Kimberly-Clark, Tlaxco mill in Mexico, has awarded an order for a Power Cleaner system to ProJet. The line has a width of 3.6 meters and operates at a speed of up to 1,000m/min. ProJet’s Power Cleaner assures non-stop production without the need for stopping the line for belt changes or manual cleaning of the belt.
Ontex Group NV has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Mexican business activities for approximately Euro 285 million to Softys S.A., a personal hygiene company with operations across Latin America. Softys is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empresas CMPC S.A., headquartered in Chile.
Andritz has received an order from Guangxi Sun Paper Co., Ltd. to supply four stock preparation systems for its tissue machines PM 9 to 12 in Beihai, Guangxi Province, China. Start-up is scheduled for the 3Q or 4Q 2022.
A $500 million expansion is underway at Georgia-Pacific's Broadway mill. Investments include building a new paper machine using through-air-dried (TAD) technology and adding associated converting equipment and infrastructure. It's expected to be complete in 2024.
Valmet will supply two Valmet IntelliTissue 1600 tissue machines for Liaoning Yusen tissue mill located in the county of Tai’an, Liaoning province, China. The two tissue lines are scheduled to be in production in the middle of 2023.
Kruger Products officially inaugurated its Sherbrooke tissue plant, which was commissioned in 2021, and also broke ground at its expansion project where another tissue plant will be built on a site adjacent to the Sherbrooke Plant by 2024.
Company will withdraw from Russia completely and will continue to implement the withdrawal in stages as the review of implementation options is fully completed.
Valmet launches a new polyurethane roll cover, Valmet Press Roll Cover PL for tissue industry. The roll cover’s wear-resistant material and adaptive structure are developed to cope with the harsh operating conditions in tissue production, thus leading to longer lifetime of roll cover and energy savings.
The new press will be ready for production during the autumn of 2022.
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After the start of the war, Siemens put all new business in and international deliveries to Russia and Belarus on hold. The comprehensive international sanctions, as well as current and potential countermeasures, impact the company’s business activities in Russia, particularly rail service and maintenance.
This is the worst quarter since the pandemic downturn in Q2 2020. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 6.9%.
In 2021, net sales in Russia amounted to 2% of the company's sales
The proposed rules require a registrant to disclose information about its direct greenhouse gas emissions, indirect emissions from purchased electricity or other forms of energy and disclose GHG emissions from upstream and downstream activities in its value chain.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that CFO Maria Henry has decided to retire from the company. Nelson Urdaneta, Senior Vice President, Treasurer at Mondelēz International, will succeed Henry as CFO and become a member of Kimberly-Clark's executive leadership team.
Stora Enso invests in the carbon neutrality of its Skutskär Mill in Sweden. This Euro 40 million investment takes the next important step towards a climate positive contribution by reducing power consumption and water utilization as well as enabling lowering the use of bleaching chemicals.
Georgia-Pacific plans to close the Green Bay Day Street facility over the next 18 months. This decision does not affect Georgia-Pacific's other operations in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This decision will impact approximately 190 jobs at the mill.
Andritz will deliver drying, air and energy technology to Essity’s professional hygiene business for its PM3 and PM4 tissue machines at its mill in Menasha, Wisconsin, USA. Start-ups are estimated for the end of 2022.
Mondi plc has entered into an agreement to sell its Personal Care Components business to Nitto Denko Corporation for an enterprise value of Euro 615 million, which is also the approximate cash consideration payable to Mondi at completion.