Text no.: 007 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Slight decline in pulp

stocks at European ports

The pulp stocks stored in European ports declined slightly in September compared with the previous month. They totalled 1.97 million t, around 9,500 t below the level in August 2019. In September 2018, pulp stocks had amounted to 1.379 million... more

Text no.: 008 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Recovered paper exporter

Winfibre closes European office

Recovered paper purchaser Winfibre – formerly known as Mark Lyndon – has closed its Rotterdam site on 31 October. The company, which employed around 25 employees, was in charge of supplying raw material to Chinese papermaker Lee... more

Text no.: 009 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Valmet develops

recycled roll covers

Finnish mechanical engineering group Valmet has added roll covers made from bio- and recycled materials to its product range. The new composite covers are suitable for press, guide and calender rolls and are now available for the first customer... more

Text no.: 010 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Province of Mantua grants Pro-Gest more time

for Mantua RCCM mill capacity expansion project

Italy’s paper and packaging company Pro-Gest requested and once again won more time to clear the path for the planned capacity increase at the recycled corrugated case material (RCCM) mill in Mantua. The Province of Mantua granted... more

Text no.: 011 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

UPM decommissioned PM 2

at Rauma mill on 6 November

UPM shut down SC paper production at its Rauma mill on 6 November. The company had announced plans to permanently stop production at the PM 2 in early September and has now concluded the employee consultation process.

With this... more

Text no.: 012 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Södra develops solution

for textile recycling

Swedish forestry company Södra has developed a solution that will enable circular flows in the fashion and textile industry. One of the major obstacles to textile recycling is that the fabrics are often made from blended materials.... more

Text no.: 013 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

Ahlstrom-Munksjö plans to sell its

Arches fine art paper business to F.I.L.A.

Swedish company Ahlstrom-Munksjö has agreed to sell its Arches fine art paper business to Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A. (F.I.L.A.) for around €44m in a non-binding memorandum of understanding signed with the F.I.L.A. group.... more

Text no.: 014 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

News in brief: Grigeo, INVL

Lithuanian AB Grigeo group terminated collaboration with investment company INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund (BSGF) on 30 September 2019. The paper, board and packaging producer informed that the decision was... more

Text no.: 015 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

News in brief: Rottneros, Nykwist Skog

Rottneros has acquired Nykvist Skogs AB in a step meant to develop the group’s raw material supply. The purchase price was not disclosed. Nykvist Skogs supplies the local pulp and sawmill
industry... more

Text no.: 016 Issue PP45/2019 Publication date: 06.11.2019

News in brief: Graphic Packaging

Graphic Packaging has announced plans to invest $600m in the construction of a new coated recycled board machine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The machine is expected to have an annual capacity of 500,000 sh.t (454,000 metr.t).... more