Metso is all set to supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line to paper an pulp manufacturer Lee & Man Paper for its Chongqing site in Sichuan Province in China. According to the Finnish engineering and technology company, the ...
Spanish paper and packaging company Saica has announced the opening of its £300m PM11 recycled paper mill in Partington near Manchester, UK. The mill, which is part of a £0.5bn investment by the company in the UK, is expected ...
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Finnish engineering and technology company Metso is all set to supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line for the Ban Pong mill of Siam Kraft Industry in Ratchaburi, Thailand. The start-up of the machine with an extended scope ...
The UK market was at its seasonal low in February, although one should avoid any undue gloom…demand was entirely in line with expectations. Indeed, it may surprise you to note that January was actually up some 8% up on the same month ...
Tags: Raj Bhardwaj, Recycled Containerboard Prices, Head of Steam
Whilst UK GDP growth stalled in the last quarter of 2012, we have a record high in the number of jobs and ultra-low interest rates…hence we're not witnessing the huge job losses and brutal levels of home repossessions that the ...
International Paper (IP) and corrugated packaging producer in Brazil Jari Celulose, Embalagens e Papel, a Grupo Orsa company, have sealed the previously announced deal to form a new joint venture (JV), in which IP will invest about $470m. ...
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Global technology and services supplier Metso has signed an agreement with Norampac to supply mill maintenance services for Greenpac Mill in Niagara Falls, New York, US. As part of the agreement, Metso will establish and manage all ...
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Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
KapStone Paper and Packaging has reported a 42.6% increase in consolidated revenue of $306.3m in the second quarter of 2012, an increase from $214.8m in the same period of 2011. The increase is primarily due to the acquisition of USC, ...
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US-based pulp and paper company International Paper (IP) has reached two agreements to sell three US containerboard mills for $470m in connection with the company's acquisition of Temple-Inland for $3.5bn. According to IP, the move aims ...
Tags: Containerboard Mills, forest products, packaging industries
Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) and Temple-Inland in the US have reached an agreement with Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to IP’s acquisition of Temple-Inland for ...
Tags: paper and packaging, corrugated packaging, building products
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has reported increase in second quarter 2012 net sales by 7% to $712m compared to $665m in the second quarter 2011. Net income also increased to $45m against $40m in the same period of 2011. Export ...
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Canadian manufacturer of green packaging and tissue paper products Cascades has announced that the company will not proceed with the closure of its Norampac containerboard mill in Trenton, Ontario, as planned and announced in April 2012. ...
Tags: Norampac Containerboard Mill, green packaging, paper products
Canadian manufacturer of green packaging and tissue paper products, Cascades has announced the closure of its Norampac containerboard mill in Trenton, Ontario. Negotiations for the renewal of the agreement took place from May 2011 to ...
Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US, RockTenn has announced the permanent closure of its Matane, Quebec containerboard mill acquired in May 2011. The mill, which was acquired as part of the Smurfit-Stone acquisition, had 176,000t ...
Tags: Quebec Containerboard Mill, Paper and packaging, Smurfit-Stone