BASF is changing the organizational set-up of its paper chemicals business to strengthen its competitiveness and better meet the needs of the paper industry. BASF is a leading global supplier to the paper industry and offers a comprehensive ...
Tags: BASF, Chemicals Business, Decoration
FutureMark Alsip, a company that makes coated publication and printing papers from recycled materials, will indefinitely place its mill in idle mode due to challenging market conditions in the North American coated paper market. The ...
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National Bureau of Statistics data show that China paper & paperboard production was 10.1 million tons in May 2013, decease by 1.1% compared to the last year. January-May cumulative production of 48.7 million tons, with an increase of 0.5%. ...
Tags: Office Paper Industry, China Paper&Paperboard Production
Lignin, a component of lignocellulosic biomass and a common byproduct stream from cellulosic conversion processes, has a potential market worth of USD242 billion across 13 select products alone, but commercialization of these lignin derived ...
Tags: Lignin, Chemical Product, Decoration
Austria-based Andritz has signed an agreement with Spanish recycling specialist Alucha to supply new technologies and equipment for pyrolysis of rejects (waste) produced in the processing of liquid packaging board for paper production. ...
Tags: Andritz, pyrolysis of rejects, Packaging
The report includes data about production, consumption and the trade of pulp, paper and raw materials, as well as data on energy and environment. CEPI members produced 91.1 million tonnes of paper and board in 2013. This is a decrease ...
Early in 2013, a research group led by Biome Bioplastics was awarded a grant by the UK's innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, to investigate pulp and paper by-product, lignin, as a new source of organic chemicals for ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bioplastic bag
US-based Minerals Technologies (MTI) has signed an agreement with Zhejiang Zhengda Paper Group to build a satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant in Zhejiang Province, China. Expected to be operational in the fourth quarter ...
FKuR has been on a growth spurt. The company's flagship bioplastic, Bio-Flex, is a blend of blends of co-polyester and PLA with a very high content of natural resource material, and comes in thirteen grades. Each Bio-Flex packaging film ...
Mouvex is pleased to announce that its SLC Series Eccentric Disc Pumps feature a design that is ideal for demanding liquid-transfer applications found in the pulp-and-paper industry, including the handling of numerous chemical-based ...
Tags: Pumps, Paper Industry
BASF is implementing a series of measures in its paper chemicals business to further strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. In response to decreasing market demand BASF is adjusting capacities in its European ...
On his appointment, McGann said the global competitiveness of Europe is still an issue that needs to be addressed by the EU. "The pulp and paper industry is a leading sector in the bio-economy with a large renewable energy and raw ...
Sulzer Pumps received an order to supply more than 400 pumps and agitators to CMPC Celulose Riograndense S.A. (CMPC), one of the largest forestry-based companies in Latin America. The order is one of the biggest project orders to Sulzer ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Pumps, Agitators
The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) said the vote in Strasbourg will save more than 20,000 direct green jobs in the paper industry and an estimated additional 140,000 indirect jobs in Europe. “We are glad to see ...
Tags: Waste Paper Legislation, Packaging
Automotive companies with well-defined innovation strategies have competitive advantages ranging from talent attraction to revenue growth, according to a recent PwC study. The highway to growth: strategies for automotive innovation released ...