Austrian Mayr-Melnhof Holz sold its sawmill MM-Efimovsky in Russia to Aspek-Les, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities of Russia. Since December 30, 2022, the owner of 100% of the shares of Mayer-Melnhof Holz Efimovsky LLC has become Aspek-Les LLC, which belongs to Mikhail Pitkevich. MM-Efimovskiy is no longer listed on the Mayr-Melnhof Holz website. The production […]
Tag Archives: China-Russia
06
Jan
Jan
Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the Voith XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) at the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. A start-up of the KLB machine is scheduled for Q2 2023. According to Ilim, individual tests of its main equipment are underway. In December (2022), the KLB Mill […]
12
Dec
Dec
Maine Governor Janet Mills announced an award of $1 million from the final round of the Forest Recovery Initiative of her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to ND Paper for an upcoming project at the company’s Rumford Division to enhance the efficiency of its R15 packaging paper machine. “This financial support will greatly assist our […]
05
Dec
Dec
Suzano China Innovability Hub, Suzano’s first R&D and innovation center in Asia, commenced construction at the Zhangjiang Science City in Shanghai. After its completion, the Innovability Hub will act as a dedicated center for developing new bio-based materials and applications, as well as cooperating with partners in China and overseas to drive sustainable development through […]
03
Dec
Dec
Prices for thermal point-of-sale (POS) paper in October were unchanged compared with September for the fifth month in a row despite global price increase announcements by major suppliers including Hansol Paper and Koehler, according to Fastmarkets’ PPI Pulp & Paper Week survey. Domtar, the sole thermal POS producer in North America, increased prices by 10% in June and since then […]
10
Jan
Jan
Ilim Group has signed two trilateral strategic partnership agreements with Shanghai High Hope Pulp and Paper, with the third parties to these agreements being Hengan Group and Mudanjiang Heng Feng Paper, which consume Ilim’s pulp and paperboard to produce their own P&P products. The largest service operator Shanghai High Hope Pulp and Paper Corporation has […]
03
Dec
Dec
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia — one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas — is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060. “Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of its economy,” he said at an energy forum in Moscow. “And we set a benchmark for this — no later […]
03
Dec
Dec
A state information system to monitor the ecological situation across the country will be created in Russia by 2024, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko told reporters in Krasnoyarsk. “We are establishing a state information system which will monitor the ecological situation online. [It will monitor] air, ground and water. We will create this system […]
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Aug
Aug
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ecology issue create conditions for a further growth of production of paper packaging both in Russia and Western markets, according to recent statements, made by producers and analysts. In regard of Russia, according to the Russian Association of Paper Producers (Bumprom), which unites Russian pulp and paper players, in […]
10
Oct
Oct
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government that aims to invest in nearly 70 countries and international organizations. The initiative is poised to boost international trade, and it has the potential to accelerate economic growth across Asia, Central, and Eastern Europe. As part of the initiative, […]