BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products, and Allura USA, a leading manufacturer of fiber cement siding, announced today the expansion of their distribution partnership. The expansion includes Allura’s branded Spectrum™ Prefinished Siding, Trim, and Accessories as well as Allura’s primed offerings in Panels, Trim, Soffit, Shake and Backerboard. The expanded partnership extends distribution into the following BlueLinx Midwest markets:

Saudi Paper Group (SPG) has started up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 tissue machine and OPTIMA slitter rewinder at its Dammam mill in Saudi Arabia. The new machine (PM2) is already producing high quality tissue. The AHEAD 2.2 line has a sheet trim width of 2,850 mm, a maximum operating speed of 2,100 m/min, and an annual production capacity of over 30,000 tons. Equipped with Toscotec’s upgraded shoe press design TT NextPress, a third-generation TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer with p

Valmet will deliver key technologies and automation systems for Henan Longyuan Paper's new PM7 testliner line at their mill in Henan province in China. The order also includes a quality control system for the rebuild of their PM3 machine. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed. "The good cooperation with Valmet started with the headbox installation project for PM6. Due to Valmet

Valmet will deliver a comprehensive paper machine clothing package to the new board making line  of Batı Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri in Söke, Turkey. The customer selected Valmet’s paper machine clothing to ensure a successful start-up of their new Valmet board making line later this year. The package corresponds to a clothing consumption of several years. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2023. The value of the order wi

Swedish wood technology company, Modvion, and the Finnish wood product company, Metsä Wood, have agreed to supply laminated veneer lumber  for Modvion's wooden wind turbine towers. “Building renewable energy with renewable materials can enable net-zero energy production from wind,” said Pär Hallgren, Head of Procurement at Modvion. “Metsä Wood is an important partner in our journey to become a leading supplier of the next generation of susta

This will be the first spunlace line in South America outside of Brazil, and it will include the 130th TT card sold by ANDRITZ. The line will process viscose and polyester fibers to produce over 10,000 tons of nonwoven roll-goods per year for conversion to wipes. With this investment, Quimicolor is adding its own roll-goods production line to its existing converting plant for the production of wipes. It will thus be able to control the quality of the products over the whole supply c

Georgia-Pacific is making significant investments, totaling more than $50 million, at its Port Hudson mill in Zachary, Louisiana. The investments will greatly enhance the company’s retail consumer towel business. Investments to the Port Hudson mill include upgrades to increase capacity and improve capability of existing converting equipment and enhance internal infrastructure. Construction has begun, with startup of the lines scheduled for some time in mid-2023. &ldq

Italia Technology Alliance (ITA Holding) welcomes Sadas Srl, a Lucca-based company specializing in system integration and automation solutions and electrification for industrial plants, into the Group. The objective of this operation is part of the broader development plan that ITA carries out at a strategic level and which has recently seen the entry of other companies active in the fields of industrial automation, software development and process digitization.

Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), announced it successfully started up two OCC Systems and a UKP System for PM16 at Zhejiang Shanying Paper’s facility in Jiaxing, China. These lines feature innovative technology to transform wastepaper into high quality stock while significantly reducing energy consumption. The two OCC systems include an LOCC line and AOCC line. Shanying’s new LOCC line has a capacity of 1400 metric tons per day,

Roseburg Forest Products announced that it planned to invest $700 million over the next four years to upgrade and expand its manufacturing operations in Southern Oregon, where the company was founded nearly 90 years ago. The investment includes the creation of two new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plants, and technological improvements and upgrades at existing plants in rural Douglas and Coos counties. The total project represents the largest ever known investment in manufacturing