Pulp and Paper

• June 19, 2013 10:09

  
  

  Metso supplies mill in France

  Metso announced recently that has won an order from Smurfit Kappa for the supply of a Metso DNA control system and a pulp cooking process optimization solution to its Cellulose du Pin mill in Biganos, France. First part of the project is scheduled to be completed in September 2013 with the installation of Metso Kappa Q analyzer, and second part in March 2014. [more...]

• June 17, 2013 15:05

  
  

  UPM and Ashland Inc. enter into agreement on Biofibrils technology

  UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology. [more...]

• June 17, 2013 10:58

  
  

  Rottneros appoints new CEO

  Carl-Johan Jonsson has been appointed as the new CEO of the pulp producer Rottneros AB with effect 1 July 2013. He succeeds Ole Terland who has been the CEO of Rottneros since 2008. [more...]

• June 14, 2013 15:40

  
  

  Stora Enso invests €32 million in Skoghall mill in Sweden

  Stora Enso announced on June 14 that it will invest approximately €32 million in Skoghall mill in Sweden. The investment primarily pertains to rebuilding of a fibre line in the sulphate pulp mill and its chemical recovery operations, thereby increasing the mill’s pulp production capacity by 45,000 tonnes per year, as the company said in a press release. [more...]

• June 14, 2013 12:06

  
  

  Stora Enso converts Varkaus Mill fine paper machine to containerboard

  Stora Enso has decided to commence a feasibility study with the aim of converting the Varkaus Mill fine paper machine in Finland to produce virgin-fibre-based containerboard. [more...]

• June 13, 2013 10:13

  
  

  Global trade of wood chips: steady increase in the last 10 years

  The global pulp industry has increased its importation of wood chips the past ten years, reaching the second highest import levels on record in 2012, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Japan, China, Finland and Turkey were the largest importing countries last year. [more...]

• June 11, 2013 14:31

  
  

  Södra sells its Follafoss pulp mill

  As announced on June 11, Mayr-Melnhof Karton is acquiring all shares in Södra Cell Folla AS and consequently Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss in Norway. [more...]

• June 07, 2013 15:03

  
  

  Forest and Paper Industry Leaders Discuss the Global Sector’s Future

  On June 6 2013, the sixth biennial international CEOs Roundtable organized by the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) took place in São Paulo, Brazil. More than 50 CEOs and association leaders from around the world met to address issues of common interest, including the consequences of economic pressures on forests from the demand for food, fuel and fiber, the impacts of government policies and programs on the forest products industry, and how to position the industry in its transition for the future. [more...]

• June 07, 2013 07:58

  
  

  Finnish Forest industry in January-March 2013: Economic downturn weakens demand in main market areas

  The Finnish Forest Industries recently issued a report regarding Finland's exports in January-March 2013. According to the report, paper and paperboard production came to 2.7 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2013, up 2.8% from the corresponding period of 2012. [more...]

• May 31, 2013 16:35

  
  

  Global Sawlog Price Index: highest increase since 2011

  The Wood Resource Quarterly has published results on the global forest industry's first quarter for 2013. Sawlog prices were up in practically all regions covered by the WRQ in the 1Q/13, but they were still generally lower than they were in the 1Q/12. The biggest increases from the previous quarter occurred in Western US, Latvia, Finland and Sweden. The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) was up 2.4 percent to US$86.33/m3 from the 4Q/12, the biggest quarter-to-quarter increase since early 2011. [more...]