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.
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VPK Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Zetacarton, an Italian corrugated cardboard company based near Como. With this new step, VPK Group is setting foot in Italy for the first time.
Zetacarton, an Italian company led by the Zanfrini family, is a leading producer of corrugated board packaging including special niche products such as fanfold and big-box packaging.
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Engraving Solutions, a service provider for the development of engraving patterns and the production of embossing rolls, part of the Körber Business Area Tissue, sets a new standard in the field of embossing technology with Warm-Up Ready and FLER, two exclusive solutions based on an electromagnetic induction heating system and an innovative texture concept, respectively. State-of-the-art technologies combined with consolidated know-how in the Tissue paper converting industry are the factors behind customers’ choice to rely on Engraving Solutions as the ideal partner for the creation of unprecedented finished products, thanks to customized and 100% Made in Italy embossing systems, which allow, in some cases, to triple sales.
Mauro Gelli, Engineering and R&D Manager of Engraving Solutions commented “In a highly competitive market scenario such as that of Tissue paper, it is important to offer a value-added service that goes beyond the production of engraving rolls. The complete proposal of ad hoc solutions, branded Engraving Solutions, is the result of constant investments in R&D, latest generation technologies and in-depth studies of new engravings. An approach that has led us to develop Warm-Up Ready and Fler, two innovative embossing systems with multiple advantages, including significant cost containment and superior quality of the finished product.”
Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment into its Dixie tableware facility in Darlington, South Carolina, and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community celebration. The improvements will expand its plate and bowl production operations to meet customer and consumer demand for these popular disposable household products. The Darlington facility now has additional printing capability, state-of-the-art plate presses and a new finished goods warehouse. Georgia-Pacific, through this investment, is striving to be a preferred partner for suppliers, customers, and the Darlington community. The expanded facility also created 100 new full-time jobs. The facility currently has 500 total employees.
Andritz has received an order from the pulp and paper producer The Navigator Company to supply a new recovery boiler, new ash leaching system and an upgrade of the non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system for its pulp mill in Setúbal, Portugal. ANDRITZ will execute the order on a turn-key basis with start-up scheduled for the first quarter of 2025.
Andritz’s sustainable technologies improve mills’ environmental performance and support Navigator’s Responsible 2030 Agenda.
The non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system is part of ANDRITZ’s CircleToZero initiative that focuses on eliminating unused side streams, create new added-value products and lay a foundation for zero emissions and zero waste production.
Kadant Noss AB, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., has announced its agreement to deliver a Green Liquor System upgrade to the Södra Cell Mörrum Mill in Sweden. This order encompasses the provision of a green liquor clarifier, dregs precoat filter, engineering services, and on-site support.
Mörrum Mill is a specialized facility with two distinct production lines. One line manufactures a wide variety of premium paper pulps, while the other is dedicated to dissolving pulp for textile and other applications, featuring the innovative OnceMore® process.
Enstra Paper, member of the Corruseal Group and one of the largest producers of recycled containerboard grades in South Africa, has engaged Voith to rebuild its PM 6 for packaging paper in Springs, close to Johannesburg, in South Africa. Voith will supply a new BlueLine OCC stock preparation line to improve efficiency, runability and paper quality. The leading full-line supplier will also undertake substantial rebuild measures on the existing paper machine that was converted from newsprint to packaging papers in 2015.
“Enstra Paper’s new production line 6 will significantly improve our competitiveness, cost situation and product quality,” says Rajiv Mehta, Joint CEO at Corruseal Group. “The partnership with Voith is the next important investment step for the future of our company.”
Andritz will supply a pressurized refining system to Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH’s mill in Meppen, Germany, to produce wood-based insulation products. This will be the 15th insulation board production line equipped with an ANDRITZ pressurized refining system, confirming ANDRITZ’s strong position in the industry.
The new line will process a mixture of wood chips from different types of timber to produce insulation boards for the construction industries. Start-up is scheduled for 2025.
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As part of Alkim Kağıt latest investment to extend the range of paper grades and achieve the highest product quality standards, A.Celli will provide an ÆGO™ SIZER Film Size Press.
The Film Size Press will be designed to process special papers at a maximum speed of 1150 m/min and to apply starch on various paper grades, from 80 gsm copy paper up to 350 gsm Bristol paper. The unit will also feature a fully automatic threading system equipped with tail cutter, tail shooter, vacuum belt and air turn.
With this project, which sees the implementation of PMT’s best technologies, Alkim Kağıt is confirming the willingness to continue the long and fruitful cooperation previously established with PMT engineers, while A.Celli takes a further step to consolidate its presence in the Turkish market as a supplier of paper machine technological solutions for all paper grades.
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Rottneros is extending its commitment as an active partner in Sting Bioeconomy’s Industri Partner Program. The Industri Partner Program is a platform and catalyst for the crucial green transition aimed at creating a sustainable industry with reduced environmental and climate impact. A significant part of the program involves bringing together startups and industry partners with mutual interests.
“This is an incredibly important collaboration. We always strive to be at the forefront of environmental and sustainability efforts within the group. Our partnership with Sting Bioeconomy is valuable and provides us with the opportunity to engage with companies and entrepreneurs and be a part of innovative processes,” says Lennart Eberleh, CEO of Rottneros.
“It’s very exciting and meaningful that we have the opportunity to continue this collaboration. Rottneros has been a key partner for a long time, and we look forward to continuing the journey with them,” says Victor Isaksen, CEO of Sting Bioeconomy.
The collaboration underscores Rottneros’ commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices and aligns with Sting Bioeconomy’s vision of working with engaged stakeholders to create opportunities for innovative partnerships and environmentally friendly solutions.
Softys has selected Toscotec for the supply of a complete tissue line at their facility in Altamira, Mexico. Scheduled for start-up in the first quarter of 2025, the new AHEAD 2.2 line (PM5) will be supplied on a turnkey basis.
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The AHEAD 2.2 machine guarantees the highest available drying efficiency through the combination of TT NextPress shoe press, TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer, and high efficiency TT Hoods. The shoe press is equipped with TT TurboDryer, which uses heat recovered from the air system to reduce water viscosity and enhance the shoe press’s de-watering action to significantly increase post-press dryness. The Yankee hoods also feature TT Swing, an innovative solution that delivers maximum flexibility and energy saving in regulating the air system operation mode. Based on the production needs, TT Swing can be easily adjusted to run as a parallel system (two separate circuits of heated air, one to the wet end hood and the other to the dry end), a cascade system (air from dry end hood flows into wet end hood before recirculating), or a hybrid system configuration (heated air to the wet end hood and only extraction from the dry end) in order to guarantee optimal energy efficiency in the drying section of the tissue machine.
Mondi Grünburg has partnered with NKE, a prominent manufacturer of bearing solutions for wind, railway and industrial applications, to create a new packaging solution for wind power components. With the rising demand for renewable energy sources, the wind power sector has gained significant attention. The challenging operating conditions of wind turbines necessitate components that deliver exceptional efficiency and uncompromising reliability.
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PA Consulting (PA), the company bringing ingenuity to life, and PulPac, the Swedish R&D and IP company behind Dry Molded Fiber, announce that global consumer health company Haleon has joined its Blister Pack Collective as a founding member.
PA and PulPac created the Blister Pack Collective to limit the use of non-recyclable plastics in over-the-counter and prescription drug packaging through cross-industry collaboration. It brings together pharma, consumer health, and FMCG businesses to accelerate progress towards a world of more sustainable tablet packs, free from problem plastics like polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
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DS Smith recently announced the launch of our global Research & Development (R&D) and Innovation Centre, ‘R8’. The new facility is an industry-first and allows the company, its customers, and partners to accelerate the research and development of radically new packaging fulfillment solutions.
Located near Birmingham in the UK, the R8 facility includes a 4,000m2 pilot hall, four laboratories, conditioning chambers, an ideation and design studio, prototyping areas, and collaboration spaces. As well as being the home of our Group Innovation and R&D teams, it is intended to spearhead research in manufacturing, maximising on the growing demand for sustainable packaging, and the innovation needed to deliver it.
“Our customers are some of the world’s most iconic brands, so innovation and sustainability are high on their agenda. The R8 will facilitate the collaboration that we know is needed to solve some of the industry’s biggest challenges”, says Stefano Rossi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Packaging Division, DS Smith.
Andritz will rebuild a paper machine at Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill in Sweden to provide maximum production flexibility.
Start-up is planned for autumn 2024.
This order follows Holmen Paper’s recent successful entry into the packaging market with an innovative lightweight corrugated board product. The rebuild of PM52 will enable Holmen Paper to increase the production of fluting for corrugated boxes. ANDRITZ will implement a sophisticated technology concept allowing to easily switch production between the different paper grades.
The persistent global economic downturn is proving to be much tougher than anticipated with depressed markets, geopolitical instability and weak economic growth combining to put significant pressure on Sappi, particularly in Europe.
“In response we announced on 6 July 2023 the start of a consultation process on the possible closure of Stockstadt Mill. We have completed this process and agreed on the social plan for the employees. In addition, an agreement has been signed for the sale of the site. The closure of the site should be completed during the first calendar quarter of 2024. Once all closure elements are taken into account, the impact is expected to be cash neutral”, Sappi writes.
Sappi continues to be faced with significant overcapacity in graphic paper forcing us to take extended periods of costly commercial downtime. As the recent over-stocking by customers reduces it has become very clear that demand will not return to previous levels. Combined with input cost pressure, we do not see this situation, caused by factors beyond our control improving in the foreseeable future.
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE: RYAM) is announcing that in order to optimize inventory levels and address lower-than-anticipated demand, its Témiscaming Paperboard operation and one of its High-Yield Pulp lines will be idled for 3 weeks, beginning on October 7.
Customer orders will not be affected, the company said.
The Témiscaming mill, which is located in Quebec, Canada, produces high-purity cellulose, high-yield pulp, and coated paperboard. Its operations are powered by carbon-neutral hydroelectricity, and a renewable biomass power generation system on-site, which produces renewable energy for the Hydro Quebec grid.
The mill employs around 700 people.
RYAM is a global leader of cellulose-based technologies, including high purity cellulose specialties, a natural polymer commonly found in filters, food, pharmaceuticals, and other industrial applications. The Company also manufactures products for paper and packaging markets.
SOURCE: Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM)
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OptiCept Technologies has entered an agreement with a world-leading forestry company in Brazil. Cuttings will now be boosted with nutrients using a unique vacuum impregnation technology called OptiBoost. The focus is on treating high-yielding cutting clones and maximizing their use in production.
The collaboration was initiated in early 2023 when the company evaluated the method on selected clones. The results achieved motivated the Brazilian company to enter a long-term partnership with OptiCept Technologies and for the implementation of the OptiBoost technology for cuttings.
The OptiBoost technology is a symbiosis of two technologies. Vacuum impregnation and nanotechnology. Cuttings are impregnated with a functionalized nutrient solution based on the third generation of patented nanotechnology. The process is executed in a small vacuum chamber that can manage up to 15,000 cuttings per hour.
The OptiBoost vauum impregnation (VI) is done with the purpose to improve the rooting and growth of cuttings and thereby decreases losses of eucalyptus and tropical clone cuttings propagation.
Mr. Reuswich, the owner of AIP group, and Top Management team visit the Advanced Industries Packaging plant in Achern, Germany, to discuss the progress achieved within the last 6 months since the acquisition and future strategy of AIP group development.
The visit also included a comprehensive tour of the production floor, led by the Plant Director, who provided insights into the plant’s current operational activities. This hands-on experience allowed the participants to gain a deeper understanding of the plant’s day-to-day operations and the dedication of the AIP team in delivering top-quality packaging solutions.
In addition to these activities, a highly productive meeting was held between the Works Council of the AIP plant in Achern and the Top Management team. This collaborative dialogue served as a testament to our commitment to fostering strong relationships with the company’s workforce, ensuring that their voices are heard and valued.
Andritz will supply a complete fiber preparation line for a greenfield plant in the Toshka area in the south of Egypt. 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.
Andritz will execute this order in cooperation with the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist WESER Industrie- und Anlagentechnik GmbH and DIEFFENBACHER GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, a leading manufacturer of press systems and complete plants for the wood-based panel industry. On behalf of Egypt’s National Service Projects Organization (NSPO), the German company WESER is acting as the general contractor for this turnkey project.
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