"We had budgeted to produce 50,000 tonnes in 2012. That we have now reached 100,000 tonnes in January of 2013 is a fantastic result," said Dag Benestad, Business Area Manager Dissolving Pulp. It took 12 months to convert line 1 at ...
At the start of November, Greenpeace threw down the gauntlet to 15 top Italian and French luxury fashion brands, challenging these companies with 25 'uncomfortable' questions about their supply chains. Why? Every day another piece of the ...
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The most modern fiber plant worldwide The most modern fiber production line in the world is currently being built in Lenzing, Austria. The combined expertise and technologies of the Lenzing and the Tencel Group, which were recently ...
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The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) today announced its decision to launch an anti-dumping investigation against pulp imports from US, Canada and Brazil. The investigation cover cellulose pulp, dissolving pulp, dissolving wood pulp, cotton ...
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Novozymes A/S — a Denmark-based manufacturer of industrial enzymes and biotechnological solutions — has acquired Iogen Bio-Products — the industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based biotechnology company Iogen Corp — ...
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APP, one of the world’s largest paper and packaging producers, announced an end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect. Greenpeace said that after a decade of public ...
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Metso will supply Hyogo Pulp Industries with a pulp drying line for its mill in Tanigawa, Japan as part of an order. The capacity of the new line, for which start-up is planned for the last quarter of 2014, will be 770 air dried tons per ...
Thai paper-maker Double A has acquired a pulp and paper mill facility in northern France from the French government agency, Eure. Double A has bought the properties and assets needed to re-start paper activities for an amount of Euro15 ...
Sodra Cell has sold 100,000 tonnes of textile pulp since production began at its Morrum mill in December 2011. This milestone has been reached sooner than planned. "We had budgeted to produce 50,000 tonnes in 2012. That we have now ...
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Finnish pulp and paper company Metsa Board is all set to introduce its lightweight cartonboards for perfumes and cosmetics at Packaging of perfumes, Cosmetics & Design (PCD) 2013 event from 6-7 February in Paris. Besides exhibiting its ...
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Finnish pulp and paper company Metsä Board is all set to introduce its lightweight cartonboards for perfumes and cosmetics at Packaging of perfumes, Cosmetics & Design (PCD) 2013 event from 6-7 February in Paris. Besides exhibiting ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 31/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.24%),Zinc (0.72%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 30/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.35%),Zinc (1.34%),Mild steel plate (1.22%),while the ...
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Novozymes acquires Iogen Bio-Products, industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based Iogen Corporation for CAD 67.5 million (approximately DKK 370 million) and potential earn-out payments of up to CAD 12.5 million (approximately DKK 70 ...
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More than 160 people from all levels of the supply chain traveled to New Orleans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tencel®, Austria-based Lenzing AG's sustainable lyocell fiber derived from wood pulp. The "Tencel@20" seminar included ...
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