Tag Archives: Sweden forestry

Rottneros improves reliability with wireless vibration sensors

Following years of successful implementation of measurement equipment from SPM Instrument, Swedish pulp development and production specialist Rottneros placed an order this summer for one hundred Airius wireless vibration sensors to monitor the mechanical condition of motors, pumps, and fans in the pulp mill. In 2022, Rottneros Mill in Sunne, Värmland, reached a new annual record with a production of […]

Metsä Board Husum folding boxboard capacity expansion starts up

The project to expand folding boxboard production capacity has been completed at the Husum integrated pulp and paperboard mill in Sweden. With the modernisation of the board machine 1 (BM1), the annual production capacity of folding boxboard (FBB) will be increased by 200,000 tons to reach 600,000 tons. This will make the Husum BM1 the […]

Kadant to supply green liquor system upgrade for Södra Cell

Kadant Noss AB, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., has announced its agreement to deliver a Green Liquor System upgrade to the Södra Cell Mörrum Mill in Sweden. This order encompasses the provision of a green liquor clarifier, dregs precoat filter, engineering services, and on-site support. Mörrum Mill is a specialized facility with two distinct production […]

Andritz to rebuild Holmen paper machine for flexible production of book and packaging paper

Andritz will rebuild a paper machine at Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill in Sweden to provide maximum production flexibility. Start-up is planned for autumn 2024. This order follows Holmen Paper’s recent successful entry into the packaging market with an innovative lightweight corrugated board product. The rebuild of PM52 will enable Holmen Paper to increase the production […]

Valmet to Deliver Two Wash Presses to Holmen’s Mill in Iggesund, Sweden

Valmet will deliver two TwinRoll wash presses to Holmen Iggesund Paperboard’s Iggesund Mill in Sweden. The start-up is scheduled for October 2024. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “We are happy to cooperate with Holmen once again and deliver two additional Valmet TwinRoll wash presses to their mill in Iggesund. The wash […]

Stora Enso Announces Restructuring Measures, Including Closures and Employee Cuts

Stora Enso is planning to restructure actions to strengthen the Group’s long-term competitiveness, improve profitability and focus capital allocation in strategic growth markets. Stora Enso is also taking the next step in driving a decentralised operating model targeting increased customer centricity, business focus and cost reductions. The planned restructuring actions, combined with previously initiated negotiations […]

Ahlstrom’s Aspa mill invests in new inspection system

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ Web Inspection System for pulp dirt count to Ahlstrom’s Aspa mill in Sweden. The dirt measurement will cover the full width of production. The target is to improve the line efficiency of pulp drying and to achieve high quality of the pulp. The order was included in Valmet’s orders […]

Russia increases 51.3% newsprint supplies to China in 1Q 2023

The first quarter of 2023 has seen a year-on-year decrease of 4.5% in China’s newsprint imports, which totalled 103.1 thousand tons. The value of these imports has fallen by 18.4%, settling at $57.1 million. This contraction correlates with the average price of newsprint, which also witnessed a 14.5% decrease to $554.1 per ton. Despite the […]

SCA Ortviken’s new pulp mill is inaugurated

Ortviken’s new factory facility was inaugurated on 16 May 2023 with a ceremonial speech by Berit Högman, Governor of Västernorrland County, Sweden, and a “ribbon cutting” by timber sports profile Ferry Svan. This means that the journey towards the production of 300,000 tonnes of climate-smart CTMP pulp has formally begun. Ulf Larsson, SCA’s President and […]

Arctic Paper chose Tietoevry to harmonize their processes and speed up digitalization

Arctic Paper S.A., one of the leading European producers of high-quality graphical paper, has selected Tietoevry to modernize their key business processes and harmonize their operations. The contract covers providing TIPS Industry Solutions and Services for Arctic Paper’s sales offices plus two mills in Sweden and one in Poland. TIPS combines standard Enterprise Resource Planning […]