June 2018

STOCKHOLM, June 19, 2018 (Press Release) -Using the testbed LignoCity in Kristinehamn, Sweden, RISE together with partners has shown how lignin can be used to produce both bioplastics, biocoatings, bioresins, biofuels as well as carbon fibre for lightweight applications and energy storage. Now a new project is being launched to further develop LignoCity and help startups and small and medium-sized companies develop new green businesses with lignin as a base.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 21, 2018 (Press Release) -Earlier today Ilim Group Chairman Zakhar Smushkin and Irkutsk Oblast Governor Sergey Levchenko took part in the official launch of the integrated investment project Big Ust-Ilimsk at Ilim's Mill in Ust-Ilimsk.

GRAZ, Austria, June 21, 2018 (Press Release) -International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf, part of the Smurfit Kappa Group, to supply a HERB recovery boiler and a pre-evaporation plant for its mill in Nettingsdorf, Austria. The new investments are part of the company’s Future Energy Project, which involves the implemention of sustainable energy initiatives at the Nettingsdorf mill. Start-up of the pre-evaporation plant and the new recovery boiler is scheduled for mid-2019 and mid-2020, respectively.

IGGESUND, Sweden, June 21, 2018 (Press Release) -A number of global companies have replaced or are doing trials to replace the material in their gift cards – from plastic to paperboard. Sweden’s largest cinema chain, SF Bio, has taken the plunge and is now replacing all its cards.

“When our card supplier, Megacard, suggested we could make our gift cards from paperboard and thereby drastically reduce their environmental impact, it was self-evident to us to switch,” explains Anna Marcusson, product manager for gift cards at SF Bio.

BANGKOK, Thailand, June 20, 2018 (PRNewswire) -Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok 2018, the premier platform to meet leading industry players in the sector of the pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and related industry supplies concluded on a successful note.

A total of 3,163 industry professionals from 92 countries visited the trade show which took place at BITEC, Bangkok from 6 - 8 June 2018. Top visiting countries included Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Vietnam and China.