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 […]
Tag Archives: Sweden tissue industry
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May
May
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 […]
18
May
May
Voith delivered effective commissioning trainings for the November 2022 start-up of the world’s largest kraftliner machine, SCA’s PM 2, in Obbola, Sweden. Thanks to Voith’s PapermakingAcademy and comprehensive documentation, the SCA team was optimally prepared for operation of its new state-of-the-art facility. “A key factor to the successful start-up here in Obbola has been the […]
12
May
May
Mondi announced an upgrade program for its Dynäs pulp and paper mill in Sweden, which will increase efficiency and further improve the overall environmental performance of the mill. The Dynäs mill produces high-quality sack and specialty kraft papers, used for a variety of paper-based packaging solutions for industrial and consumer industries, and is an important […]
09
Apr
Apr
Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden announced on 27 January 2023, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately EUR 18 million and will result in the reduction of Stora Enso’s annual newsprint […]
09
Apr
Apr
Why buy something new when you can renovate and upgrade? These are values packaging giant Billerud in Kalix, northern Sweden, lives by. So, a retrofit solution with new energy-efficient circuit breakers was a perfect match when its decades-old switchgear needed new life. In a slow-growing forest in northern Sweden is a unique raw material: trees […]
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Feb
Feb
Metsä Group, through its tissue business Metsä Tissue, has made a decision to modernize and expand the Mariestad tissue paper mill in Sweden. The investment will increase the availability of locally and sustainably produced tissue products in the Scandinavian market, in which approximately 40% of tissue usage is currently imported. The value of the investment […]
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Jan
Jan
Domsjö Fabriker AB in Sweden increases the price of Domsjö Cellulose (softwood dissolving) by USD 75 effective January 20, 2023 until further notice. After a period where prices on dissolving cellulose have been under pressure, we are now starting to see positive signs and recovery, both in the fiber market as well as on a […]
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Nov
Nov
The Land and Environment Court in Vänersborg (Mark- och Miljödomstolen vid Vänersborgs tingsrätt) in Sweden has today granted an environmental permit to the modernization and expansion of the Katrinefors Mill of Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group. The next step in the process is the preparation of the final investment decision by Metsä Group. The […]