US-based corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries has announced plans to construct a new $260m recycled paper mill in Valpariaso, Indiana. Construction of the new 100% recycled paper mill is expected to start in March 2014 with ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, recycled paper
The Western and Eastern European market is finding recycled containerboard in increasingly tight supply: The sun has been shining in much of Europe and demand is up…helping to bring the Eurozone out of a long recession. Testliner ...
Minister for Resource Management, Lord de Mauley, officially opened the UK's only dedicated beverage carton recycling facility, located in Stainland (near Halifax), West Yorkshire (3 September). The new facility in Stainland near Halifax ...
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK and Sonoco Alcore will open a new beverage carton recycling facility in Stainland (near Halifax), West Yorkshire. The plant, which is a joint initiative between the two ...
Tags: Beverage Carton, Packaging
When a major company makes a huge investment in a new base in the UK, it needs the reassurance of quality components in its new operating base and reliability from the products it uses. Palm Papers – a German company with seven ...
Tags: Newspapers Printing, Wilo Pumps
In a statement published today (1 August), the global packaging giant said the time was right to split its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from Amcor's other operations. Amcor said the demerger of AAPD into a ...
In the corrugated giant's first half of the year statement published today (31 July), chief executive Gary McGann said the growth was the result of improved pricing, continued cost take-out and enhanced efficiency programmes. Revenue for ...
Australian packaging company Amcor has announced plans to demerge its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from its other operations to pursue their own growth agendas and strategic priorities. Amcor CEO and managing ...
The main story in the UK corrugated industry remains that of material prices, although another seismic bit of industry restructuring may well be afoot (I may be able to say more next month). In the meantime, a gradual dilution in happiness ...
Metso and UPM will continue their mill maintenance outsourcing agreement at the UPM Plattling mill in Bavaria, Germany, as part of an agreement. The agreement covers three paper production lines and their maintenance operations. Metso ...
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Three Ways an Industrial Puller Can Boost ProductivityMcKenzie Fritch, Industrial Pulley Puller How much downtime does the equipment in your plant cost per hour as maintenance technicians work to remove frozen, rusted, or stuck pulleys, ...
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Metso will supply a cooking plant rebuild, a brown stock washing plant and a screening plant for renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnäs’ mill in Gruvön, Sweden, as part of a contract. The mill, which has a ...
Tags: Cooking Plant, Paper Mill
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report, which details the continuing progress in its sustainable business initiatives. The report highlights that February 2013 saw the completion of ...
Jiangsu Shuangsheng Paper, the operating subsidiary of China Shengda Packaging Group, has completed the construction of a paper mill and commenced production. China Shengda Packaging chief executive officer Daliang Teng said the company ...
One of the largest wood pulp and paper mills in the world has water conservation at the heart of its operations. Extensive filtration and separation techniques are allowing Asia Pulp & Paper Hainan Jinhai to produce 900,000 tonnes of paper ...
Tags: pulp, paper mills