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Constantia Flexibles Group has started up a new laminating machine at its manufacturing site in Krasnodar region of Russia, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.With an annual capacity of 60 million meters, the machine can simultaneously glue three rolls of different ...

U.S. containerboard production in May 2017 3.4% higher compared to May 2016. The month-over-month average daily production compared to April 2017 was 0.7% higher, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.The containerboard operating rate for May increased from 97.1% to 99.3%, which wa...

U.S. total boxboard production in May 2017 decreased 2.9% when compared to May 2016, and decreased 0.3% from last month, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.Unbleached kraft boxboard production in May increased over the same month as last year and increased compared to last month...

Valmet takes its Industrial Internet services to the next level by launching a new offering and opening four Performance Centers for energy, pulp, paper and board and tissue customers. At the same time, Valmet has signed a partnership agreement with Tieto, which is the first step in building a leadi...

Valmet and Södra Cell in Sweden have signed a three-year agreement for web-based training via the Valmet Online Learning portal. Valmet will provide online courses for all main mill processes to about 600 employees at all three Södra mills in Sweden; Värö, Mörrum, and Mönsterås.Valmet Online Learnin...

Irish software company Treemetrics has announced a major Euro 1.2 million contract agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), to roll out a pioneering Tree Growth analytics and monitoring system, which includes a unique measurement sensor that tracks the growth and health of trees.The ‘Tree sen...

Timber (log and sawnwood) imports through Taicang Port, China, amounted to 3.79 million cubic metres in 2016, a year-on-year increase of 43%, according to Taicang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Jiangsu province.Sawnwood imports through the port came to 981,000 cubic metres, a year on...

Wooden window imports into Japan for the first four months of this year are down around 17% compared to the same period last year. For every month this year imports of wooden windows have been well below that of a year ago, as ITTO reported.Over 75% of Japan’s wooden window imports come from China a...

Japan’s April wooden door imports dropped 17% compared to a month earlier and were down around 8% year-on-year, as ITTO reported.The volatility in monthly door imports is unusual and cannot be explained by either currency fluctuations or housing start trends.At 58% of all wooden door imports in Apri...

Nordic Paper will increase prices on greaseproof papers by 5% on all despatches from 1st September 2017, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Business Unit Sales and Marketing Director, Peter Warren says “Over the past two years our business has endeavoured to keep co...

SCA Containerboard announces a price increase for all brown and white kraftliner grades in Europe, effective from 1st of August. SCA increases prices for Brown and White Kraftliner by Euro 50 per ton, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network."The general market continues ...

Sonoco announced it is renewing its previously announced April price increase for all paperboard tubes and cores in the United States and Canada. “The yield on our previously announced April price increase has not been sufficient to cover rising costs, in particular rising prices for uncoated recycl...

Almost 50% of the fiber feedstock for wood pellet plants in the US South was industry and forest residues in the 1Q17, up from 33% five years ago, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.Wood pellet manufacturers in both the US and Canada are increasingly diversifying their feedstock to re...

Oji Nepia Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oji Holdings Corporation, and Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited have agreed to form a new joint venture for the purpose of producing household tissue products in the area of Mitsubishi's Hachinohe mill in Aomori prefecture, Japan.The new company will install...

The Felix Schoeller Group and the Welbon Group signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement establishes a 50/50 joint venture: Winbon Schoeller New Materials Co. Ltd. The new company's headquarters are in Longyou in Zhejiang province, China."The joint venture is the result of two years of intensive...

International Paper received a dividend of $121 million from Ilim Group, IP's joint venture partner in Russia. The dividend is based on prior year performance, and in 2016, the JV set production records at all three of its mills and realized higher sales volume due to increased demand for its produc...

A former Canfor chief executive officer, federal cabinet minister and B.C. deputy minister David Emerson has been appointed the B.C. government's trade envoy to the United States to work with Canada and the new administration in the United States in securing a new Softwood Lumber Agreement. “I am ex...

EGY WOOD, the international trade fair for furniture production technologies, woodworking machinery, tools, fittings, accessories, raw materials and products, will be held in New Cairo Exhibition Center in Cairo, Egypt, during December 7-10, 2017.The exhibition is expecting about 100 participants fr...

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, presented a revolutionary new paperboard cup design concept called ‘Lidloc’ for the first time at the Packaging Innovations Exhibition held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1–2 March.The Lidloc patented design is based upon an extension to a standard cup structure ...

CalAg LLC commissioned Siempelkamp with the supply of a production plant for fiberboard made of rice straw, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.CalAg LCC is investing more than $315 million for the new location in Willows, California. This order requests Siempelkamp’...

Metsä Group made the decision concerning the largest investment in the history of Finnish forest industry in April 2015, and the large-scale project at Äänekoski has progressed as planned – on schedule and according to the budget – towards the mill’s start-up. At the moment, the bioproduct mill proj...

Tolko Industries Ltd. is restarting its oriented strand board mill, located near High Prairie, Alberta, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The mill has been closed since 2008 when North American housing starts fell to a generational low, resulting in a loss of marke...

Japan's production of softwood plywood in January 2017 was 227,700 cubic metres, 1.4% more than January last year and 4.6% less than December, ITTO reported.Fewer working days in December by year-end holidays and lower efficiency of drying by cold weather in the North East and Japan Sea side plants ...

Cham Paper Group enjoyed a largely satisfying annual result for 2016. The group has returned to growth after a long and challenging transformation process in the paper division.There were also improvements in terms of profitability whereas the lower end of the target margin range was achieved. The p...

Ilim Group anticipates a steady rise for its products in China due to increasing hygienic and sanitary paper and pulp production and the expanding packing paper segment in five key regions: Baoding, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Shandong and Henan. Ilim Group also expects export sales in China to exceed 1.9 mi...

PulpEye has now reached the milepost of 50 units sold as Ahlstrom-Munksjö Aspa Bruk in Sweden invests in a PulpEye system for pulp analyses online. Bleached and unbleached kraft pulp is produced at the Aspa mill and the PulpEye they have acquired contains modules for determination and measuring of k...

CalAg LLC commissioned Siempelkamp with the supply of a production plant for fiberboard made of rice straw, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.CalAg LCC is investing more than $315 million for the new location in Willows, California. This order requests Siempelkamp’...

UPM will further improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the Kaukas pulp mill in Lappeenranta, Finland, by upgrading the mill's production process with a Euro 30 million investment. The upgrade will be targeted in the mill's fibre lines, recovery boiler, evaporation, bailing and wood handling....

Sveza is launching new product – Sveza Parquet, extra strong high-quality calibrated plywood which is best suited for engineered flooring production. Sveza Parquet is offered in two grades: Sveza Parquet Standard and Sveza Parquet Premium, both are made of 100% birch and meet key requirements of the...

Heidelberg and MK Masterwork launched the new folder gluer model, the Diana Easy, simultaneously at China Print in Beijing and at a dedicated packaging event in Wiesloch, Germany.The Diana Easy is the latest model to be produced in the Nové Mesto factory which has a history of manufacturing modules ...

Packsize International announced the immediate availability of the iQ3™ On Demand Packaging® machine. This next-generation iQ Series system from Packsize minimizes operating, material, and shipping costs from a machine footprint of only 62 square feet, including the z-Fold® corrugated bale(s) from w...

As anticipated on 15 February 2017 when the preventive (sauvegarde) procedure was opened, Sequana announces that the commercial court has now approved its preventive (sauvegarde) plan, thus bringing an end to the preventive procedure. Sequana will still benefit from the court’s protection following ...

Specialty building products manufacturer Huber Engineered Woods LLC (“HEW”) has achieved a negotiated settlement with Georgia Pacific Wood Products LLC (“GP”) in the patent infringement lawsuit filed by HEW in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.The lawsuit, f...

Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has won a European Patent Office (EPO) opposition case against the Unilin group. The validity of I4F’s 3L TripleLock EP2440724 was confirmed by the EPO’s opposition division, and all oppositions filed by Unilin on the patent were rejected. This means that licensee...

Walki has developed a new biomass cover with an extended width of six metres. The new, wider cover increases the amount of energy that can be derived from logging residues through significantly improved dry matter content, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.As emiss...

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. has formed a joint venture with the Missouri Department of Transportation & Patrol Retirement System (MPERS), which acquired 11,031 acres of high-quality timberlands in North Georgia, known as the Dawsonville Package. Under terms of the 50-50 joint venture with MPERS...

The Regional State Administrative Agency granted Finnpulp an environmental permit for the bioproduct plant being planned for the Sorsasalo area in Kuopio, Finland. The permit conditions are, by far, the strictest ever set for any facility in the industry, whether in Finland or elsewhere in the world...

In order to increase the capacity of its stick handling system and meet current capacity and quality requirements, Siljan Timber in Blyberg, Sweden, is investing in solutions from Renholmen. A dry sorting intake and a stick handling system will be delivered and commissioned during the summer.“The ex...

CalAg LLC commissioned Siempelkamp with the supply of a production plant for fiberboard made of rice straw, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.CalAg LCC is investing more than $315 million for the new location in Willows, California. This order requests Siempelkamp’...

Pinkwood Ltd., a leading manufacturer of fire rated I-joists, partnered with independent third party provider, Intertek, for testing and certification on its full line of I-joists.Bradley Parsons, President of Pinkwood, commented “We are absolutely delighted to be working with Intertek. The ETL Mark...

Over the past year, European sawmills have continued to take market share in China, Japan and other countries in East Asia. It has become a natural focus as continued low activity in European construction reduced the lumber consumption there.In China, Europe's (excl. Russia) market share increased t...

A former Canfor chief executive officer, federal cabinet minister and B.C. deputy minister David Emerson has been appointed the B.C. government's trade envoy to the United States to work with Canada and the new administration in the United States in securing a new Softwood Lumber Agreement. “I am ex...

BID Group Holdings Ltd. (“BID”) announces the successful closing of an equity investment into the company. The transaction, led by Highland West Capital Ltd. (“HWCL”), brings a leading group of institutional investors (the “Investor Group”), into the BID team. The Investor Group has partnered with B...

Golden West Packaging Group LLC has acquired four independent packaging companies: Heritage Solutions, Inc., Capital Corrugated, Inc., PackageOne, Inc., Packaging Innovators Corporation; and their co-owned captive sheet feeder, Cal Sheets, LLC.This transaction creates a leading West Coast mill-indep...

PulpEye has now reached the milepost of 50 units sold as Ahlstrom-Munksjö Aspa Bruk in Sweden invests in a PulpEye system for pulp analyses online. Bleached and unbleached kraft pulp is produced at the Aspa mill and the PulpEye they have acquired contains modules for determination and measuring of k...

PEFC France, PEFC Italy and PEFC Sweden have all successfully achieved the re-endorsement of their national forest certification systems.France and Sweden were two of the founding members of PEFC back in 1999, and this re-endorsement marks the fourth time that these systems have successful achieved ...

Lollicup USA achieves certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. This comes at a time in which the company is taking steps to expand its efforts to promote sustainability through its Karat® products, its Karat Earth environmental product line and...

The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Winton Global Lumber Ltd. on forest licence A18171, in the Fort St. James Natural Resource District, Canada, during the week of June 19, 2017.Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planni...

Linking the latest Excalibur incising machines firmly into the British-grown timber supply chain, Lonza Wood Protection has gained a promotional licence from Grown in Britain.This enables Lonza, with the support of their engineering partners Tweddle Engineering, to express their support visibly for ...

The international packaging manufacturer Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS), part of WestRock, has installed the world’s first Speedmaster XL 106 with 18 units at its Scottish site in East Kilbride.The new press is the most versatile machine that Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has ever pro...

In order to increase the capacity of its stick handling system and meet current capacity and quality requirements, Siljan Timber in Blyberg, Sweden, is investing in solutions from Renholmen. A dry sorting intake and a stick handling system will be delivered and commissioned during the summer.“The ex...

Kährs Group's 1Q 2017 net sales amounted to SEK 782 million ($90 million), an increase of SEK 87 million ($10 million), or 13% compared with the 1Q 2016. The increase in sales can be attributed to a stable and favourable trend in all four operating segments, as the company said in the press release ...

In the 1Q 2017, the Homag Group's sales revenue climbed 31% to Euro 401 million (prior year: Euro 306 million), as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Order backlog reached its highest level in the company's history with Euro 520 million as of March 31, 2017 and sales r...

Conifex Timber Inc. reported results for 1Q ended March 31, 2017. Adjusted EBITDA in the 1Q 2017 was $6.1 million, compared to $9.3 million in the 4Q 2016 and $6.8 million in the 1Q 2016, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Revenues of $100.3 million in the 1Q 2017 w...

The Board of Directors of Sonoco declared a $.39 per share quarterly common stock dividend, a 5.4% increase from the previous quarterly dividend of $.37 per share.According to Jack Sanders, president and CEO, this is the 35th consecutive year that Sonoco has grown common stock dividends and the 368t...

The Board of Directors of Stella-Jones Inc. announces that a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share, representing an increase of 10% over the previous quarterly dividend, has been declared on the outstanding common shares of the Corporation, payable on April 28, 2017 to shareholders of record at the ...

International Paper received a dividend of $121 million from Ilim Group, IP's joint venture partner in Russia. The dividend is based on prior year performance, and in 2016, the JV set production records at all three of its mills and realized higher sales volume due to increased demand for its produc...

U.S. printing-writing paper shipments decreased 2% in May 2017 compared to May 2016, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.The uncoated printing-writing grades posted year-over-year shipment declines in May, while the coated grades either increased or remained level. Total printing...

The Kingdom of Belgium has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute (EFI) and the entry into force will take place on 23 July 2017.The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 27 European countries. The ratifying countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech R...

Lumber production in Canada was up 14.5% from February to 6 218.2 thousand cubic metres in March 2017. Production was 4.4% higher than March 2016, as Statistics Canada said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.In March 2017, sawmills shipped 5 838.7 thousand cubic metres of lumber, up 14...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide a loan of up to PLN 200 million ($53 million) to Barlinek Invest LLC, a subsidiary of Barlinek S.A., one of the leading multi-layer floorboards producers in Europe for the expansion of its production capacities in Ukraine and ...

Romcarton S.A., a company member of Rossmann Group, one of the European leaders in manufacturing corrugated cardboard packages, has contracted from Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) an investment credit in amount of Euro 23.4 million, as BCR reported.The credit facility is used to build a corrugated car...

The Rougier Group is focused in priority on restoring its profitability and improving its financial resources. Rougier Afrique International signed a deal for a 10-year loan from Proparco, a subsidiary of the French Development Agency (AFD), for Euro 15 million, including a three-year interest-only ...

In February 2017, Stora Enso announced that it planned to permanently shut down paper machine 8 (PM8) at Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe. Co-determination negotiations with employees at the mill are still ongoing, but PM8 was permanently shut...

SCA has decided to close the tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the US, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The Flagstaff tissue production plant has an annual capacity of 55,000 tons for the Professional Hygiene business. Production will be discontinu...

The flooring company Kährs Group is reorganizing its hardwood flooring production and has decided to close its production unit in Tuupovaara, Finland.Twenty-one employees are affected and the implementation of the closure will start immediately and notices of termination will be given to the employe...

Rosanne Burns joins JP Gould Ocean Paper. Rosanne is a sales veteran with over 30 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry. Rosanne has numerous long standing client and vendor relationships that will complement the value proposition and service that Ocean Paper delivers.Ivy Frimer, Presid...

Wanda Smith has been appointed as Managing Director of Teknos Treffert Malaysia. Wanda will be responsible for the Teknos operations in Malaysia and South-East Asia. She will have a key role in developing and managing the operation to support Teknos' growth plan in the Asian markets, as the company ...

Greycon is expanding their global reach into the ASEAN region by employing more consultants local to their customers. One of the most recent additions to Greycon’s expansion is Indonesia where Greycon has appointed Mario Laksmana as the new Sales Manager for the ASEAN region.Greycon has been winning...