Södra is now launching its complete offering for the assembly of cross-laminated timber (CLT) framing in Denmark. This is due to the high interest in Södra’s products, and it represents the first step towards an establishment of the building systems in Europe. Kenny Holm will be Marketing Manager for the business in Denmark. Södra’s sustainable timber construction business is expanding – all the way to Denmark. Södra already operates in Denmark

Environmentally conscious consumers and companies may find it difficult to curb their enthusiasm for a protective mailer that turns the recycling movement a deeper shade of green. Global flexible packaging leader PAC Worldwide  is rolling out Ecojacket™, a 100% recyclable paper padded mailer that can go straight to the street for curbside pick-up. With total e-commerce market volume last year reaching $27 billion and forecasted to reach $62 billion by 2026,* the arrival o

Business Wire India Strategic end-to-end transformation to drive sustainable long-term value and competitive advantage. Three pillars of pep+ drive action and industry-leading 2030 goals, including:   Positive Agriculture: spreading regenerative practices to rest

Ahlstrom-Munksjö announced to employees today that it plans to temporarily idle #8 Paper Machine in December 2021, along with its #20 Supercalender and #21 Rewinder in July 2022 at its Rhinelander, Wisconsin Plant in the United States. #8 Paper Machine has a capacity of 14,000 tons per year. The total number of people affected is yet to be determined based on retirements and other potential job assignments. “In a very competitive marketplace, we must continue to

Valmet concluded on September 9th the delivery of the evaporation and white liquor plants in Project Star, the new Bracell’s dissolving pulp mill, located in Lençóis Paulista, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The delivery includes equipment of high technological level, in terms of technical, energy and environmental performance. The black liquor evaporation plant has a capacity of 3.5 thousand tons of evaporated water per hour. The recausticizing plant will hav

Manufacturers and service providers who ship large, heavy, and fragile products can now benefit from the flexible PAPERplus® Coiler² system from Storopack. The machine processes paper pads that are pre-formed by the PAPERplus® Classic, PAPERplus® Crossover, or PAPERplus® Track paper cushioning machines – and turns them into robust coils of paper cushioning. As a result, products weighing between 60 and 1,100 pounds can be reliably protected and kept safe during tran

PRODESA commissioned a new pellet production plant in Georgia (USA) with a capacity of 70,000 industrial pellet I1. Not only PRODESA carried out the engineering, manufacturing, construction and commissioning of the grinding and milling line, but also we have been responsible for the development of the dry storage and feeding system, pellet storage and train loading system. This success confirms the quality and competitiveness of PRODESA that remains very active with projec

Paper Excellence is pleased to announce that its Prince Albert facility has been granted a softwood fibre allocation of 1,033,564 cubic meters per year by the provincial government. “This fibre is critical to the restart of the Prince Albert pulp mill which is currently planned for the fall of 2023,” said Carlo Dal Monte, Vice President of Energy and Business Development. “This decision reflects the Saskatchewan government’s forward thinking and robust job cr

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received the second order in a row from Kastamonu Entegre to supply a disc chipper and a pressurized refining system for its MDF production line in Balikesir, Turkey. Start-up of the new equipment is planned for the end of 2022. The centerpiece of the new line will be the pressurized refining system, including a proven 24” plug screw feeder and a high-capacity S2070M refiner that will process pine, beech and oak as raw material

SIG is investing €12 million in a pilot plant of its new Tech Center Europe, which will be located close to SIG’s packaging plants in Linnich, Germany. Bringing further added value to SIG customers, the new Tech Center will help to expedite new product and packaging development, to meet the ever-increasing demand for more sustainable packaging solutions. To get the development and validation of such new packaging solutions and innovative materials even faster, more reliab