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Paper supplier says it will be free from fossil fuel emissions

The board of management of the Holmen Group has given the go-ahead for a € 238 million investment for a new recovery boiler at Iggesund Mill which will considerably strengthen its flagship product Invercote. In addition to the recovery boiler the investment package also includes a new turbine plus equipment for capturing and incinerating weak, sulphur-containing gases – something that will further reduce the mill’s airborne emissions.

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Cartonboard mill to close because of emissions requirements

Due to a significant deterioration of the industrial framework conditions in Switzerland, MM Karton will discontinue cartonboard production at its Deisswil site. A drastic increase in Swiss emission levies made an impairment of EUR 14.2 million already necessary by year-end 2009 due to a considerable strain on future earnings. A comprehensive evaluation of the general set-up henceforth led to the conclusion that an economic continuation is not feasible anymore due to accelerated negative local productivity and cost development.

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Pulp mill to be built in Siberia

Ilim Group’s board of directors has approved an investment of approximately US$700 million to build a new kraft pulp mill in Bratsk (Irkutsk Oblast). The financing for the project is being arranged by the joint venture.

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10m tonnes of kraft liners come out of mill

M-real reached a major milestone in the production of Kemiart kraftliners when the 10 millionth tonne rolled out of the mill in January 2010. The event was celebrated with customers, including Christiansen Print GmbH from Germany and Menasha Packaging Co LLC from the USA, on 22nd January at the Kemiart Liners mill in Finland.

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Kiln set up in Russian mill

Mondi Syktyvkar announced that it had started up its new number four lime kiln which is a part of Mondi’s Syktyvkar STEP mill development project. This completion and start up took place beginning of December 2009. Mondi Syktyvkar started reconstruction of the white liquor plant in spring 2008, before the STEP project construction work was initiated. Erection of the lime kiln with a daily production capacity over 700 tonnes of lime (СаО) started in autumn 2008.

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Mill Obtains EMAS European Environmental Certification

Torraspapel, part of the Lecta Group, now boasts 6 production sites with EMAS environmental accreditation. Over the course of the previous year, the Group’s coated and uncoated paper mills, its pulp mill and self-adhesive manufacturing site all successfully completed the strict environmental review required by the EMAS regulation. With this certification of the Uranga mill, Torraspapel’s base papers, used in the manufacture of carbonless paper, now meet the same requirements.

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Bulgarian closure hits M+M profits

M+M reports that consolidated sales increased by 6.9 % or EUR 57.7 million to EUR 894.9 million in the first half of 2008. This growth results mainly from volume gains in both divisions as well as higher prices.

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Russian cartonboard plant sold

Ilim Holding S.A. (the owner of Ilim Group) closed the deal on the purchase by the Russian division of Knauf Company of 56% of Saint-Petersburg Cartonboard and Printing Mill (KPK) shares owned by Ilim Holding S.A.

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Russian cartonboard plant sold

Ilim Holding S.A. (the owner of Ilim Group) and Knauf have signed an agreement concerning the purchase of 56% of Saint-Petersburg Cartonboard and Printing Mill (KPK) shares owned by Ilim Holding S.A. by the Russian division of Knauf Company.

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Metso to build German mill

Metso Paper will supply a paper making line to the greenfield mill of Propapier GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. The new line, producing up to 650,000 tonnes of liner and fluting grades of 70-130 g/m2 annually, will be located in Eisenhüttenstadt, near the Polish border, and will come on stream in late 2009.

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Mondi to locate machinery to Poland or Czech Republic

Mondi Group ('Mondi') is pleased to announce that it has signed the delivery contract with Metso for a new lightweight recycled containerboard machine with a production capacity of up to 470,000 tonnes a year.

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Rebuild leads to an even better Invercote

All that was needed was €74 million, 1,400 contractors and an unyielding desire to improve the quality of one of the world’s best paperboards – Invercote. In September Iggesund Paperboard implemented an extensive rebuild of the wet end of its board machine number 2 at Iggesund, Sweden. The project also included improving water treatment at the mill and installing a new lime kiln. The aim was not to increase production but rather to improve quality.

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Production up in Petersburg mill

Over January - February 2007, St. Petersburg Cartonboard and Printing Mill has produced 42,1 thousand tonnes of cartonboard, including 36,5 thousand tonnes of market cartonboard, 3 thousand tonnes (9%) up as compared to the same period of 2006, reported the press-centre of Ilim Pulp.

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