Text no.: 031 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Nine Dragons confronts difficult market

conditions, significantly expands capacity

China’s biggest paper producer, Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons looks back on a difficult first half (Aug 2019-Jan 2020) of the 2020 financial year – a period marked by the trade dispute with USA, extreme currency volatility and... more

Text no.: 032 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Rebuild at Cartiera di Ferrara

will raise coreboard capacity

Integrated Italian core and coreboard producer Cartiera di Ferrara in Italy will rebuild its board machine. This will, amongst others, increase the machine’s capacity. However, a company spokesperson said that the focus was on improving... more

Text no.: 033 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Faller invests in new buildings

at its Waldkirch head office

German packaging producer August Faller plans to erect new buildings at its head office in Waldkirch, Germany. The company confirmed that €30m will be spent on the construction of a new head office building and plant. The existing... more

Text no.: 034 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

News in brief: Rigid Containers installs new boxmaker at Wellington plant

Rigid Containers, part of VPK group, has installed a new box maker at its Wellington plant. The new Mitsubishi Evol boxmaker is capable of running at speeds of 350 blanks per minute, Rigid informs. The new machine forms part of... more

Text no.: 035 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

News in brief: Valmet supplies coater for Oji Papéis Especiais

Valmet will supply a new off-machine coating machine to Oji Papéis Especiais (OPE) in Piracicaba, Brazil. With the new off-machine coater PC4, OPE is seeking to increase thermal paper production capacity... more

Text no.: 036 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

News in brief: A.Celli supplies Ersulu Nonwven Gorup with winding solution

A.Celli Nonwovens will supply new winding solutions to Turkish Eruslu Nonwoven Group. Eruslu Nonwoven, part of Eruslu Group, is a company located in Gaziantep that produces and exports diapers for adults and... more

Text no.: 037 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

News in brief: Waggeryd shortens downtime with ABB sensors

Waggeryd Cell is now using smart sensors from ABB to automate maintenance of its pulp mill. The sensors, which monitor pumps, fans, conveyor belts, refiners and gearboxes, will mainly help to identify technical problems early... more

Text no.: 038 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Altri’s quarterly results

burdened by sinking prices

Healthy demand and falling pulp prices were the factors that determined financial results of Portuguese pulp producer Altri in the first quarter of this year. Rising demand for tissue products in March buoyed pulp deliveries. Then, towards the... more

Text no.: 039 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Smurfit Kappa to install demonstration plant to

use hydrogen for energy storage at its Saillat mill

Smurfit Kappa Group plans to install a demonstration plant at its Saillat-sur-Vienne mill in France. The plant will operate on an industrial scale and serve to showcase how hydrogen can be used to store excess electricity. At peak demand... more

Text no.: 040 Issue PP27/2020 Publication date: 01.07.2020

Stora Enso intensifies research in biomaterials

Stora Enso will soon start joint research activities with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences on sustainable forestry and wood-based biomaterials. The collaboration with the university will focus on biodiversity, growth and... more