Softwood pulplog prices fell in the key markets of Europe in the fall of 2019. This price decline contributed to a two-year low of the Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) in the 3Q/19, according to the WRQ. With the hardwood fiber price movements having been mixed the past year, the Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) has not change much y-o-y. SEATTLE, Read more...
The Hallsta Paper Mill, a part of Holmen Paper business area, is located about 100 kilometres north of Stockholm. The mill has two paper machines producing TMP based paper for various end-use segments, e.g. books and magazines. “The Hallsta Paper Mill has a long history with PulpEye and they bought their first equipment already in 2006,” says Öjvind Sundvall, MD of PulpEye. “Now three analysers are placed in the TMP plant and since 2009 there is one in the pap Read more...
International technology group ANDRITZ has handed over the UPM Paso de los Toros pulp mill in Uruguay to the forest industry company UPM. ANDRITZ supplied energy-efficient and environmentally leading technology for UPM’s largest investment to date. With a capacity to produce 2.1 million tons of eucalyptus pulp per year, the mill is the biggest in Uruguay and the world’s biggest single line mill in operation. It will also contribute around 1 TWh of surplus green electricity per yea Read more...
