International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from ST Paper to supply a new tissue machine for its recently acquired site in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Start-up is planned for the end of 2022. The ANDRITZ tissue machine of the type PrimeLineTM W 2000 has a design speed of 2,000 m/min and a working width of 5.65 m to produce a range of bath, napkin and towel grades. The order includes: the approach flow equipment with double dilution capability Read more...
SOFi Products, the Miami-based creator of durable, compostable paper SOFi, announced today it has released the first 100% biodegradable cup that eliminates the need for a plastic lid. The SOFi Cold Cup is a foldable, plastic-free, and bioplastic-free cup that will biodegrade naturally within 180 days in landfills, soil, or marine environments. "There are no cups currently on the market that are 100% biodegradable and eliminate the need for a plastic lid," said SO Read more...
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The NextGen Consortium, convened by Closed Loop Partners, announced today the winners of the NextGen Cup Challenge - an open-sourced, global innovation challenge to redesign the fiber to-go cup and create a widely recyclable and/or compostable cup. After a rigorous four-month review process by an esteemed group of Read more...