Supplier News

The pioneering and eco-friendly plant will produce high-density and medium-density fiberboard (HDF/MDF) from date palm fronds, a material normally considered farm waste.

Sweden's OptiCept Technologies has entered an agreement with the Chilean forestry company CMPC. Cuttings will now be boosted with nutrients using a unique vacuum impregnation technology called OptiBoost.

The start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2025.

Headquartered in Cedartown, Georgia, CedarChem offers a full suite of water and wastewater treatment products for industrial and municipal markets, primarily in the southeastern U.S.

Mörrum is a specialty mill with two dedicated lines, one producing a wide range of premium paper pulps and the other dedicated to dissolving pulp for textiles and other applications together with the unique OnceMore® process.

The delivery is scheduled for the third quarter 2024.

Headquartered in Düren, Germany, Heimbach is a global supplier of paper machine clothing for the production of all grades of paper and cardboard on all machine types as well as high-tech textile products used in a variety of sectors, such as the food processing, chemicals, construction materials and automotive industries.

Andritz has received an order from Nordic Paper to deliver a new wood room with chip and bark handling for its Bäckhammar mill in Sweden.

Holmen Paper takes another stride toward innovation by upgrading its online monitoring system on PM11 to the advanced Intellinova Parallel EN system from SPM Instrument.

Ledinek will manufacture and deliver a new planer line for exterior elements to Moelven Edanesågen AB from Sweden, part of the Norwegian-Swedish Moelven Group, which produces wood elements and systems for the construction sector. As part of a major investment at the Edane site in Sweden, a new production line for planing and sorting will also be built.

The new 723 E material handler is equipped with a 1.25 m² grapple and is responsible for cutting to length and sorting logs after they have been delivered to the log yard. Thanks to its compact dimensions, the handling machine can be maneuvered quickly and easily over the entire company premises.

Toscotec will supply a technological upgrade of Paper Prime's PM1 at their Vila Velha de Rodão mill in Portugal. Planned for mid-2024, the project aims to achieve substantial energy savings and production increase.

Graphic Packaging International has recently commissioned Voith to supply multiple stock preparation lines, integrated reject handling and the wastewater pre-treatment system for its newest, most advanced coated recycled board (CRB) mill being built in Waco, Texas.

The BTG Group appoints Xin Shun Cui as the new President and CEO. This strategic move comes as Robert Crossman, the former President and CEO, took on a new role as President Products and Service North America within the Voith Paper organization.

Indonesian PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper purchased the Dynamic Drainage Analyzer 5 (DDA 5) from Swedish PulpEye.

Metsä Tissue is investing in world-leading environmental and operational performance in tissue paper production by modernizing and expanding its paper mill in Mariestad, Sweden. AFRY has been involved in the pre-project and is now a selected partner to deliver several services in the construction phase.

Valmet's delivery will enhance operational efficiency and improve the end-product quality at the customer's Jiangxi mill producing glassine paper.

The delivery is scheduled for January 2025.

Jarno Nymark has been appointed to the Andritz AG Executive Board as of October 1, 2023, assuming responsibility for the Pulp & Paper Business Area.

Toscotec will supply a forming section rebuild of PM2 to Gulf Paper Manufacturing at their Mina Abdullah paper mill in Kuwait.

Julia Macharey, Senior Vice President Human Resources and Operational Development of Valmet has decided to leave the company to move into a new position outside Valmet. Julia Macharey will continue as an active member of Valmet's Executive Team and lead Valmet's HR and Operational Development until the end of January 2024.

Start-up is planned for end of 2024.

The delivery is scheduled for the Q1 2025.

United Paper Public Company Limited has successfully started up an OCC (Old Corrugated Containers) line supplied by Andritz at its mill in Prachinburi, Thailand. This is the second OCC line from Andritz in operation at this mill.

The new TM 10 machine will be installed at the company's mill in Mexicali and the start-up is planned for the Q2 2025.