With an increased focus on safety and reducing paper break time, Klingele Paper aims to automate the tail threading process in the press and reel sections. ANDRITZ developed a threading solution for both machines that will fully automate the process to increase the safety for the operators and decrease the web break time to gain a higher productivity. As a leading supplier of threading technology, ANDRITZ offers safe solutions that keep operators away from the machine and reduce tot

Toscotec will take part in the 31st International Conference and EXPOACOTEPAC 2023 organized by the Colombian Association of Technicians of the Cellulose, Paper and Cardboard Industry (ACOTEPAC) from 8th to 10th February in Cali, Colombia. Gabriele Romanini, Toscotec Sales Manager, will deliver a technical speech on 8th February at 3 pm titled “Strategic Route for Energy Efficiency in Tissue Technology”. The presentation focuses on Toscotec’s latest technological i

HS Timber Group GmbH announces the sale of PelletsOne GmbH to RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG. The closing for the purchase was completed on 20 January, 2023 following approval by the relevant competition authority. The parties agreed not to disclose the contractual details.PelletsOne is a direct sales company for pellets in Austria, based in Wiener Neustadt, which has so far exclusively sold pellets from HS Timber Group. HS Timber Group will concentrate only on the production of pellets. Thes

Italian carton board manufacturer Cartiera Pirinoli selected Toscotec for the rebuild of the entire press section of PM1 at its Roccavione site in Northern Italy. The project is planned for the second half of 2023. In order to ensure the highest operation flexibility across a wide range of basis weights, Toscotec will supply both a first nip composed of an upper plain press and a lower suction press, and a second nip featuring Voith NipcoFlex shoe press designed for a maximum nip lo

US LBM, a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States, announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell three of the company's operating divisions, Feldman Lumber, Rosen Materials and Wallboard Supply Company, and their subsidiaries Coastal Roofing Supply, Eastern Wallboard Supply and Richardson Gypsum, to L&W Supply. L&W Supply is an operating unit of ABC Supply. US LBM acquired Feldman Lumber and Wallboard Supply in 2014 a

Today, Tolko Industries announced that downtime at its Soda Creek and Armstrong Lumber divisions will continue through the month of February. “We do not make these decisions lightly,” says Troy Connolly, Vice President of Solid Wood. “We have an extremely committed workforce at these operations whose families and communities rely on Tolko. We will continue to support our employees during this challenging time.” These temporary curtailments will redu

After the first E-WIND® P100 ordered and started up in 2017, the Chinese company renews its trust in A.Celli Paper solutions. A.Celli and Xianhe Corporation will continue their partnership with a new project involving two paper rewinders destined to the Shishou City plant, in the Hubei province. The two E-WIND® P100, whose delivery and start up are expected in the second half of 2023, will be used to process jumbo rolls of special paper with basis weight of 30-180

For more than two years now, Toscotec has been a subsidiary of Voith and since then has been serving the business with new lines and major rebuilds in the tissue paper sector for the entire Voith Group. As a result, intensive cooperation began, which among other things resulted in an optimized BlueLine stock preparation portfolio for the tissue sector. The optimized portfolio is convincing, with more than 10 stock preparation systems for the tissue sector ordered worldwide in the last two yea

ABB has introduced its new QCS Automation Software Maintenance (ASM) program that not only allows system evolution from older versions to the latest but also provides continuous improvements between versions through access to regular software updates, therefore helping pulp, paper, packaging and tissue mills to maximize their system investment. The new QCS ASM means that when maintenance managers upgrade a system they will not only benefit immediately from a new system but will also

The HS Timber Group announces that the production of posts and beams (glued timber products for house construction in Asia) at the Radauti/Romania site is expected to be reduced by a third from April 1, 2023. Up to 160 employees at the Radauti site are affected by the production cutback. The company endeavors to enable many to continue their employment within the Romanian group. In the other cases, an attempt is made to keep the social impact as low as possible. As early as January 2022, the