Tag Archives: paper and board

Emtec Electronic to attend INPAP Conference in Poland

The Leipzig-based manufacturer of testing equipment for the pulp, paper, tissue and board industry will present solutions to automate quality control and improve product quality from June 12-14 at the XV Scientific and Technical Conference and Exhibition INPAP 2023 in Lodz. The INPAP Conference, hosted by the Centre of Papermaking and Printing at Lodz University […]

Lessebo Paper is supporting a charity project for Ukraine

Bonnier Books publishes the Ukrainian book Maya and her friends in several countries. The proceeds go in full to UNICEF’s work to help children in Ukraine. The book is printed on Lessebo Design White, donated by Lessebo Paper. The children’s book Maya and her friends is written by the Ukrainian author Laura Denysenko, who is […]

Despite the increasing uncertainties, the French paper industry hopes to continue in 2022 the strong rebound in activity observed in 2021

In spite of the increasing uncertainties (conflict in Ukraine, energy markets, slowing growth, resumption of inflation), the French paper industry hopes to continue in 2022 the strong rebound in activity observed last year. The rebound in paper production in 2021 (+7%) has made it possible to erase the low point of 2020 (-6.1%). This was […]

PulpEye supplies quality control equipment to SCA’s CTMP mill

As a part of SCA’s investment in a new CTMP mill in Ortviken in Sweden, PulpEye has received an order comprising two DotEye analysers, upgrading of three existing PulpEye analyser equipment and renting of a CrillEye module. SCA decided in 2020 to revamp its Ortviken paper mill to a state-of-the art facility producing CTMP market […]

Guangxi Becomes SBS Board Production Hub In China

Sun Paper successfully turned on its 3rd SBS board machine at its paper and board production center in Guangxi on December 4th. Designed and built by Voith, Germany, the machine has a trim width of 8.8 meters and is designed to run at 1,300m/min. Once in full operation, it may produce 1 million metric tons […]

Total consumption of paper and board in the United States from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 tons)*

 This statistic shows the total consumption of paper and board in the United States from 2006 to 2019. In 2019, the total consumption of paper and board in the United States amounted to approximately 73.1 million tons.

Delta Variant Upsets Paper Industry In Dongguan

The new and most contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is now upseting social lives and creating great difficulties to business in Southern China’s Guangdong Province. Latest reports from Dongguan – a municipality north of Shenzhen where the variant was earlier detected – said that transportation of inbound raw materials and outbound products of factories was […]

Valmet to supply technology for textile fiber factory in Finland

Valmet will supply drying technology to Spinnova-Suzano joint venture textile fiber factory in Jyväskylä, Finland. The facility, producing SPINNOVA® fiber, is the first step towards scaling production volumes to one million tonnes annually within ten years. Spinnova’s annual capacity could be 50,000 tonnes of textile fiber by 2024. The order is included in Valmet’s orders […]

Cartiere di Trevi choose De Iuliis for the supply of a new high technology DJM FAST-UNLOADING POPE winder

The new pope reel of the FU series allows the automated unloading of paper rolls on the ground or on transport shuttles, to optimize and speed up the internal logistics of the paper mill and automating all the processes. This order, after the press rebuilt carried at the end of 2020 confirms De Iuliis strong […]

Growing demand for packaging and hygiene papers while COVID 19 impacts overall paper and board consumption

Despite the slowing down of the European economy and the sanitary restrictions, most of the mills ran without disruptions in 2020; even if some operated at reduced speed because of lower levels of demand. According to preliminary figures, the demand for packaging paper and board continued to grow in 2020 especially materials used for transport packaging and corrugated boxes, […]