Stora Enso has announced the divestment of approximately 175,000 hectares of forest land in Sweden—representing 12.4% of its total holdings—for an enterprise value of EUR 900 million.
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Moelven Wood and Billerud Collaborate to Develop Paper-based Packaging to Replace Shrink Wrap
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Moelven Wood and Billerud are joining forces to examine the possibility of developing a new sustainable packaging solution for Moelven’s interior panels. The goal is to create a paper-based solution to replace the current plastic shrink wrap. The collaboration stems from an innovation competition organized by Paper Province.
In September, 19 companies submitted 22 solution proposals to Moelven Wood’s packaging challenge — to find a more sustainable packaging for their wooden interior panels.
Out of these, Ahlstrom, Billerud, Boxon, Lignin Industries, and T-Emballage were selected to work on the challenge during Moelven Hackathon. The innovation competition was arranged by the forestry bioeconomy cluster Paper Province and held in Karlstad, Sweden, on December 11 and 12.
During the competition, the companies fine-tuned their solutions with support from mentors in business and product development, communication, value proposition, and materials. At the final, the companies pitched their proposals to Moelven’s jury who announced Billerud and their fiber-based packaging solution as the winner.
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Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has expanded its range of saturating kraft paper and increased capacity, in order to improve and enhance its service to manufacturers of internal and external building panels, worktops, furniture and technical films.
With the previously announced investment in a new paper machine at its Štĕtí plant in the Czech Republic and further increases in production efficiency, Mondi will optimise capacity across its mill network, providing increased production of its saturating kraft, Advantage MF Boost, at Mondi Frantschach in Austria and Mondi Dynäs in Sweden. Both Frantschach and Dynäs mills are ideally placed to deliver short lead times across Europe and provide customers with reassurance of good service and production back-up. These changes signal Mondi’s commitment to increase the availability of Advantage MF Boost – the kraft paper that is used in laminated applications.
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ANDRITZ complements its process control product portfolio by acquiring NAF valve business
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ANDRITZ has signed an agreement with Flowserve Corporation based in Texas, USA, to take over its
NAF AB engineers, designs and builds Flowserve’s NAF control valve portfolio. It is a leading supplier with long-standing experience in providing process control valves for pulp and paper and other related industries. With 50 employees at the facility in Linköping, Sweden, it has been a successful provider of process control valves for more than 100 years.
This acquisition further extends and strengthens ANDRITZ’s product and service portfolio in the field of process control. With this acquisition, ANDRITZ, a leading provider of process control and automation systems for complete pulp and paper mills, is adding control valves to its portfolio of process actuators, analyzers, and measurement equipment for the pulp and paper making process. For many years, ANDRITZ has successfully equipped its production plant and equipment deliveries with NAF control valves.
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The Board of Billerud has appointed Ivar Vatne as President and CEO of the company. Ivar Vatne has been acting President and CEO since July 2023 and enters the permanent position with immediate effect.
“The Board has conducted a thorough recruitment process and has evaluated both internal and external candidates,” said Jan Svensson, Chairman of Billerud. “We are very pleased that Ivar is willing to take on the job and it shows real strength that we find the best candidate within the company.
“Ivar is a highly appreciated leader, and he has deep knowledge about the company’s strategic direction. He has also proved that he understands the importance of continuous improvements to secure competitiveness, and has the ability to drive them,” Svensson concluded.
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The project to expand folding boxboard production capacity has been completed at the Husum integrated pulp and paperboard mill in Sweden. With the modernisation of the board machine 1 (BM1), the annual production capacity of folding boxboard (FBB) will be increased by 200,000 tons to reach 600,000 tons. This will make the Husum BM1 the largest, and most modern, paperboard machine in Europe and further strengthen Metsä Board’s position as the leading European supplier of folding boxboards.
The expansion of folding boxboard capacity is in response to the growing demand for packaging materials made of renewable resources. The BM1 produces folding boxboards that are lightweight, without sacrificing strength properties, which saves on raw materials usage and helps to reduce the carbon footprint of packaging.
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Toscotec will supply a complete rebuild of PM1’s drying section to Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid at its Skåpafors mill in Sweden. Planned for the second half of 2024, the project aims to support Rexcell to achieve substantial energy consumption reductions as part of its strong commitment to sustainability.
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Despite the extremely difficult situation created by the ongoing conflict, A.Celli and Kochavinska Paper Factory teams managed to start up the new iDEAL® tissue line provided for the plant located in the Lviv region.
A.Celli and Kochavinska Paper Factory show the result of their joined forces: the first tissue paper roll produced with the new A.Celli turnkey plant located in the Lviv region, Ukraine.
The difficulties caused by the war posed a real challenge to the success of the project, leading to the search of new ways to complete the planned interventions. Thanks to this approach, A.Celli managed to install the plant and perform the commissioning and start-up with very few field resources and intensive remote support, once again confirming itself as a company ready to be at its customer’s side in any situation.
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Stora Enso has launched a new operating model at its logging sites in Finland to improve the vitality and biodiversity of forests. In practice, this is done by reducing the density of planted spruce from 1,800 seedlings per hectare to 1,600 seedlings per hectare. This will increase mixed-species forests, which is one of the overarching objectives of Stora Enso’s biodiversity programme and part of the actions both in Finland and Sweden.
A mixed forest is defined as a forest in which the main tree species does not exceed 75% of the growing stock. It may consist of coniferous trees (such as spruce or pine), broadleaved trees (such as birch), or a mixture of both. These kinds of forests are the environments where biodiversity prospers: especially broadleaved trees create vital habitats for many endangered species. Currently, broadleaves are a minority in boreal forests, which is why concrete actions are needed.
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Sofidel has opened an automated warehouse at its plant in Ciechanów, Poland. The new 11,000 m2 warehouse can handle 32,000 pallets of goods and is designed to ensure higher efficiency and safety standards. The automated warehouse in Ciechanów, whose project was coordinated by Sofidel’s technical department, is the second one built in Europe, the first being in Sweden, and the third in the world, after the one in Circleville, Ohio, United States.
Efficiency in terms of space, logistics and customer service
Pallets of goods are stored in an area of 8,500 m2spread across eight floors. Six stacker trolleys operate here autonomously, and satellite shuttles transfer or pick up pallets of products in the storage cell assigned by the control system. This solution saves up to 40% of warehouse space.
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The hygiene and health company Essity has inaugurated the world’s first production line for professional hygiene tissue products where the raw material consists of used food and milk packaging. The facility recycles 25,000 tons per year, equivalent to 60% of all collected, sorted and recycled food and beverage cartons in France.
The latest expansion at Essity’s Hondouville plant has increased the facility’s recycling capacity by 40%.
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Luigi Lazzareschi, the CEO of Sofidel, a leading global provider of paper for hygienic and domestic use, has been recognized as a 2023 Store Brands Game Changer.
For the past three years, Store Brands has recognized private-label organization leaders and brands across the world whose innovative ideas are driving positive change in the industry. Lazzareschi was recognized for his leadership in technological and personnel investments to enhance Sofidel’s sustainability efforts.
“It’s our priority to create an inclusive, resilient and sustainable future for people and the planet,” said Luigi Lazzareschi, CEO, Sofidel. “I’m honored to be featured as a 2023 Store Brands Game Changer. We are committed to promoting transformative change and creating shared value for all our stakeholders; our customers and distributors are key partners in achieving this purpose.”
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Andritz to supply new debarking and chipping line to Nordic Paper Bäckhammar mill, Sweden
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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.
The new wood room contributes to meeting the very high pulp quality standards at the Bäckhammar mill. The plant will have the capacity to process over 1.4 million m³ sob of pine and spruce logs annually. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025.
The new wood room will be the benchmark in sustainable solutions in the wood handling area. The delivery includes a new debarking and chipping line with steam de-icing in the debarking drum, which ensures a high debarking degree with low wood losses and at the same time saves energy.
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Lessebo Paper, one of the world’s most environmentally friendly boutique paper mills, now enters into a new wholesale agreement with the Swedish company Addbrand, a graphic reseller in the Nordics for graphic products and services.
Lessebo Paper, one of the world’s most environmentally friendly boutique paper mills, has inked a new wholesale contract with the Swedish firm Addbrand, a distributor specialising in selling graphic products and services aimed at printers, branding companies, and packaging producers in the Nordic graphic intermediary sector.
During 2022, Lessebo Paper launched Lessebo Colours, a new series of environmentally friendly papers in a palette consisting of 48 carefully curated shades, specially designed to create high-quality packaging, for maximum expression with minimal footprint.
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Sofidel announced that it is investing $185 million to increase production capacity at its tissue mill in Circleville, Ohio. The project involves the construction of a new building that will house a new Valmet DCT 200 tissue machine. The new machine will have the capacity to produce 70,000 metric tons per year.
The Circleville plant, which started-up in October of 2018, currently operates two Valmet Advantage NTT tissue machines. Each machine has the capacity to produce 70,000 metric tons per year.
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According to a survey conducted by Karriärföretagen in May-July 2023, which garnered responses from 3,756 young professionals, Billerud has once again been acknowledged as one of the top ten employers in Sweden, and consolidates its position as the second most attractive employer for bachelor engineers and the third most attractive employer for master engineers.
“At Billerud, we are committed to fostering sustainable working conditions for all our employees and leaders. We place a strong emphasis on analyzing and understanding the factors that motivate both our current and potential employees,” stated Jimmy Hayashi, Director of People Development.
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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.
The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the second quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
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 mill for future capacity increases.
“We have established a long-lasting relationship with Valmet and have learned to trust their expertise. We have confidence in Valmet’s technology and found their solution superior to the alternatives,” says Samuel Wirzén, Project Manager at Billerud’s Skärblacka mill.
“We are happy that Skärblacka chose Valmet to supply washer technology. We believe that our solution will be both valuable to the mill and prolong the lifespan of their machine,” says Lennart Montonen, Sales Manager, Pulp Solutions, EMEA Area at Valmet.
The rebuild will include a complete technology upgrade and an installation of a Valmet Atmospheric Diffuser Kit, leading to optimized washing and increased capacity.
Billerud provides paper and packaging materials made from virgin fiber – passionately committed to sustainability, quality, and customer value. The Skärblacka mill produces white machine glazed kraft paper, brown sack paper and fluting and runs two laboratories specialized in developing packaging for food and medical products.
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Billerud today announced that its President and CEO, Christoph Michalski, is leaving the company, with immediate effect. Michalski has held the position of CEO since November 2020.
Billerud’s Board of Directors has appointed the current CFO and deputy CEO, Ivar Vatne, as acting CEO. Vatne joined the company as CFO in May 2019 and has also been deputy CEO since October 2022. Prior to joining Billerud, Vatne held executive positions within Arla, Fiskars and P&G.
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Valmet will deliver two TwinRoll wash presses to Holmen Iggesund Paperboard’s Iggesund Mill in Sweden. The start-up is scheduled for October 2024.
The value of the order will not be disclosed.
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UPM Biomedicals’ innovative wound dressing FibDex is undergoing a clinical investigation of performance and safety in patients with superficial dermal burns. The clinical investigation will be conducted by the Burn Centre of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, and is estimated to be completed in the beginning of the year 2025.
UPM Biomedicals has previously prepared all the required protocols and other documents and received the regulatory and ethical approvals. The clinical investigation has started with Fredrik Huss (MD, PhD, Assoc. Professor) as the principal investigator and is enrolling patients since May 2023.
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