Södra Cell is increasing the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe by $40/tonne to $880, effective 1 October. “We do recognize the challenges presented in the wake of Covid-19. Nevertheless, demand for our NBSK in Europe has stayed healthy over the summer, and lately we’ve seen distinct signs of China recovering. Our stocks are balanced, and as we head into a period where numerous global maintenance stops will restrict supply, we expect

Clyde Industries, a leading provider for boiler efficiency solutions in the pulp and paper sector, received an order from CBC Indústrias Pesadas to supply boiler cleaning equipment for the LD Celulose in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Clyde Industries will supply sootblowers for both the recovery boiler and the power boiler, as well as automatic port cleaners and spare parts for two years of operation and supervision for commissioning, start-up, and training services. The delivery of

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The new intelligent solution for pulp drying, Metris DryQ, developed by international technology group ANDRITZ, is operating successfully at the Montes del Plata pulp mill in Punta Pereira, Uruguay. It was installed in September 2019 as part of a mill-wide service agreement called SYNERGY, which includes remote support and local assistance by ANDRITZ experts, with the aim of boosting dryer performance and stabilizing the process. Gabriel Machado, in charge of the Montes de

ABB has supplied and commissioned a full electrical solution for major packaging paper producer Grupo Gondi at its greenfield site in Monterrey, Mexico. The project includes switchgear, transformers, motors, drives, and automation for the paper machine drive system with the industry’s leading distributed control system, ABB Ability™ System 800xA. The highly robust solution focuses on quality and efficiency, and ABB will also supply a specialty instrumentation p

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has successfully completed the installation of major new equipment at its corrugated box production plant in Szczecin, Poland to meet growing e-commerce demand. The installation of the new machinery also marks further progress in Mondi’s ambition to further digitalise its business by using more advanced analytics and automation to better serve its customers with innovative and sustainable packaging and paper solutions. The new equ

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Weyerhaeuser Company announced it has entered into two distinct agreements to purchase timberlands from and sell timberlands to funds managed by Hancock Natural Resource Group, a Manulife Investment Management company. The company is purchasing approximately 85,000 acres of timberlands in mid-coastal Oregon in one transaction, and selling 149,000 acres of timberlands in southern Oregon in a second transaction. The net cost of these two separate transactions is approximately $40 mill

Segezha Group (part of PJSC Sistema) is expecting the supply and start-up of installation of a pulp disintegration line at Segezha PPM this December. This is so called vertical hydropulpermade by Austrian manufacturer Andritz AG. It will be installed at paper mill #3. Its capacity is 350 tons per day. The start-up of new equipment is scheduled for Q1 of 2021. Investments to the project will amount to or about 500 million rubles. New equipment will enable the company to start commerc

Business Wire IndiaThe Hon’ble Delhi High Court dismissed the Writ Petition filed by Mehul Choksi. It primarily sought a direction to MEITY to regulate the content of the series ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ which, according to Mehul Choksi, an accused in the nearly $2 billion PNB scam, is prejudicial to the legal cases pending against him and also to his reputation and goodwill. The trailer of the said Series is streaming on Netflix indicates