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Valmet will supply a coated board making line (PM 2) with extensive packages of automation and Industrial Internet solutions for APP’s Guangxi Jingui Pulp and Paper’s (GJPP) Qinzhou mill in China. The start-up is scheduled for 2021. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2020. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The total value of an order of this type and scope is typically around EUR 150-200 million. When started-

Verso Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has elected Verso's Chief Executive Officer, Adam St. John, to serve also as the company's President, effective immediately. In addition, the Board has elected Aaron D. Haas to serve as Verso's Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. In this position, Mr. Haas joins the Company's senior leadership team, with responsibility for leading the company's strategic and tactical sales and

The "The Global Market for Cellulose Nanofibers 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) are sustainable materials with high mechanical strength (stronger than steel), high aspect ratios, high transparency, and high chemical resistance and impressive rheological, optical, film-forming properties. They are also lightweight and have made a recent impact in industrial applications and in biopolymer, bio-composites and na

South African tissue manufacturer Picknik Marketing Pty Ltd started up a MODULO-PLUS tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at its Johannesburg mill. The new line produced high quality tissue from day one. The MODULO-PLUS machine has a sheet width of 2,750 mm, an operating speed of 1,500 m/min, and a production capacity of 75 t/d. It features a second-generation TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer and energy-efficient, gas-fired TT Hood. The supply also includes the stock preparation and approac

Austria Chemical Wood Pulp Market - Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends & Insights to 2030 - ResearchAndMarkets.com Product Coverage: Prodcom 17111200 - Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades This report provides an in-depth analysis of the market for soda and sulphate chemical wood pulp in Austria. Within it, you will discover the latest data on market trends and opportunities by country, consumption,

Metsa Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part pf Metsa Group, is one of the founding members of the recently established European paper Packaging Alliance.EPPA is a food and food service packaging association whose aim is to promote food safety, circular solutions, and lower carbon emissions as well as call for evidence-based policy making. The members represent leading raw material manufacturers and food & food service packaging producers.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Guangxi Guoxu Group Co., Ltd. to supply a pressurized refining system for their MDF production line in Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. This will be the largest system ever installed in China, with a capacity of 45 bdmt/h and including an S2064M refiner. Start-up of the equipment is scheduled for the end of 2020. The proven ANDRITZ equipment will process 60% eucalyptus and 40% pine and hardwood as raw material

The Lapland ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) issued its reasoned conclusion on the EIA report concerning the Kemi bioproduct mill of Metsä Fibre on 6 March 2020, thereby concluding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The ELY Centre, serving as the responsible authority, deems the report to be adequate in terms of its quality and to meet the content requirements pursuant to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act. The reasoned conclusion i

The first continuous wood-based panel production plant in North Africa is being built in El Tarf, Algeria. The BIGSTAR subsidiary Panneaux d'Algérie commissioned DIEFFENBACHER to build the entire MDF system. Assembly work is currently entering the decisive phase. The first plate is to be produced in August 2020. The overall system project includes all trades from the wood yard to the continuous press CPS + to the short cycle press for coating the finished panels. The syst

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from MOPAK Kagit Karton, Turkey, to rebuild paper machine PM3 at its mill in Dalaman, Turkey. With this rebuild, which is the first part of a multi-stage project, the capacity of the mill will be increased to 500,000 t/a. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021. Production will be converted from coated board grades to lightweight coated and uncoated White Top Testliner with high strength and gloss values