Valmet and UPM have signed an extension of the existing maintenance operations agreement for UPM’s Platting mill in Germany, for an additional three years. The value of the agreement will not be disclosed. “Since the start-up of the Valmet-delivered paper machine PM1 in 2007, Valmet’s maintenance team has been present at the site, providing outsourced maintenance operations services. Thanks to the extraordinary performance of the entire maintenance team during the

Microtec, global leader of scanning and optimization solutions for the sawmilling and wood processing industry, this May announced the official integration and inclusion of FinScan and WoodEye within the Microtec family. From then on, the two companies situated in Finland and Sweden are working under the common corporate brand of Microtec, reflecting the merge and enhanced cooperation between the companies. In the context of this new branding strategy, Microtec chose Suzuko Co., Ltd

Global Blue has announced today the acquisition of 56% of Yocuda, a leading digital receipt provider. The investment was facilitated by Global Blue Ventures and will allow Global Blue to expand its RetailTech offering and advance its ambition to become the strategic omnichannel partner empowering retailers to improve their performance. Yocuda’s leading digital receipt technology meets the evolving needs of physical retailers Yocuda’s innovation

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.  announced today that senior management will be presenting at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference.  Steve Oakland, CEO and President, and Bill Kelley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to speak on Wednesday, September 8 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. A link to the live webcast of the TreeHouse Foods' presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.treehousefoods.com, under "Investors",

emira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries, announces a significant investment in the production of alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) in China. ASA is one of the most effective and cost-efficient sizing agents for improving water-resistance in paper and packaging board. This investment into an additional, third production line at the company’s state-of-the-art Nanjing site in the Jiangsu province, will expand Kemira&rsqu

Holmen Iggesund launches paperboard coated with Bio E, a barrier coating solution made from 75 percent renewable raw materials and approved for industrial composting. Paperboard packaging solutions have come as a welcome change for many food and beverage brands eager to reduce their use of plastic and improve their carbon footprint. And while this has been an enormous improvement in terms of sustainability, the barrier coatings laminated on paperboard to protect food, continue to be

The turn-key project includes stock preparation, tissue machine with air systems and rewinder, complete electrification and automation, and pumps. The stock preparation plant will be equipped with a FibreSolve FSV pulper for energy-efficient bale pulping as well as HD cleaning, deflaking, TwinFlo disc refining and headbox screening machinery in the approach flow system. The tissue machine is a PrimeLineCOMPACT S 1300 with a design speed of 1,300 m/min and will produce a pa

Valmet will supply key paper machine technology, which includes several upgrading works, to Muda Paper Mills Sdn. Bhd. for its PM 9 in Malaysia. The start-up is scheduled for the second quarter 2022. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the second and third quarters 2021. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The project of this size and scope is typically valued at around EUR 3 million. “We made this investment in order to improve our mac

A new kraftliner production line, PM 27, which was supplied by Valmet to Klabin, was successfully started up on August 30th, 2021 at Puma Project in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil. The order for the production line was signed in May 2019. In 2019, Klabin decided to make the biggest investment in its 122-year history: Puma II project, which aims to produce 910 thousand tonnes of high-quality packaging paper annually in two paper machines. Besides the project’s giant size, a

Valmet will supply a paper machine grade conversion rebuild to one of its major customers in Indonesia. In the project, paper machine, which was originally producing fine paper grades, will be rebuilt to produce brown grades. The start-up of the rebuilt paper machine is scheduled for 2022. The order was included in Valmet's orders received of the second quarter 2021. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The value of an order of this type is typically around EUR 20-30 mi