It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 50 remained unchanged on 04/12/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.08%),PET (0.98%),LLDPE (0.78%),while the largest ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price, 100 Spot Commodities, Commodities Price
Finnish materials company Ahlstrom has signed an agreement with Munksjö’s principal owner EQT to combine its Label and Processing business area with Munksjö to form a single company Munksjö Corporation through two ...
Tags: Business Unit, Label and Processing business, Coated Specialties plant
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, Stora Enso has launched the new Stora Enso Gallop powered by Xerox, with the new, larger sheet size Xerox iGen4 EXP press and an improved coating unit. The new Gallop edition has an integrated inline ...
Tags: Gallop Version, coating unit, Gallop edition
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,27 commodities increased in prices, 33 fell and 40 remained unchanged on 03/12/2012.The largest rises were Nickel (2.95%),Hydrochloric acid (2.94%),Bromine (1.27%),while ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price, commodities Price, spot commodities
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/11/2012.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.43%),Acetone (1.17%),while the largest ...
Tags: price, Spot Commodities, mineral
US food and beverage company Del Monte plans to introduce fruit-based packaged snacks in India through FieldFresh Foods - its 50:50 joint venture with India's Bharti Ventures. The snacks, which are being launched after six months of field ...
Tags: fruit-based packaged snacks, packaged fruits, pineapple slices
The shareholders of the Finnish group Ahlstrom voted in favour of the planned spin-off of its Label & Processing division's European activities and the sale of LP's Coated Specialities in Brazil at an extraordinary general meeting held on ...
Tags: Label&Processing, pulp, specialty paper
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra calling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched workers in TCF ...
Tags: TCFUA, TCF industry, dramatic cut, redundant workers
Pulp and paper manufacturer in Finland Stora Enso has tapped its two five-year bonds due in June 2017 both of which are issued under the company’s Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) program. The SEK1.35bn ($206m) bond that pays a floating ...
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Investment AB Kinnevik has received regulatory approval for its previously announced agreement to sell its Korsnas packaging operations to Billerud for SEK2.7bn ($406m), to form a merged group called BillerudKorsnas. According to the ...
Tags: investment, paper machine, white kraft, sack paper
Arkema announces an increase by 60€/dmt (dry metric tonne) on caustic soda prices (sodium hydroxyde 30.5% and 50%), effective October 1st, 2012 or as contracts allow. This adjustment is made necessary by the increase in the cost of ...
Tags: chemical firm, Caustic Soda prices, Caustic Soda, sodium hydroxyde
Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT), which produces and markets CRAiLAR Flax Fiber, was recently granted $263,500 in incentives from Florence County, South Carolina to be used for its manufacturing and production in the region. NAT ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,17 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 28/11/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.29%),Nickel (0.90%),Benzene (0.40%),while the ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price, Soybean meal Price, Nickel Price
Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced new fiber sourcing goals, which have been developed in collaboration with conservation organization, World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The new goals set for the pulp purchased by P&G ...
Tags: Procter&Gamble, fiber sourcing goals, recycled materials
New Zealand-based coffee roaster, Caffe Prima will launch its fully compostable foil bags made from wood pulp and corn starch by Convex Plastics in Canada. Caffe Prima owner Geoff Johnson said the new Econic coffee packets have been made ...
Tags: Foil Bags, Convex Plastics, Econic bags