Mikko Antsalo has been appointed Metsä Fibre's Senior Vice President, Sales and Customership, and a member of Metsä Fibre's Management Team as of 1 March 2024. He will report to CEO Ismo Nousiainen. Antsalo joins Metsä Fibre from Stora Enso, where he is currently working as SVP, Head of Paper Segment, Division Packaging Materials. Antsalo has a long experience in sales management positions in various forest industry companies. Ari Harmaala, currently SVP, Sale

Valmet will deliver key technologies, automation and services to Naini Papers’ cooking and fiberline rebuild and new specialty paper machine PM 3 at their mill in Kashipur, India. The delivery will increase the mill’s capacity and support meeting the market demand of specialty coated paper. The delivery is scheduled for the first quarter 2025. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the second quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed

Stericycle, Inc. a leading provider of regulated medical waste management and secure information destruction solutions, is partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation for a second consecutive year to plant approximately 45,000 trees across the United States and Canada. Reforestation will help support habitat restoration as well as wildfire and hurricane recovery efforts. "Stericycle continues to be a proud supporter of the Arbor Day Foundation," commented Cindy J. Miller, pre

Toscotec will supply a forming section rebuild of PM2 to Gulf Paper Manufacturing at their Mina Abdullah paper mill in Kuwait. PM2 machine produces tissue from 100% virgin fibres, and it is scheduled for rebuild at the end of 2023. This is a repeat order for Toscotec who in 2019 successfully delivered a major dryer section rebuild of Gulf Paper’s packaging paper machine (PM1). The project aims to improve PM2’s paper formation and basis weight cross direction (CD) control

The Metris All-in-One platform developed by ANDRITZ provides full support for industrial plants throughout their entire life cycle. It combines a complete range of functionalities for professional production management, simulation and optimization using the latest artificial intelligence methods, plus cyber security, and condition monitoring with smart sensors in an integrated approach. It will support Lotus Teknik Tekstil in further optimizing the operating efficiency of its ANDRIT

The wood products company Koskisen is investing in a new thin plywood press at its thin plywood production unit in Hirvensalmi. The replacement investment will increase the pressing capacity of thin plywood by approximately a quarter, enable an increase in the product offering and improve product quality. "With the new press investment, production productivity will improve significantly, because at the same time we are able to rationalize the entire production process and its v

Leading sustainable fibre and product producer Asia Pacific Resources International Limited has strengthened its commitment to supporting the growth of the green economy in Indonesia. The company is set to expand its product portfolio in the downstream sector by investing IDR33.4 trillion in a sustainable paperboard production facility. The construction of the new facility - which will be located at APRIL’s operations in Pangkalan Kerinci, in Riau province, Sumatra - is one of

SCA is Europe's largest private forest owner with 2.7 million hectares and, with its forest holdings at its core, has developed a well-invested industrial operation with sawmills, pulp mills, and manufacturing of packaging paper. By acquiring Persson Invest's share in Gällö Timber, SCA strengthens its position as one of Sweden's leading producers of sawn timber. Persson Invest is a family-owned conglomerate based in Östersund. The group has a turnover of a

Velvet CARE, the consumer tissue producer owned by ESG transformation specialist private equity fund Abris Capital Partners, will slash its CO2 emissions by 46% with an investment of PLN 63 million ($15 million) in a gas-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP). Central Europe’s fastest-growing consumer tissue maker will build the cogeneration unit at its flagship factory in Klucze, southern Poland. The investment will save 69,000 tonnes of annual CO2 emissions, compared with

The new line – complete from pulping to the storage tower – has a capacity of 550 bdmt/d and processes a mixture of AOCC and LOCC for the production of high-quality linerboard grades. The LC pulping system, with FibreSolve FSR pulper and innovative Detrasher, ensures superior slushing of the raw material at minimum fiber loss, as well as highly efficient separation and removal of rejects. In combination with PrimeScreen X screen baskets, energy savings of up to 25% compa