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YORK, UK, Dec. 10, 2018 (Press Release) -Biotechnology company Circa Group has received authorisation from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to manufacture or import up to 100 tonnes/year of its bio-based solvent Cyrene in the European Union, after receiving REACH Annex VIII approval.
Read moreYORK, UK, Dec. 10, 2018 (Press Release) -Biotechnology company Circa Group has received authorisation from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to manufacture or import up to 100 tonnes/year of its bio-based solvent Cyrene in the European Union, after receiving REACH Annex VIII approval.
Read moreOSLO, Norway, Dec. 6, 2018 (Press Release) -Statkraft and Norske Skog Skogn AS and Norske Skog Saugbrugs AS have entered into new long-term industrial power supply agreements for the period from 1 December 2018 to 31 December 2026. The total delivery will be about 14 TWh, with annual deliveries of approximately 900 GWh to each mill.
The contracts will contribute to the supply of power to Norske Skog's paper mills in Skogn and Halden, and will replace previous contracts between Statkraft and Norske Skog.
Read moreAUCKLAND, NZ, Nov. 23, 2018 (New Zealand Herald) -A Kawerau paper mill already feeling the crunch of power prices which have trebled is questioning the timing of a planned outage over the weekend by national grid operator Transpower.
Allan Holden, energy manager at Norske Skog Tasman, says Transpower needed to be more flexible with maintenance work on its HVDC link, a six-day undertaking that will likely result in higher prices in the North Island.
"They [Transpower] have not been flexible enough to say 'is this the right time to be doing it?'" Holden said.
Read moreWODONGA, Australia, Jan. 2, 2018 (Local News) -The Border business was among 14 industrial electricity users and producers who have signed contracts with the Australian Energy Market Operator to help avoid large-scale blackouts like those which hit South Australia last summer.
Visy was also included but the company was unable to confirm if its Wodonga plants would be affected.
Read moreDEAKIN WEST, Australia, Sept. 21, 2017 (Press Release) -An independent report assessing Australia’s pulp and paper industry confirms it is a world leader in sustainability and innovation, setting the agenda with ambitious investments in renewable energy and cutting-edge technology to underpin local manufacturing and many regional jobs.
Read moreTRONDHEIM, Norway , April 4, 2017 (Press Release) -On Monday 3rd April 2017, Norske Skog Saugbrugs’ new demonstration plant for microfibrillated cellulose was officially opened by His Majesty King Harald V.
The new demonstration plant builds on experience from many years research cooperation with PFI. Norske Skog and PFI have for many years cooperated on development of processes for production of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and applications for this new material.
Read moreOSLO, Norway, April 3, 2017 (Press Release) -Norske Skog has been granted NOK 15.7 million over four years from the Research Council of Norway to further develop the production of biogas fuel at the Norske Skog Saugbrugs in Halden. The project, called "Pyro Gas", has a total budget of NOK 31.5 million. The project fits well into Saugbrugs' strategy of developing new fibre- and energy products in synergy with the existing paper production.
Read moreVIENNA, Austria, March 20, 2017 (Press Release) -At the beginning of March, Mondi, the international packaging and paper group, hosted the closing event of a research project entitled Flippr (Future Lignin and Pulp Processing Research) at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The event marked the end of four years of collaborative research into bio-refinery issues, conducted by four industrial partners Mondi, Heinzel Group, Norske Skog Bruck and Sappi from the paper industry, and three Austrian universities.
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