Roseburg Forest Products will expand its operations in the southeastern United States with the construction of a high-capacity lumber mill in the town of Weldon, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper announced the project July 1 at a joint news conference with officials representing Roseburg, the state of North Carolina, Halifax County and the Town of Weldon. The new 375,000-square-foot facility will be called Roanoke Valley Lumber and will be located on approximately 200 acres of land in Halifax Co Read more...
Valmet will supply a high-capacity OptiWin Pro winder to Norske Skog’s Golbey mill in France. The main target of Norske Skog Golbey is to have one winder to handle the 550,000-tonne capacity of the converted high-speed and high-capacity paper machine PM 1, following the paper machine conversion from production of newsprint to production of recycled containerboard. The start-up of the winder is scheduled for 2023. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the thi Read more...
International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully completed the start-up of a high-capacity, pressurized refining system at Guangxi Guoxu Dongteng Wood-Based Panel Co. Ltd., Guangxi province, China. The state-of-the art pressurized refining system, featuring a capacity of 45 bdmt/h and a 64” disc refiner, is designed to achieve superior fiber properties at low consumption of electrical and thermal energy. The system uses a mixture of eucalyptus and pine wood chips as raw Read more...
