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Issue date: 
Nov 15, 2011

A Strong Record of Efficiency – CEPI Sustainability Report 2011

The European paper industry today launched its fifth Sustainability Report, in which it highlighted its impressive performance over the last years focusing on resource efficiency and innovation.

Issue date: 
Nov 15, 2011

Lenzing Group Reports Continued Good Development

In the first nine months of 2011, the Lenzing Group succeeded in significantly improving all relevant indicators in comparison to the previous year, and is thus performing in line with the expectations defined in the half-yearly report.

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Nov 15, 2011

ANDRITZ to Rebuild Paper Machine for SFT Group, Russia

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order by SFT Group, a rapidly growing packaging producer in Russia, to rebuild and modernize a mothballed kraft paper machine after dismantling it at UPM’s Kymi mill in Finland and relocating it to SFT’s Kamenskaya mill in the Tver region, Russia.

The modernized board machine for the production of fluting and testliner will have a capacity of 215,000 t/a (design speed 1,050 m/min, trim width 4,600 mm). Start-up is scheduled for October 2012.

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Nov 16, 2011

Unfolding the Future – 2050 Roadmap to a Low-carbon Bio-economy

The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) unfolded the future when launching their 2050 Roadmap to a low-carbon bio-economy.

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Nov 16, 2011

Asia Pulp & Paper in 'Full Compliance' with EU Ecolabel

An official report by the European Commission has ruled that key products manufactured by Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) in Indonesia meet all of the criteria for the EU Ecolabel - a standard designed to reassure consumers that they are buying goods which are 'kindest' to the environment.

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Nov 16, 2011

Praxair to Supply New Uruguayan Pulp Mill

Praxair Uruguay, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen to a new pulp mill complex being built in Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The new facility will be operated by Montes del Plata, a 50-50 joint venture between Arauco of Chile and StoraEnso of Finland and Sweden.

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Nov 16, 2011

Toscotec to Supply Complete Tissue Plant to Romania’s Petrocart

Italian leading paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec will supply a complete tissue production line to the Rumanian Company Petrocart. The tissue line will be installed at Piatra Neamt capital of the Neamt district in the Moldavia historical region. The line will be started up at the beginning of 2013. The project enjoyed a contribution granted by EEC and was assigned to Toscotec after an official tender procedure.

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Nov 9, 2011

Forest Industry Applauds Government for Promoting Canadian Wood in Asia

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased that the Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has promoted Canadian wood frame construction as environmentally friendly and energy efficient during his trip to China.

Minister Oliver attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of China's first four-storey wood frame structure, a joint Canada-China project using Canadian lumber, located in the Tianjin Economic Development area.

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08 November 2011

Olympic athletes to train on timber from 'endangered' forests

Issue date: 
November 11, 2011

Bamboo and Climate Change Mitigation

This report attempts to address the main issues which influence how bamboo should be seen within the climate change context.

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by Dr. Radut