Tag Archives: Bleached Kraft Pulp

Arauco plans to start up new BEK pulp line in late October

Arauco’s MAPA project is close to completion. The new pulp line will have a capacity of 1.56 million tpy of bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp. The new bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp line of Chilean Arauco is expected to start up by the end of October. Empresas Copec, Arauco’s parent company, announced on 19 August that the […]

Austrocel will not restart pulp mill until January

Austrocel, a specialty pulp and renewable energy company based in Austria, will not resume operations at the pulp mill in Hallein before January 2022, Euwid reports. The company expects regular production operations to be resumed swiftly, which means the first batches of pulp could be delivered to the market by the end of February. “In […]

Russia posts significant increase of production and exports of pulp and timber this year

Russia posted a significant increase of production and exports of pulp and timber this year, according to recent statements, made by the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko.   According to her, the biggest growth is currently observed in the Far East of Russia.   As Abramchenko has said the government is systematically working to […]

Sappi North America opens 2021 ‘Ideas that Matter’ call for entries

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, today opened its call for entries for the 2021 Ideas that Matter grant program. Established over 20 years ago, Ideas that Matter invites designers from around the world to show how print design can improve the lives of others. […]

ABB secures control system modernization contract for wood pulp mill in Chile

Global technology company ABB has been contracted by manufacturer of forest products, Arauco, to modernize its Licancel Cellulose Plant in Chile to deliver faster response times, greater cyber security, upgraded operator interfaces, enhanced process reliability and flexibility for remote working.   Arauco will continue to utilize ABB Ability™ System 800xA distributed control system (DCS) and […]

Karelia Pulp LLC ready to start modernization of largest mill in Northern Russia

Karelia Pulp LLC, one of Russia’s leading pulp and paper producers, is ready to start modernization of the Kondopoga PPM, a flagship production asset of the company, according to recent statements, made by the General Director of Karelia Pulp LLC Yuri Aivazov.   As he said in an interview with Karelia-based Stolitsa na Onego business […]

ANDRITZ signs maintenance contract with UPM for the Paso de los Toros mill in Uruguay

ANDRITZ has received an order from UPM to provide industrial maintenance services for its new mill in the city of Paso de los Toros, Uruguay. The mill will have an annual production capacity of 2.1 million tons of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp when it starts up in the second half of 2022. The contract period will be 18 […]

ANDRITZ signs maintenance contract with UPM for the Paso de los Toros mill in Uruguay

ANDRITZ has received an order from UPM to provide industrial maintenance services for its new mill in the city of Paso de los Toros, Uruguay. The mill will have an annual production capacity of 2.1 million tons of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp when it starts up in the second half of 2022. The contract period will be 18 […]

ANDRITZ to supply stock preparation system to Vinda Personal Care, China

ANDRITZ has received an order from Vinda Personal Care (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. to supply a stock preparation system to feed its four tissue machines at the mill in Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. The new system will have a capacity of 200 bdmt/d and will process a mixture of NBKP (Needle Bleached Kraft Pulp), LBKP (Leaf Bleached Kraft Pulp), […]