Leipa commissions new coating machine

Valmet will deliver a complete atmospheric diffuser rebuild to Billerud’s Skärblacka mill in Sweden. The delivery is scheduled to take place in May 2024. Skärblacka mill’s original washer was delivered by Valmet in 1973. The rebuild will secure the washer’s performance and availability for years to come and prepare the...

Although EU-wide restrictions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have not been adopted to date, individual countries have launched their own initiatives. Denmark published Order No. 681 of 25 May 2020 to prohibit PFAS chemicals – including PTFE waxes – in food contact paper and board materials and products....

The German market for lightweight brown and white machine-glazed (MG) kraft paper (40 g) did not present a uniform picture at the time of EUWID’s survey in the beginning of August. All in all, the industry does seem to detect a sliver of hope for an end to the languishing demand of recent months. Paper producers,...