The inauguration of the new integrated corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco, marks Smurfit Kappas first operation in North Africa.
Morocco offers an exciting opportunity, with the OECD forecasting a 3.5% growth rate in 2023 and 3.7% in 2024. The country’s location enables Smurfit Kappa to serve not only the local market but wider regions in Africa.
The Group has invested over Euro 35 million in the 25,000 m2 facility.
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Northwood Group successfully launched Northwood Consuma Tissue (NCT) in December 2022, the company announces now the expansion of its converting capability with the purchase of a new 14-acre (5.7 hectares) site housing a 235,000 sq ft (22,000 sq m) facility in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. This will dramatically increase the available output of toilet tissue and kitchen towel and allows the company to be true cross-category paper partners to its premium grocery customers.
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Runtech Systems delivers two RunEco vacuum systems to Shanying Suzhou Paper, at its site in Suzhou, Anhui Province, China. The delivery consists of 14 EP Turbo Blowers and parts for the concrete water separators. RunEco systems will provide vacuum for the two new linerboard machines PM71 and PM72 with design speed of 1,300 m/min and reel width of 8,600 mm. The total production capacity of the corrugating medium machines is around 800,000 tons per year.
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Paper One Show, the premier international paper exhibition since 2007, is dedicated to all kinds of paper and paper manufacturing, paper jumbo rolls, finished products, printing, writing, tissue, and hygienic paper, converters, cartons, paperboard, and more.
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Valmet has on July 7, 2023, entered into an agreement to acquire Körber Group’s Business Area Tissue. The Business Area Tissue specializes in innovative converting and packaging technologies and services for the tissue industry.
By combining the complementary offering and competencies of Valmet and the acquired business, Valmet creates the market’s widest technology, automation and services offering for the growing tissue industry covering the entire tissue value chain. Growth in tissue demand is driven by several favourable trends such as increased hygiene awareness and standards of living.
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Following the announcement on 15 December 2022 of the agreement to sell its three Russian packaging converting operations to the Gotek Group for a total consideration of RUB 1.6bn, Mondi plc (“Mondi”) confirms that Gotek Group received all requisite approvals and the sale has now completed. Mondi has received net proceeds of €۳۰.4m from this disposal into its Austrian bank account.
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New Leaf Paper, Inc has acquired Arnold Grummer’s LLC. The Wisconsin-based company distributes nationwide as the preferred supplier of hand papermaking kits.
Arnold Grummer’s will remain in Wisconsin, with headquarters moving to New Leaf Paper in Appleton. Oversight of Arnold Grummer’s will move forward with Paul Bradshaw as President and Sabrina Schwietzer as Executive Vice President, both from New Leaf Paper, with transition support from Kim Grummer.
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Valmet has been selected to supply an OptiFlo Layering Fourdrinier headbox with Aqua layering technology, Valmet Conical Refiners Pro and Conflo to Shree Ajit Pulp and Paper Limited for their Unit 2 Mill at Vapi, Gujarat in India. The start-up is planned for the first quarter 2024.
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BMH Technology has signed a contract with SAICA Paper France for the delivery and installation of a combined biomass fuel and paper rejects handling plant in Nogent[۱]sur-Seine, France. The system will process waste wood collected from the surrounding 150 kilometers as well as use the pulper and fibrous rejects from the paper mill process.
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Musser Biomass and Wood products, a division of family-owned and -operated Musser Lumber Company based in Virgina, US, will invest $7.5 million (€۶.8m) and create ten new jobs to expand its operation in Wythe County.
The expansion will more than double production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust the company supplies to composite decking manufacturers, plastic extrusion companies, and BBQ and heating wood pellet companies.
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UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of the recovered paper sorting plant ASK Kinsau in Germany to Fisel Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a recovered logistics and municipal waste disposal company.
The sale and purchase agreement includes the site and buildings. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
All employees of ASK Kinsau will be transferred to the new owner.
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In mid-June, the leading full-line supplier Voith successfully commissioned the XcelLine PM 16 for Chinese paper manufacturer Huawon at the Ma’anshan site in Anhui Province. With the PM 16, Huawon will produce high-quality, environmentally friendly décor base paper and thus strengthen its market position at home and abroad.
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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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Avery Dennison, has today introduced four labeling papers made from recycled pulp and alternative fibers aimed at the premium packaging segment including wine and spirits, craft beverages, gourmet food, beauty and fragrances.
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ProJet, Netherlands received an order for the supply of 4 new high pressure showers, which will be delivered to PM1 at Cartiera Pirinoli, Roccavione(CN), Italy.
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Metsä Fibre said construction of its Kemi bioproduct mill is progressing on schedule. Mill test run and trials are currently underway, as is installation work.
Wood deliveries to the new mill began in April, transported by road and rail. The mill’s new electrified private track allows wood to be brought right up to the mill by electric locomotive. The first train carrying a wood load arrived at the mill on 21 April, 2023.
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Walki Group, through its startup investment initiative Walki Ventures, has invested in Finnish start-up The Paper Lid Company (‘TPLC’). TPLC’s sustainable paper lid manufacturing site in Masku, Finland, is ready for scaling up production volumes supported by Walki’s material conversion and printing capabilities.
According to Walki, TPLC has developed a unique way of manufacturing high-quality recyclable paper lids. The lid fits firmly to the cup, has a pleasant touch and feel, can be custom printed and comes at a competitive price compared to plastic alternatives.
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Norske Skog celebrates grand opening of Bruck PM3, and becoming the go-to supplier for sustainable containerboard production, based on 100% recycled fiber.
“The Bruck PM3 plays a vital role in our plans to introduce 760,000 tonnes of containerboard capacity to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging, and supporting Europe in its need to replace fossil-based packaging material. It was great to be in Bruck today and to share this milestone with everyone here,” says Norske Skog CEO Tore Hansesætre.
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Pratt Industries will officially open its new $253 million advanced manufacturing box factory in Cedar Hill, Texas, today.
At capacity, the 1.1 million square foot plant — one of the largest and most modern of the company’s 71 factories spread across 25 US states — will provide 375 full-time, high-paying, green-collar manufacturing jobs. That brings Pratt’s total workforce to 11,500.
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The EU is close to agreeing new rules around packaging and packaging waste, but amendments proposed to the Commission’s proposal risk flooding the market with millions of tonnes of new plastic and rolling back a decade of measures to curb plastic use, according to DS Smith, the FTSE 100 leader in sustainable packaging, paper products and recycling.
Amendments to the Commission’s proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are being debated by MEPs and Member States, and proposed changes include introducing mandatory reuse targets for all materials.
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