Tag: paper mill

Volga paper mill to receive 1.5 billion rubles for the development of packaging paper production

The Industrial Development Fund (IDF) will provide Volga (the town of Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region) a preferential loan of 1.5 billion rubles, as the press office of the regional government reports. The loaned funds will be used for...

Pratt plans $400 million recycled paper mill in the U.S.

Pratt Industries and Kentucky state officials today announced the company will build its sixth 100% recycled paper mill in the U.S. The project will break ground next year and is slated to start up in fall 2023. Pratt...

Smurfit Kappa invests in German paper mill sitev

Ireland-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa is set to spend around € 35 million on its Hoya paper mill and board manufacturing plant in northwest Germany. The company will replace the complete press section of the mill’s PM2 paper machine,...

Green Bay Packaging begins paper mill production

Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP), Green Bay, Wisconsin, has announced that the first reel of paper was produced March 11 at its paper mill in Green Bay. The company says this milestone comes two and a half years...

Stora Enso completes conversion of Oulu paper mill

Stora Enso has completed the conversion of its Oulu paper mill for production of packaging board. The pulp mill has been in production since mid-January and the newly converted machine is in a start-up phase. The project began...

SCA to stop PM5 at Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall

SCA stops paper machine 5 at Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall, Sweden. PM5 produced uncoated publication paper for newpapers, magazines and commercial print and had a capacity of 255,000 tonnes per annum. The paper machine started production in...

UPM to restructure several paper businesses

To ensure future competitiveness of UPM Communication Papers, UPM announces plans for permanent closing of UPM Kaipola paper mill in Finland, sale of UPM Shotton paper mill in Wales and streamlining Communication Papers business function teams. In addition,...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log price index in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and imports for 4 years; Sawmill profit margins fell substantially in North America

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and...