The UPM Paso de los Toros pulp mill was recently granted approval by the Uruguayan environmental authorities for its commissioning plan enabling UPM to begin the testing phase for pulp production equipment at the new plant. The commissioning tasks, including mechanical, hydraulic and efficiency tests, and the respective adjustment of various production equipment, will be […]
Monthly Archives: June 2022
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AF&PA member Resolute Forest Products knows this all too well. David Marshall, Resolute’s Director of Sustainability & Public Affairs, spoke to us about what safety means to him and his company. Marshall joined Resolute in 2017 and has a background in political science and urban planning. Throughout his career, he’s acquired certifications that have helped […]
Pasaban has supplied a sheeter machine with the most elevated technology to Sumapel in Toledo. The sheeter will cut coated cardboard of the highest quality. Sumapel is engaged in the import and export, marketing, handling, storage and distribution of all kinds of paper and cardboard, as well as machinery and materials related to printing and […]
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Chilean pulp and wood panel manufacturer Arauco has signed an agreement to invest around $3 billion to build a new pulp mill in Brazil, Reuters reports. The industrial plant, called the Sucuriu Project, will be constructed in the central-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and will represent a major upgrade in terms of the […]
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Cellwood Machinery will supply dispersing units for upgrading projects to Maruti Paper and Padmavati Paper in India. The dispersing units will help our customers to improve the quality of Kraft Paper production. The start-up of the new units is scheduled for the beginning of 2023. About the customer Maruti Paper: Maruti Papers Limited commenced production in […]
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Committed to bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the market, Klabin, Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper and paper packaging, has developed a new version of its paperboard Klamulti, designed for beverage packaging (multipack), which now has microfibrillated pulp (MFC) in its composition. This innovation, led by the Product Development and Technology Center […]
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LD Celulose S.A, a joint venture between the Austrian company Lenzing and the Brazilian company Dexco, invested about USD 1.3 bn in a 500,000 tonne/year dissolving wood pulp mill in the Triângulo Mineiro region in Brazil. Valmet delivered the key process islands and integrated automation solutions for the mill. The equipment operations and the production […]
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Valmet will supply a mill wide Valmet DNA Automation System with the new Valmet DNA User Interface and consistency measurements package to Lemit Papers in Morbi, India. The target of the investment is to ensure a smooth start-up, to optimize the equipment efficiency and to achieve premium board quality. The order was included in Valmet’s […]
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Kemira launches a new Growth Accelerator unit to drive Kemira’s long-term growth for selected strategic initiatives. The new unit has two main objectives: to accelerate commercialization of new and unique biomaterials into Kemira’s current markets and to create business opportunities in new adjacent markets for both new and existing Kemira products. Kemira’s strategy targets […]
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Radheshyam Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd., Morbi, Gujarat is all set to expand its present capacity of 120 TPD to 250 TPD of kraft paper. The company has already started the installation of new plant with machineries procured form India and China. The deckle size of the new machine would be 3.9 meter and it would […]