Chinese paper and pulp company Anhui Shanying Paper Industry has agreed to acquire Swedish firm Nordic Paper from Special Situation Venture Partner lll and Petek. Special Situation Venture Partner lll and Petek, each hold 60% and 40% ...
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Valmet will deliver its DNA automation systems and IQ quality control systems for four tissue machines at Jiangxi Taison Paper in China. Valmet’s automation technology will allow Jiangxi Taison Paper’s tissue machines to ...
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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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In line with its strategy to focus its consumer board offering on high quality virgin fibre products, Stora Enso has sold its Barcelona mill, which produces recycled fibre based consumer board, to private equity fund Quantum. “The ...
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Net income at US based value-added and recycled fibres producer Unifi, Inc climbed 46.52 per cent year over year for fiscal ended June 28, 2015. A Unifi press release informed that net income for fiscal 2015 totaled to $42.2 million or ...
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Fisher Textiles has launched a new range of fabrics for yoga pants, ET 3000 Yoga, made with Repreve recycled yarns, which are produced from recycled plastic bottles. “With a soft hand and adequate stretch, it makes an excellent ...
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The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
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Recycled fibre and yarn will come into focus at ITMA 2015 with their own sub-chapter – a development that recognises the increasing role of recycled raw materials in textiles of all kinds. The recycling of synthetic polymers has ...
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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 ...
Poole Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of textile fibers and specialist in virgin polyester fibers, recycled fibers, heavy denier, and nonwovens fibers, announced that it has launched a new Full-Circle program for its EcoSure ...
The paper range is called Crush and Favini said that its range "stands apart from the market as being the first and only range paper made with by-products from organic products replacing as much as 15% of traditional wood pulps". The ...
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Australian Paper has welcomed the Federal Government's response to the Pulp and Paper Industry Strategy Group report, which has been underlined by the establishment of procurement targets for the use of recycled paper by government ...
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Nippon Paper, the parent company of Australian Paper, has approved construction of a $90 million waste paper recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. “Australian Paper is delighted to confirm this ...
STATIONERY NEWS: Australian Paper recently announced a feasibility study into the development of a major recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill as part of its Future Fibre Strategy. Can you summarise some of the key aspects of the Future ...
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