PPI back issues from April 2007:
Globalization talk turns to action
Apr 01, 2007; ... I FIRST HEARD the term 'globalization' as a student in the early 1990s. By the end of the decade, the word was everywhere, from news broadcasts to business seminars. Globalization in the paper industry has been much talked about since the late 90s, but it is only now that the industry's ...
A GOOD START
Apr 01, 2007; ... All over the world new machines are born, new projects begun IN WORDS AND PICTURES, PPI celebrates the start-up of new machines in Romania and China and the laying of the foundation stone at a pulp mill project in Finland. DONGGUAN SEA DRAGON - CHINA On January 14, 2007, ...
UPM TO SELL WALKI WISA TO PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM
Apr 01, 2007; ... FINLAND UPM is set to sell the Walki Wisa Group to the Finnish private equity investment company CapMan. The firm has signed an agreement on the sale of the group, a business unit of UPM's converting division, and expects to conclude the transaction by the end of the second ...
SKG PLANS PARTIAL FLOAT
Apr 01, 2007; ... IRELAND The Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has announced plans to float on the Irish Stock Exchange, as well as to seek a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Under the primary offering, the group will issue new shares, which will be offered to institutional investors ...
Svilocell mulls paper scheme
Apr 01, 2007; ... BULGARIA The Bulgarian pulp producer, Svilocell, is considering building a paper mill. A feasibility study on the proposed plant is currently under way. The company has not yet decided on the grade of paper it might produce. Preliminary plans call for a capacity of 500,000 ...
SNIACE PULP MILL REVAMPED
Apr 01, 2007; ... SPAIN The Sniace Group is carrying out trial runs on a new bleaching system at its Torrelavega mill in Cantabria, northern Spain. The totally chlorine-free (TCF) ozone bleaching system, which was supplied by Metso Paper, was set to be fully operational by February 26. Some parts ...
SÖDRA TO RAISE PULP CAPACITY AT VÄRÖ MILL
Apr 01, 2007; ... SWEDEN Södra Cell has unveiled plans to increase long fiber pulp capacity at its Värö plant on the west coast of Sweden. The firm alms to increase the production of 'Black', a strong softwood pulp based on thinnings. The company plans to install a new shoe press in the dryer ...
ROTTNEROS LOSES COURT BATTLE
Apr 01, 2007; ... Östersund Environmental Court has ordered Rottneros Vallvik mill to put a biopurification plant into operation by the beginning of 2010. Rottneros is considering whether to ...
KLIPPAN PLANT'S OWNER GETS NEW MONIKER
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Swedish company Errarp Innovation, which bought Klippan's plant in Klippan, southern Sweden, for an undisclosed amount last year, has changed its name to Svenska Pappersbruket Errarp Innovation was hoping to use the Klippan name, but its request was rejected by the local authorities ...
TURANLAR ENTERS PAPER SPHERE
Apr 01, 2007; ... TURKEY The Turanlar Group is branching out into the paper sector, with the installation of a 5,000 tonne/yr filter paper machine at its site in Samsun, northern Turkey. The group supplies forest products to the construction industry. The second-hand PM was bought for Euro 2 ...
Fiberprocess shelves LWC plan
Apr 01, 2007; ... SWEDEN Fiber-process is reconsidering its plan to build a lightweight coated (LWC) paper mill in Krokom, northern Sweden. Kjell-Ake Pettersson, the project manager, said the firm was still hoping to build a paper mill, but that it was no longer certain what grade the facility ...
TULLIS RUSSELL WRAPS UP MACHINE OVERHAUL
Apr 01, 2007; ... UNITED KINGDOM Tullis Russell has completed the final phase of a GBP 5 million ($10 million) three-stage investment to revamp PM 4 at its Markinch mill in Glenrothes, eastern Scotland. The third leg involved a rebuild of the uncoated woodfree unit's stock preparation system, ...
ELF MODERNIZES CONTAINERBOARD MACHINE
Apr 01, 2007; ... EGYPT The Egyptian recycled containerboard producer, ELF, is forging ahead with a rebuild of PM 2 at its mill near Cairo. The firm is in the final stages of fitting a new headbox and size press, as well as rebuilding the jumbo press. The revamp has taken place in stages over the last ...
ANHUI SHANYING INVESTS IN NEW PM AND REVAMP
Apr 01, 2007; ... CHINA China's Annul Shanying Paper has unveiled plans to install a new machine and rebuild an existing PM at one of its two mills in Maanshan city, Annul province. The company has placed an order with the Chinese supplier, Shandong Changhua Paper-Making Machinery, for a 200,000 ...
Visy to install kraftliner PM
Apr 01, 2007; ... AUSTRALIA Visy Paper is set to install a second kraftliner machine at its Tumut mill in New South Wales. The A$375 million ($292 million) scheme will increase the facility's capacity from 240,000 tonnes/yr to 700,000 tonnes/yr. The firm is also planning to raise the plant's pulp ...
PACKAGES MAKES HEADWAY
Apr 01, 2007; ... PAKISTAN Pakistan's Packages has begun construction of the machine house for a new tissue PM, which will be installed at its mill in Lahore. The building is expected to be complete by the end of August, with installation of the machine then set to take around three months. The PM ...
MANAKSIA BUYS NIGERIAN FIRM
Apr 01, 2007; ... NIGERIA The Indian conglomerate Manaksia has wrapped up the Rupee 115 million ($2.6 million) acquisition of Nigerian Paper Mills. The 65,000 tonne/yr kraftliner and corrugating medium facility was snapped up through the group's wholly owned Nigeria-based subsidiary, MlNL. The ...
SUZANO ACQUIRES RIPASA EMBU FROM VCP
Apr 01, 2007; ... BRAZIL Suzano Papel e Celulose and Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP) have signed an agreement for the sale of VCP's 50% stake in the former Ripasa Embu plant to Suzano. VCP is selling its half of the Embu unit to Suzano for $20 million, giving Suzano full ownership of the plant. The deal ...
VCP TO SELL MOGI DAS CRUZES TO MULTIFORMA
Apr 01, 2007; ... Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP) has agreed to sell its Mogi das Cruzes mill to Emanuel Wolff, major shareholder of Comércio e Indústria Multiformas, for Real 57.2 million ($27.3 million). Grupo Multiformas provides integrated products and services to promotional, editorial and commercial ...
ON TARGET FOR ONE MILLION TONNES PLUS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Work is underway on a new liquid packaging board machine and important environmental programs FOUNDED IN 1899, Klabin is already Brazil's largest producer of board, multi-wall containers and bags. And, it is poised to grow even larger. Later this year, the MA-1100 project will start up ...
EXPLOITING 'THE BILLBOARD EFFECT'
Apr 01, 2007; ... How printed paper and board-based packaging is helping build brand image throughout the retail chain THE BILLBOARD EFFECT of paper and board packaging is a prime target for exploitation throughout the retail chain, from distribution to display. Soundlessly, products need to make a big ...
NEWS LINES
Apr 01, 2007; ... News shorts from the pulp and paper world BRAZIL Pöyry's Forest Industry business group has signed a services agreement regarding the implementation of VCP's greenfield bleached kraft pulp mill at Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul province. The agreement, worth some Euro 54 ...
THE DIGITAL PRINTING STORY
Apr 01, 2007; ... A bright future awaits if printers and print buyers can be persuaded of the benefits of going digital AT GRAPH EXPO in Chicago last September, you couldn't swing a cat without hitting somebody extolling the virtues of digital printing. Whether it was book publishers touting "out of ...
Perseverance pays off
Apr 01, 2007; ... By working through a series of setbacks during a retrofit, Aracruz's Guaíba mill now has one of the three most productive digesters in the world GLITCHES CAN HAPPEN and setbacks can occur when doing a major retrofit to a fiberline, but the real test is how committed those involved are to ...
PILOTING THE FUTURE
Apr 01, 2007; ... Metso Paper rebuilds a pilot machine to help producers make better use of energy, reduce maintenance and improve yield METSO PAPER INAUGURATED its rebuilt pilot PM 2 at its Rautpohja Paper Technology Center in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in February. The rebuild included a new press ...
Technology networking
Apr 01, 2007; ... Is it the answer to paper production cost efficiency? WHEN MILLS FEEL the pressure to keep costs down, they pass that pressure onto their chemical suppliers, who are generally willing to help. Chemicals (excluding coating chemicals) are a relatively small component of the overall ...
technology update
Apr 01, 2007; ... PPI brings you the latest in product and technological development from around the world BEARINGS SKF has developed a new family of bearings that it says reduce energy consumption by at least 30% compared to standard ISO products. This new family comprises deep groove ball ...
The "S" word and packaging
Apr 01, 2007; ... IT'S NO LONGER good enough to produce "environmentally friendly packaging", now it has to be "sustainable packaging". The first term has been around for about 20 years, the latter popped up about two years ago. Both have one thing in common - neither has an agreed definition. This ...