Start-up of the new equipment is scheduled for the second half of 2027.
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The PrimePress X shoe press, designed for 1,250 N/mm, is integrated into the PM26 containerboard machine, which operates at a speed of up to 1,000 m/min and produces high-quality testliner with a basis weight ranging from 70 to 160 gsm.
PM 11 produces up to 470,000 tons of corrugated base paper per year.
Metsä Fibre starts negotiations on possible temporary layoffs in Joutseno and Rauma mills in Finland
The negotiations involve the entire personnel of these production facilities, a total of approximately 465 people. Any layoffs would last for a maximum of 90 days and could be implemented in several cycles by the end of December 2025.
With a production capacity exceeding 10,000 tons annually, it is capable of processing both viscose and polyester fibers.
The new machine enables Mondi to meet the rising demand for paper-based flexible packaging while strengthening the Group’s vertically integrated Paper Bags business.
The new facility is currently scheduled to begin operations in the Q4 2026 and create an estimated 65 new jobs to the current facility with a total of 190 team members.
The construction of the connecting pipe will start in summer 2025 and it will be in production use in early spring 2026.
The forming section rebuild included an approach flow system upgrade and the installation of a state-of-the-art TT Headbox designed to match the high quality requirements for facial tissue in the Middle Eastern market.
This broad-based investment program centers on two transformative projects: a new advanced manufacturing facility in Warren, Ohio, and an expansion of its Beech Island, South Carolina, site with a state-of-the-art automated distribution center.
Annual wood procurement in Finland rises by 1.7 million m3 after Oulu sawmill integration.
Smurfit Westrock to close coated recycled board mill in Minnesota and containerboard mill in Texas.
84 Lumber continues expansion with new locations in Colorado.
Construction work is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, with production starting in autumn next year.
Once fully ramped up, the machine will produce 420,000 tonnes of high-quality recycled containerboard annually.
New facility increases output per log and targets 450,000 m3 annual capacity as demand grows in Sweden and abroad.
The delivery includes refurbishing and modifying an existing disc filter from the mill’s deinked pulp line (DIP) and reinstalling it in the mill’s thermomechanical pulp line (TMP).
In addition to a TC continuous kiln and three FB continuous kilns, Bygdsiljums Sawmill already has nine batch kilns from Valutec. The four that are now being invested in are very similar.
The laboratory is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, and the investment value is approximately Euro 6 million.
The new testing facility enables full-scale testing of both durability and fire classification in one single controlled environment. Woodsafe R&D is currently the only company in Sweden capable of performing large-scale aging processes on panels up to 6 meters in length.