PAPRESA, the leading southern European manufacturer of newsprint, commissioned Voith in March to completely rebuild PM 5 at the Rentería mill in Spain. The start-up of the ambitious project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Subsequently, the extensive rebuild will enable significantly more efficient and sustainable production of packaging paper. The capacity will then be around 205,000 tons of testliner and corrugating medium per year, with a PM design speed of 1,200 m/min. T

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, will increase prices by 5 to 15 percent on all paper and process product lines across the EMEA region, effective immediately or as customer contracts allow. The price increase is necessary due to the tightening of raw material supplies globally and escalating energy, packaging and transportation costs. About Solenis Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals for water-intens

After a complete dryer section rebuild supplied by Toscotec, Cartiera di Ferrara fired up PM1 at its mill in Ferrara, Italy. Toscotec modified the entire dryer section, without changing its overall length and therefore leaving the positions of the press and the pope reel unchanged. This allowed for a very short shutdowntime because civil works were not necessary to achieve the planned production increase. The paper machine achieved stable production immediately after start-up. Tosco

Sappi Europe announces a price increase for all its mechanical coated, woodfree coated and woodfree uncoated paper grades by 8 – 11 % with immediate effect as contracts permit for its export markets. This is in addition to the previously announced and implemented increases. Sharply rising input costs in raw materials and freight rates due to global logistic constraints make the increase unavoidable and will likely be followed by subsequent increases as the trend continues.

Kruger Products L.P. (“KPLP”), a company in which KP Tissue Inc. (TSX: KPT) holds a limited partnership interest, announced today that it will be increasing the price of its consumer branded and private label tissue products sold in Canada effective, July 5, 2021. The increase will be in the high single digits and is required to offset rapid and sustained cost increases of pulp and other commodities. About KP Tissue Inc. KPT was created to acquire

Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global UWF Paper Market 2021-2025" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05394458/?utm_source=GNW Our report on UWF paper market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current global market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environm

GREENPAPER is a 100% Mexican company with more than 70 years of experience in the production of kraft papers and coated board for the manufacture of packaging. Based on the existing know-how and the range of high quality products, Greenpaper‘s main focus is to satisfy the needs of the packaging industry in harmony with the environment. To achieve this, the company invests in modern production methods. In the first months of the year, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, the asse

During last year, we reviewed Stora Enso’s strategic agenda and identified our focus areas going forward. We want to focus on and take leading market positions in the segments where we see potential for future growth, namely packaging, wooden construction and biomaterials innovation from lignin. As a consequence of our strategic direction, we are in the process of exiting the segment of dissolving pulp for viscose production globally. This segment is not core for us and stands

Sindus ANDRITZ Ltda., part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from LD Celulose S.A. to provide industrial maintenance services for their new mill in the city of Indianópolis, Brazil. The contract has a contract term of approximately six years and covers full maintenance of all mill areas. The Sindus ANDRITZ maintenance team will be responsible for mill-wide maintenance, including 24h management of industrial assets as well as predictive

Smurfit Kappa has announced a further investment of over €25 million at its Pruszkow ‘mega-plant’ located in central Poland. This investment forms part of the accelerated capital investment programme following the company’s €660 million equity capital raise which took place in November 2020.   This latest investment will double the output from the facility and result in the creation of 25 new jobs, bringing employment to more than 230 staff at the lo