® – paving the way towards pulp production with zero emissions and zero waste

ANDRITZ has launched CircleToZero®, a holistic program for the pulp-producing industry with the goal of providing strong support to customers in their efforts to achieve maximum, sustainable production, aiming at zero emissions and zero waste production. Pairing in-house innovations with ANDRITZ’s proven and state-of-the-art technologies, CircleToZero will enable the pulp-producing industry to either eliminate or make […]

Valmet to deliver key pulp technology to Nine Dragons’ new Beihai mill in China

Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons for their pulp, paper and board greenfield project in Beihai city, Guangxi autonomous region, in China. The order consists of two complete fiberlines, two bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) lines, a recovery boiler and DeNOx scrubbers. The deliveries will be done in phases and […]

Valmet to invest in a new service center in Guangxi, China

Valmet will build its fourth service center in China, in the city of Beihai, to further develop its local presence in the fast-growing pulp and paper industry in the Guangxi province. Valmet’s new Guangxi Service Center will be in operation by the fourth quarter in 2023. Valmet’s new service center will serve pulp, board, paper […]

SupplyOne acquires Wilheit Packaging

SupplyOne, Inc., the largest independent supplier of corrugated and other value-added packaging products, equipment, and services in the U.S., announced today it acquired Wilheit Packaging, LLC., a privately-held distributor of shipping, packaging and maintenance products headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia.   Founded in 1953, by Tom Wilheit, Wilheit Packaging got its start supplying packaging for the […]

SCA invests SEK 50 million in Härnösand pellet mill

SCA invests SEK 50 million ($6 million) to reduce environmental impact from its Härnösand pellet mill I Sweden and to reduce discomforts for neighbours. The investments comprise among other items a wet electrical filter. The whole project will be operational by the summer 2022.   Since 1992, wood fuel pellets are produced at the Murbergsviken […]