UPM will publish its half year financial report on Tuesday 23 July 2024 at 09:30–10:00 EEST. After publication, the report will be available on the company website at www.upm.com. A webcast and a conference call for analysts and investors will start at 13:15 EEST. The half year report will be presented in English by President and CEO Massimo Reynaudo and CFO Tapio Korpeinen. Participants can follow the webcast online via this link. Participants wishing to ask questio

HEINZEL GROUP has made the difficult decision to close its subsidiary, Raubling Papier GmbH, in Germany, due to persistently difficult market conditions and challenging economic circumstances. This decision follows comprehensive discussions with the local works council, resulting in a successfully concluded social plan. More than half of the affected employees have already secured new employment, reflecting the effectiveness of the company’s transition support efforts.  

Huatai’s PM8, with a wire width of 5m and a design speed of 900mpm, will be upgraded and relocated with the goal of producing High Porosity Sack Paper with 100% virgin fiber and other grades with a portion of OCC. For this challenging project, A.Celli will supply the ÆGO™ STREAM S headbox, capable of managing a very high slice flow up to 180.000 l/min and equipped with a state-of-the-art SMARPRO dilution water control system for the finest automatic regulation of t

Thanks to MBBR technology, the biomass responsible for purification develops on substrates with a large specific surface area, which allows for a reduction in occupied volumes and energy consumption, making the process even more efficient. A significant investment has recently involved the wastewater treatment system of the Burgo plant in Villorba. This operation is part of Burgo Group’s GO 2030 ESG strategy, and focuses on circularity, waste and water recycling topi

Voith, a leading full-line supplier in the paper industry, presents its optimized LC (low-consistency) pulping system for recycled paper. The previous TwinPulp system has undergone extensive further development, with the focus on improving efficiency and reducing costs. Following the optimization of the IntensaPump after the IntensaPulper IP-R, the IntensaMaXX and the IntensaScreenDrum, the revisions of all main components have been successfully completed. The high-performance OCC dissolution

The Rohatyn Group a global asset manager specializing in emerging markets and real assets, has announced the sale of over 40,000 hectares of forest plantation in the Tacuarembó and Rivera departments in the northern part of Uruguay to Oji Uruguay Forest Company S.A.S. a subsidiary of Japanese pulp and paper products manufacturer Oji Holdings Corporation Oji is one of the largest forest, paper, and packaging companies in the world. The forestry assets, consisting of pine and e

A second major auction event is scheduled for the storied Verso paper mill, with an online auction happening July 23, 24 and 25 on at www.crgllc.com. As many in the paper industry know, in 2020, Verso idled production at its gigantic Wisconsin Rapids paper mill resulting in more than 900 employees having to find other work. Two years later, Verso merged with Billerud, a Sweden-based company that focuses on sustainable packaging, in which Billerud continued the converting operations at the fac

HEIDENHEIM, GERMANY. Contaminant-loaden stock flows in pulping systems for recovered paper can only be conveyed reliably and largely blockage-free with a special pump. Whether in the LC or HC system, the new IntensaPump reliably pumps critical contaminants to the next machine in both systems. "Compared to its predecessor, the Contaminex CM, the IntensaPump combines a wide range of benefits for our customers, such as higher throughput with reduced energy requirements, lower main

Sappi, a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources, has again achieved Platinum, the highest rating in EcoVadis’ sustainability assessment across all three of its manufacturing regions – Europe, North America, and South Africa. Sappi continues to be among the top 1% of the companies worldwide rated by EcoVadis in the manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard category. In 2018-2019, Sappi received EcoVadis gold medal, which was the

Toscotec has been certified to the International Organization for Standardization 50001:2018 energy management system. The certification was issued by Certiquality, an independent third-party assurance body validated by Italy’s national accreditation body Accredia. With a view to upgrading its energy performance, Toscotec has adopted a systematic approach by developing and implementing a standardised, process-based energy management structure, which is based on a model of cons