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Country’s pulp imports for the first four months of 2017, however, increased 23%.

 

Country had 3.0% growth in the first quarter of 2017, totaling 4.69 million metric tons against the 4.55 million metric tons recorded in the same period of last year.

 

BEK pulp exports were down 10.6% in April, and flat through the first four months of the year.

 

Company received a Gold rating by EcoVadis, following the assessment of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) engagement.

 

PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machine is the twelfth tissue machine supplied by Andritz, Austria, to the Hengan Group, China. It has a design speed of 2,000 m/min. and a width of 5.6 meters.

 

Project at mill in Mexico involves replacing two kneaders with a Krima Ultra Compact Dispersing unit.

 

3M Canada's annual "Service Quality Supplier" awards recognize suppliers who consistently exceed the company's expectations, and deliver "best in-class" performance.

 

Victoria Thomas, information security awareness program lead for Kimberly-Clark, accepted prestigious CSO50 Award at the annual CSO50 Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., USA.

 

A world leader in specialty chemicals, Solenis is investing in Brazil, affirming the region’s strategic importance for business growth.

 

Key items aligned for long-term industrial growth in Uruguay.

 

Van Houtum is an Away from Home (AfH) specialist from the Netherlands, with sales of around EUR 60 million. With the takeover, WEPA is expanding its position in the AfH segment as a major supplier in Central Europe.

 

New machine at Tres Lagoas, Brazil, is scheduled to come online in Q3/2017.

 

Strategic collaboration is for the development of water-based adhesive solutions.

 

Existing evaporation train will be converted, from using medium-pressure steam as today's heating media, to become essentially low-pressure steam driven.

 

Scope of supply includes a new DD-Washer, which ensures the production of high-purity pulp used for food packaging.

 

Inkjet corrugated board press at McGowans’ Dublin, Ireland, facility will give McGowans the ability to capture new growth opportunities in short-run corrugated packaging and display production.

 

With acquisition, company adds bagging systems capability to protective packaging portfolio.

 

Improvement has enabled us to run a higher, more stable load, resulting in a record-setting steaming average the following month," said Barry Hensley, powerhouse superintendent, WestRock.

 

High-capacity Andritz needlepunch neXline eXcelle line will produce industrial textiles such as nonwoven felts made of different polymers such as polyester, polypropylene, polyacrylnitrile, aramid, PPS, polyimide, and viscose.

 

Standard will help producers of Nonwovens to ensure safe and reliable operation of their machines. It also provides the basic prerequisite for meeting expectations in respect of production and quality.

 

New machine combines many latest packaging production technologies and offers numerous technical, financial, and commercial advantages including significantly speeding up throughput times and reducing waste.

 

Innovations take more tissue on the go, offer stronger and larger tissue.

 

iNew product is a special uncoated packaging grade, suitable for food and non-food end-uses, where a natural look is as important as excellent printability and conversion properties.

 

Company offers creative ideas to optimize digital print projects for hospitality, plus free dielines.

 

Ensocoat now comes with even better whiteness and shade to meet the most stringent demands of luxury brands and the graphical industry.

 

Price increase of the ASA sizing chemicals will be approximately 5%-10%, depending on the specific formulations and can differ in selected geographies.

 

Due to the continuing rise of raw materials prices, particularly pulp, company will implement a further price increase for its woodfree papers, beginning June 15, 2017.

 

Nico Delvaux will become president and CEO of Metso Corp. at the beginning of November 2017 at the latest.

 

Ilkka Hämälä has worked for Metsä Group since 1988. Since 2008, he has been the CEO of Metsä Fibre Oy and a member of the Metsä Group Executive Management Team.

 

Kevin Kwilinski, former CEO of Paperworks Industries, assumes leadership responsibilities from Jim Buzzard, who will resume his role as non-executive chairman of the Fort Dearborn Board of Directors.

 

Markus Mannström has been named EVP for the company's Biomaterials Division, effective June 1, 2017. He has been the group’s CTO and a member of the Group Leadership Team since 2015.

 

Miroslaw Pietraszek replaces Zbigniew Manugiewicz, PMP’s co-founder and former president, will continue to serve as a member of PMP’s supervisory board of directors.

 

David Phillipes joins healthcare sector provider of folding cartons and printed components.

 

Lars P.S. Sperre replaces Sven Ombudstvedt who this week resigned as president and CEO of the company.

 

Jim Mugford has restructured and improved the company’s Canadian turbo and pump services operations, grown the U.S. electromechanical business, and restructured and integrated the North American pump services business into Sulzer’s Rotating Equipment Services division.

 

Bertram Staudenmaier, chairman of the Management Board of Voith Paper, is leaving the company. His successor will be named at the next Supervisory Board regular meeting on June 2, 2017.

 

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) offers five short courses in its remaining 2017 schedule, including the upcoming Coating and Lamination in Packaging Applications course.

 

Featuring a special focus on bio-based nanomaterial.

 

Held in conjunction with IEEE’s 63rd Annual Pulp, Paper, and Forest Industries Conference, this course focuses on the knowledge needed to apply basic paper machine drives to day-to-day operations.

 

"Operational Excellence and the Role of Consistency" will be presented my Mike Hendricks, applications manager at BTG Americas Inc. on May 19, 2017.

 

Gain valuable insight on water usage in the tissue industry from an expert panel at TAPPI and RISI's Tissue 2017 Conference and Expo Oct. 3-6, 2017, in Miami, Fla., USA, at the Eden Roc Resort.