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RDM Group inaugurates new boiler house at Ovaro mill

Recently, RDM Group officially inaugurated the new boiler house at the Ovaro Mill in Italy, in the presence of the Group’s top management. The local authorities were in attendance at the ceremony, including the Governor of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga, and the Mayor of Ovaro, Lino Not, as evidence of the relevance of the project. […]

Norske Skog Skogn invests NOK 180 million ($18.2 million) in new pulp production line

Norske Skog Skogn will invest around NOK 180 million ($18.2 million), after NOK 40-50 million ($4-5 million) in grant funding from the NOx fund, in a new thermomechanical production line (TMP) that will replace expensive recycled paper with fresh fiber. The new TMP line will reduce variable costs, significantly reduce NOx and fossil CO2 emissions, and […]

Progroup starts operating corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Poland

At the PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant the first sheets are officially being produced. With its new production facility in Stryków, Poland, Progroup is once again setting new trends when it comes to productivity and sustainability. Start of production in Stryków: Progroup has started operating its new high-tech corrugated sheetfeeder plant PW14. Photo source: Progroup The […]

Rengo completes construction on biomass incineration plant at Amagasaki mill in Japan

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it completed renovation work on the biomass incineration plant at Amagasaki mill in Japan. Amagasaki mill produces paperboard such as containerboard. Rengo has been working to reduce city gas consumption by utilizing sludge discharged in the papermaking process as biomass fuel. By increasing the efficiency of the incineration plant, Rengo expects […]

Smurfit Kappa to Invest $100 Million in New Biomass Boiler at Its Paper Mill in Yumbo, Columbia

Smurfit Kappa is investing almost USD 100 million in a sustainable biomass boiler to be installed at its Cali Mill in Yumbo, Columbia, which will reduce the company’s global Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions by approximately 6%. Smurfit Kappa noted that it has successfully implemented biomass boilers at several other locations including the […]

UPM’s c to Be Supplied with Sustainable Power from New Wind Park

UPM said that its commitment to wind power in Finland will significantly decrease emissions resulting from the company’s production of paper thanks to a new wind park in Pyhäjoki, Finland that is expected to reach full capacity in generating power in early 2023. The new wind park is expected to provide a long-term renewable energy […]

ANDRITZ to supply semi-dry flue gas cleaning system for a waste incineration plant in Schwandorf, Germany

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Zweckverband Müllverwertung Schwandorf (ZMS) for a retrofit of the flue gas cleaning system in a furnace line at the municipal waste incineration facility in Schwandorf, Germany. Start-up of the plant is scheduled for mid-2024.   The scope of supply includes replacement of the complete reactor and […]

Andritz upgrades tissue machines at Sofidel, Sweden

Andritz has signed an agreement with the Sofidel Group to upgrade hood technology at its Kisa tissue mill in Sweden. The ANDRITZ equipment will enable Sofidel to use renewable gas (bio-syngas) to dry tissue or any other type of paper. This is the first-time that bio-syngas will be used in the paper industry for paper […]

Koehler Paper relies on Voith for expansion stage of PM5 in Oberkirch, Germany

After a successful first rebuild stage of PM 5 in Oberkirch – with the installation of the Voith SpeedSizer film press and contactless qDryPro Compact high-performance drying system – specialty paper manufacturer Koehler Paper has confirmed its confidence in Voith. Koehler has selected the full-line supplier to deliver the second modernization stage, focusing on the […]