Sept 28 2010 UPM confirmed Tuesday morning that it is engaged in discussions with Myllykoski concerning a potential take-over of Myllykoski's operations in Finland, Germany and United States. UPM confirms that discussions are going on with the Finnish family owned publication paper company...
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International Forest Industries |
14 years 1 month ago
A clearing of inventory in China has prompted a firming of CFR (in-market) log prices this month. The seasonal slowdown of Russian supplies, coinciding with a particularly fierce monsoon in the timber producing region of south-western China, have helped to reduce stocks in this market reports...
ITAR |
14 years 1 month ago
SYKTYVKAR, September 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Komi on Tuesday for chairing a conference on timber industry investments and visiting Mondi Syktyvkar, one of Russia’s largest paper and pulp producers, and the Syktyvkar timber industry plant. He met with Komi...
Papernet |
14 years 1 month ago
Sept 28 2010 SCA kept is fourth position on the Top 100 list of pulp and paper companies in the world, passing Stora Enso, which slipped from third to fifth position. The ranking list of the 100 biggest pulp and paper companies in the world is published annually by the magazine PPI, Pulp...
Forest Talk |
14 years 2 months ago
Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America – together with the United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed the Department of Commerce's announcement of final antidumping and countervailing duty margins on coated paper imports from China and Indonesia.
RISI |
14 years 2 months ago
BEDFORD, MA, Sept. 20, 2010 (RISI) - I spent the past few weeks traveling in China, trying to dig up more information about the Chinese recovered paper (RCP) market. During my trip, I visited quite a few local and international recovered paper suppliers, traders and...
Forest Talk |
14 years 2 months ago
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), the leading exporter of coated paper from China and Indonesia, received today the lowest combined antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) margin among Chinese exporters, but is still disappointed with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final AD/CVD margin....
International Forest Industries |
14 years 2 months ago
New numbers suggest growth in the second quarter was sluggish. After two revisions, GDP for 2Q2010 is now being estimated at 1.9 percent reports Forest 2 Market. Although output of the manufacturing and service sectors continues to grow, forward-looking metrics (especially for manufacturing)...
Engineering News |
14 years 2 months ago
Paper and packaging group Sappi has renamed its secondary fibre division, formerly known as Sappi Waste Paper, to Sappi ReFibre. This formed part of the group’s commitment to sustainability and to recycle paper and reduce waste. The division procures board and paper for recycling from agents,...
The Jakarta Post |
14 years 2 months ago
Stepping up its fight against illegal logging, the government began the implementation early this month of a ban on exports of illegally harvested wood and wood products. The government made it mandatory for forestry companies to obtain official certificates to show that timber has been legally...
Engineering News |
14 years 2 months ago
Paper and packaging group Mondi will sell 25,1% of its interest in Israeli-based Mondi Hadera Paper to its joint-venture partner Hadera Paper Ltd for €10,4-million. Hadera Paper would then hold a 75% interest in the Israeli company, which owned a 145 000-t/y paper mill, which produced office...
International Forest Industries |
14 years 2 months ago
Despite the fact that China has a simple, unsophisticated and labour-intensive sawmill industry, the country is ranked as the world’s third-largest lumber producer (after the U.S. and Canada), with over 28 million m3 of reported sawn lumber production in 2007 and 2008, and 32.3 million m3 (20...
Papernet.SE |
14 years 2 months ago
Swedish research company Innventia has developed a new tachnology that will result in a stronger paper with lower production costs and reduced raw materials consumption. The new Aq-Vane technique, developed by Stockholm-based Innventia, is derived from the aircraft industry. It deals with the...
Forest Talk |
14 years 2 months ago
Nine containerboard makers have been accused of conspiring to fix the price of materials used to make cardboard boxes. The companies named in the suit are:
RISI |
14 years 2 months ago
BEDFORD, MA, Sept. 3, 2010 (RISI) - The first half of 2010 saw western timber markets begin to recover after hitting historical lows in mid 2009. The upturn was fueled by optimism in domestic housing markets and strong export demand from Asian markets. In June, when the...
Paperindex Times |
14 years 2 months ago
The five winners and their colleague/partner will be a guest of one of five leading European paper companies. The winners will be taken through the forestry and paper making processes and will witness sustainability in action whilst sampling the delights and cuisine of the local area. Leading...
NewsWire |
14 years 2 months ago
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Global Wood |
14 years 2 months ago
According to the office of Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, China had decided to remove tariffs on 4,762 commodities imported from 33 of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Commodities with zero tariffs include wood products. The zero tariff treatment came into effect...
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BLOG AL |
14 years 2 months ago
Pulp mills may be getting back on the black liquor gravy train. Paper and pulp makers, including a number of mills in southwest Alabama, collected $8 billion or more last year in federal cash and tax credits by doing what they've done for decades -- burning the carbon-rich leftovers from the...
AGROMAIL |
14 years 2 months ago
Since 1949, China has completed six national forest resources inventories. According to the result of the sixth forest resources inventory (1999-2003), there is 175 million hectares of forests, 13.618 billion of living trees accumulate, 12.456 billion cubic meters of forests accumulate, and 18.21%...