Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported financial results for the first quarter of 2017. The company reported net sales of $437.5 million for the first quarter of 2017, essentially flat with net sales of $437.2 million for the first ...
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Valmet has secured a repeat order from First Quality Tissues (FQT) for its Advantage THRU-AIR tissue line. FQT plans to begin a new production line in the second quarter of 2018 and it will increase its production by 70,000 tons of ultra ...
Minnesota Twins and Eco-Products have collaborated once again to turn trash into compost similar to last year. After turning 300 tons of trash into fertile soil last year, the Minnesota Twins and Eco-Products plan to top that number this ...
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Russian meat and feed producer Cherkizovo has agreed to acquire domestic grain producer Napko for around RUB5bn ($88m). Cherkizovo will also assume the net debt of the grain producer which stood at RUB751m ($13m) as of 31 March 2017. ...
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Dow Chemical has completed construction phase of ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, ahead of schedule. The firm is now progressing through the commissioning phase for the ethylene facility scheduled by mid-year. Dow ...
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Swiss specialty chemicals firm Clariant is strengthening its collaboration with Gettel High-Tech Materials on biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) manufacturing in China. The companies will jointly promote additives and liquid feeding ...
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German chemical company BASF is building a new plastic additives plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. The development is a part of the company's €200m global investment plan to boost its plastic additives business. With an ...
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Tense delivery situation for titanium dioxide entails price increase for white printing inks as well as the use of substitute quality products. We would like to inform you that we are forced to increase our prices for white printing inks ...
Vigilant Personal Protection Systems has introduced a new brand packaging platform which intends to eliminate harmful plastics to emphasize environmental sustainability. Based on Walmart's sustainability practice, Vigilan will implement ...
Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper has commissioned Valmet-supplied fine paper production line in China. The new production line PM 12 has been installed to produce fine papers. It is expected to help increase Asia Symbol’s ability to ...
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Numerical targets to reduce coal and steel production capacity have, for the first time, been set in the annual Chinese government work report. China will reduce steel production capacity this year by around 50 million metric tons and ...
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Cascades Sonoco, a joint venture of recycled fibre packaging company Cascades and Sonoco, is planning to invest approximately $16m at its facility in Birmingham, Alabama, US to support development of new product line. The investment at ...
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Jindal Films Europe, a leading manufacturer of specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, has announced that it will increase extrusion capabilities at its Virton site in Belgium. This expansion represents the next phase of ...
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KapStone Paper and Packaging reported preliminary results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. As compared to 2015's fourth quarter, results for 2016's fourth quarter: Net sales of $777 million, up $13 million, or 2 ...
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Sappi has announced plans to invest at its facilities in Europe and the US in a bid to increase capacities for packaging and specialty paper. In the next three years, the firm intends to invest $140m in equipment upgrades and production ...
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