Text no.: 010 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

SKG producing lighter paper

at Saillat following rebuild

The Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) can now produce rcycled containerboard with lower basis weights at the Saillat mill in France thanks to modernisation measures performed on the site’s PM 4. According to the company, the basis weight of the... more

Text no.: 011 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Voith closes down

Paper Technology Center

Voith has closed down its Paper Technology Center (PTC) in Heidenheim, Germany that it had opened ten years ago. The project served research and testing purposes, and pioneering technologies were to be tested jointly with partners in the... more

Text no.: 012 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Norske Skog and Rotocart dissolve

tissue joint venture at Bruck mill in Austria

Norske Skog’s entry into the tissue paper market will take longer than expected. The Norwegian publishing paper manufacturer reports that the joint venture with Italy’s tissue products company Rotocart has been terminated because it... more

Text no.: 013 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Papierfabrik Scheufelen sold to German investors

German paper maker Papierfabrik Scheufelen has been sold. Paper Excellence, a subsidiary of Asia’s Sinar Mas Group, sold its entire stake in the coated fine paper company to a consortium led by Germany’s Schaeff Group.

The... more

Text no.: 014 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Sequana posts net loss of €7m in first quarter

Amid falling demand for printing paper, Sequana posted a net loss of €7m in the first quarter of 2016. This compared to a loss of €1m in the same period of the previous year. The company reported lower deliveries of printing paper. As... more

Text no.: 015 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Solenis acquires specialty

chemical suppliers

Solenis has acquired the Dutch specialty chemicals suppliers Lostris International and Wester Blend. Both of those companies supply chemicals to the pulp and tissue segments. The transaction should be concluded during the second quarter of 2016... more

Text no.: 016 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

News in brief

Chinese tissue and sanitary product manufacturer Vinda International Holdings (Vinda Paper) has ordered several converting lines for producing tissue reel products. The converting plants are being supplied by Italian company... more

Text no.: 017 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

EBRD might support Velvet

Care’s expansion in Poland

Velvet Care, Polish manufacturer and converter of sanitary paper, might get support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for its proposed investment project. EBRD says it is reviewing a long-term loan of up to... more

Text no.: 018 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Suzano issues statement

on Panama Papers

Suzano, Brazilian pulp and paper manufacturer, has informed its shareholders and the market that it has no information that one of its offshore companies has come under the radar of state investigative agencies. Suzano published the statement... more

Text no.: 019 Issue PP17/2016 Publication date: 27.04.2016

Nippon Paper affected by

severe earthquake in Japan

Nippon Paper Industries of Japan has also been hit by the severe earthquake in the Japanese prefecture of Kukamoto. The company reports that none of its employees were harmed. At its Yatsushiro mill in Yatsushiro City Japan’s southwest,... more