
Metsä Board has concluded a logistics agreement with Kuljetusliike Kalevi Huhtala Oy for transport between the Kemi board mill and Ajos harbour, in Kemi, Finland. Transport under the contract will start on April, 1st 2023.
Metsä Board has concluded a logistics agreement with Kuljetusliike Kalevi Huhtala Oy for transport between the Kemi board mill and Ajos harbour, in Kemi, Finland. Transport under the contract will start on April, 1st 2023.
Andritz has received an order from Klingele Paper & Packaging Group in Nova Campina, Brazil, to supply automated threading systems for paper machines PM1 and PM3 producing various paper packaging grades. The systems will be installed in 2023.
Valmet will deliver bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP), evaporation and non-condensable gas (NCG) technology as well as an extensive automation solutions package for Stora Enso’s Oulu mill in Finland. The deliveries are done in phases and the upgraded mill is scheduled to be in operation in early 2025.
The US door manufacturer Steves & Sons, Inc. placed an order with Siempelkamp for two forming and press lines for the production of door skins. Steves & Sons, a Texas family-owned company, is entering the door skins manufacturing business with this project.
Valmet will supply an extensive rebuild for Sappi’s Somerset paper manufacturing facility in Skowhegan, Maine, USA. PM2 will be rebuilt using some of the most advanced packaging manufacturing technology to produce a variety of both packaging and coated paper products.
Italian carton board manufacturer Cartiera Pirinoli selected Toscotec for the rebuild of the entire press section of PM1 at its Roccavione site in Northern Italy. The project is planned for the second half of 2023.
Jartek Invest Oy delivers a modern dry sorting line to Pölkky Oy's Kajaani production facility in Finland. The installations will begin in spring 2024 and production trial run will start immediately in summer 2024.
Top container shippers Maersk, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance.
Maskincity in Motala AB becomes a dealer for Finnish Jarcrac. First demo machine is ordered (Jarcrac Magnapro Dual) and it will be delivered to Motala, Sweden for MaskinCity in the spring 2023.
Andritz sustainable technologies enable production of commercial grade sulfuric acid from the mill’s odorous gases, making the mill self-sufficient in sulfuric acid. The pulp mill, delivered by Andritz, is in the construction phase with start-up scheduled for the second half of 2024.
Tolko Industries Ltd. has commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply the core components of a CEBRO OSB plant for its production facility in High Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Once operational, the plant’s production capacity will reach up to 734,000 m3 of OSB per year.
Valmet will deliver a fiber fractionation system to Sichuan Tianzhu Bamboo Resource Co., Ltd in the Sichuan Province in China to improve mill efficiency. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The project is scheduled to be executed in the fall 2023.
Ence has already closed sales agreements for approximately one million tons of pulp for this year 2023, which means covering the maximum production of the company’s biofactories for this year. Tissue, specialties, packaging segments represent nearly 90% of contracted sales
Valmet has been selected to rebuild the cooking, fiberline and evaporation plant of Andhra Paper’s Rajahmundry unit in India. The delivery is scheduled to take place in December 2023, and the start-up is planned for the Q1 2024.
Colbert Packaging Corporation announced the installation of two new Eterna blanking die cutters at its Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Elkhart, Indiana, production facilities. Adding new blanking die cutters streamlines production and boosts capacity.
ProJet, Meerssen, the Netherlands, will deliver 8 tail cutters to OEM YueLi, Taiwan. It will be 2 dry end high pressure tail cutters for the 4 new paper machines of Nine Dragons Paper. First 4 tail cutters to be supplied in April 2023 and 4 more in August 2023.
Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper has successfully started up its tissue production line delivered by Andritz for its mill in Xinhui district, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China. The first paper on reel was achieved 16 days ahead of schedule.
RemaSawco and Sågteknik have signed a cooperation agreement that aims to strengthen and increase its joint ability to deliver and maintain various types of automation projects in the sawmill industry in the long term.
Andritz has received an order from Lipy Paper Mills Ltd. to supply wastepaper processing systems to the mill in Changine, Modonpur, Kanchpur, Sonargaon. These are the first Andritz RCF (Recycled Fiber) lines for Bangladesh. Start-up is scheduled for the Q3 2023.
Setra has been commissioned to supply locally produced cross-laminated timber and glulam for Vasakronan's project in Uppsala, Sweden. Setra’s deliveries amount to a total of 1,200 m3.