Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) announced that Michael Osborne joined the company on April 10, 2023, as Vice President, Manufacturing, replacing Bill Manzer, who has announced his plans to retire. Osborne is a thirty-plus-year manufacturing veteran, most recently holding the position of Vice President, Global Manufacturing for Kraton Pine Chemicals. Osborne earned his BS in Chemistry […]
Monthly Archives: April 2023
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The Autajon Group strengthen its presence in Portugal with the acquisition of GMT Gráficos. Now renamed Autajon Packaging GMT, the Portuguese company specialized in the realization of folding cartons, gift boxers and small POS displays, joins the Autajon Group. The company located in Amadora, in the Lisbon region, is only 30 minutes away from the […]
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Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden announced on 27 January 2023, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately EUR 18 million and will result in the reduction of Stora Enso’s annual newsprint […]
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Why buy something new when you can renovate and upgrade? These are values packaging giant Billerud in Kalix, northern Sweden, lives by. So, a retrofit solution with new energy-efficient circuit breakers was a perfect match when its decades-old switchgear needed new life. In a slow-growing forest in northern Sweden is a unique raw material: trees […]
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Coming to Paper & Biorefinery 2023: Digital solutions for increased energy-efficiency in papermaking
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German-based testing device manufacturer emtec Electronic will exhibit an innovative product portfolio designed to improve processes and product quality, reduce waste and save energy at the Paper & Biorefinery trade conference from May 24-25 in Graz, Austria. Organized by the Academic Paper Engineering Association of the Graz University of Technology (APV Graz), the annual trade […]
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Andritz to supply beverage carton recycling line to Dong Tien Binh Duong Paper, Vietnam Andritz has received an order from Tetra Pak South East Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, to deliver a new system for recycling of Used Beverage Cartons (UBC). It will be installed in a board production mill of Dong Tien Binh Duong Paper […]
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Wear of vital machine components is a significant issue for the pulp and paper industry. It results in added costs for repairs, replacement and ongoing maintenance, as well as the cost of lost production. Martin Kirchgassner, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Castolin Eutectic, explains how preventive maintenance and repairs based on advanced wearfacing […]
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Dongguan Jianhui Paper Co., Ltd. has successfully started up a new mechanical pulping line from Andritz including the world’s first TwinFlo Prime refiner. The newly developed TwinFlo Prime optimizes the pulp flow to each refining zone thanks to improved refining gap adjustment. This reduces wear on the refiner plates and thus results in longer plate […]
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The conversion of the power plant at the Greiz site is part of the Koehler Group’s climate strategy and an investment in the future. Koehler has set itself the goal of producing more energy with its own renewa-ble energy facilities from renewable sources than is required for its paper production operations by 2030. To achieve […]
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Summit Paper Tube, Inc., a paper tube manufacturer, announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operations in Williamsburg County. The company’s $1.68 million investment will create 19 new jobs. Summit Paper Tube’s Williamsburg County operations will be the company’s first South Carolina location. Summit Paper Tube will lease a facility which will be used […]