Toscotec has recently received several orders from a confidential US producer for a total of 30 TT SteelDryer cylinders. Through repeated orders, this confidential group has so far purchased close to 50 TT SteelDryers for installation at 4 different locations in the USA. Replacing cast iron dryers with TT SteelDryers: a twofold advantage The replacement of the existing cast iron cans with Toscotec’s TT SteelDryers will deliver a twofold advantage to the paper mills:

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc., is pleased to announce that Michael Osborne joined the company on April 10, 2023, as Vice President, Manufacturing replacing Bill Manzer, who has announced his plans to retire. Michael is a thirty-plus-year manufacturing veteran, most recently holding the position of Vice President, Global Manufacturing for Kraton Pine Chemicals. Michael earned his BS in Chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1990, obtained an advanced MS in Chemic

Valmet has signed an extension of the service agreement with AS Estonian Cell aspen pulp mill in Kunda, Estonia. The previous three-year agreement between Estonian Cell and Valmet was extended to an additional five years. The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the first quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “We are happy to continue our partnership. With support from Valmet, we continue to develop our processes to increase th

A.Celli is pleased to announce its upcoming Open House event, "Just a BetteR-WAY®" which will take place at the A.Celli Nonwovens headquarters in Porcari, Lucca, from 11th to 23rd April 2023. The event, free upon registration, will provide visitors with the opportunity to tour the facility and witness in action the company's latest technological advancements in the field of integration, automation and intralogistics for any production plant. The focus of

UPM has completed withdrawal of its businesses from Russia by selling all its Russian operations, including the Chudovo plywood mill, to Gungnir Wooden Products Trading. The parties have agreed not to disclose the details of the transaction. Following Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, UPM announced in March 2022 suspension of its business activities in Russia, including deliveries, wood procurement and the Chudovo plywood mill. UPM, Media Relations Mon-Fri

Moelven Valåsen is currently in an expansion phase. They will shortly be building a new line for small-dimension boards, when their annual production is estimated to increase from 159 million board feet to almost 212 million. The production increase will require investment in new kiln capacity, and here the choice fell to a TC continuous kiln from Sweden’s Valutec. “We knew early on that we wanted a TC kiln, and Valutec is the only supplier to offer this type of ki

Decarbonization is part of the Koehler Group’s climate strategy. Thereby savings of more than 24,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year at the Greiz site. Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia’s Minister for the Economy, Science, and Digital Society, visited the site for the celebration to mark the start of the test run. The conversion of the power plant at the Greiz site is part of the Koehler Group’s climate strategy and an investment in the future. Koehler has set itself the

Toscotec will take part in TAPPICon 2023 organized by TAPPI from 22nd to 26th April in Atlanta (GA), USA. On 24th April, under the program track “Papermaking Technology and Operations”, Toscotec Pressure Vessel Technical Manager Simone Pieruccini will talk about “Superior Drying Efficiency in Steel Dryers Concept”. The presentation illustrates in detail the advantages of steel dryers compared to cast iron dryers, including their higher heat exchange rate and

Valmet will replace an existing third-party automation system with a Valmet DNA Automation System at Oy Alholmens Kraft Ab’s power plant unit AK1 in Pietarsaari, Finland. The delivery will be handed over to the customer in November 2023. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2022. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “Our other power plant unit AK2, which is one of the world’s largest biomass-fired combine

Omnia Advanced Materials has started up PM1 at its Beaver Falls facility (NY, USA) following a successful rebuild by Toscotec. After an idle period, the paper machine was modified to resume operations with the installation of a completely new dryer section. PM1 produces highly customized specialty paper including gaskets, absorbency, and filtration media for numerous industrial and consumer applications. The rebuild: target achieved Toscotec supplied the enti