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WASKESIU LAKE, SK , Aug. 15, 2019 (Press Release) -At the close of the 2019 annual meeting of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) in Northern Saskatchewan, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) announced its support for the Ministers’ commitment to work together to promote Canadian forestry and forest products to the country and the world.
FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor, who joined the CCFM delegation this week in Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan said he was pleased with the discussions and outcomes from this week’s meetings.
Read moreGRAZ, Austria, Aug. 19, 2019 (Press Release) -International technology Group ANDRITZ has acquired the Swedish company KEMPULP, a specialist provider of process technologies for the chemical pulping industry. The company designs and markets technologies used in chemical pulping, including pulp washing, oxygen delignification and bleaching technologies.
Read moreSAO PAULO, Aug. 13, 2019 (Press Release) -Klabin, Brazil’s largest packaging paper producer and exporter, won today (Aug. 13) the public bid for the warehouse at the Port of Paranaguá in Paraná. At the auction, held at the headquarters of B3 in São Paulo, the company obtained access to an area measuring 27,530 m2 for 25 years, with the possibility of renewal for another 45 years. Investments totaling around R$130 million are planned and operations are scheduled to start in 2022.
Read moreHALIFAX, NS, Aug. 14, 2019 (CBC) -The federal government is not committing to an environmental assessment of Northern Pulp's plans to pump treated effluent from their plant into the Northumberland Strait.
"We're still evaluating whether a federal assessment is necessary," Catherine McKenna, federal minister responsible for environment and climate change told Island Morning host Mitch Cormier.
Read moreHALIFAX, NS, Aug. 9, 2019 (Local News) -Environmental advocacy groups are coming out strongly against a report released Wednesday by Unifor claiming 2,700 jobs would be lost if the Northern Pulp paper mill closes.
Jill Graham-Scanlon, president of Friends of the Northumberland Strait, said they are taking those numbers with a grain of salt.
Graham-Scanlon said Northern Pulp has had quite a long time to get their problems sorted out, and it appears the province is no longer interested in giving the company more time to come up with a solution.
Read moreGRAZ, Austria and YOUNGSVILLE, LA , Aug. 5, 2019 (Press Release) -International technology Group ANDRITZ has launched its new-generation “StrataPress SX” felt with patented, integrated single-seam technology.
StrataPress SX is specifically engineered for the most demanding positions in paperboard/packaging, graphical, and pulp machines. Its patented, integrated seam ensures strength and durability while delivering rapid and safe installation.
Read moreGRAZ, Austria and YOUNGSVILLE, LA , Aug. 5, 2019 (Press Release) -International technology Group ANDRITZ has launched its new-generation “StrataPress SX” felt with patented, integrated single-seam technology.
StrataPress SX is specifically engineered for the most demanding positions in paperboard/packaging, graphical, and pulp machines. Its patented, integrated seam ensures strength and durability while delivering rapid and safe installation.
Read moreMADRID, Spain, Aug. 1, 2019 (Press Release) -Ence-Energía y Celulosa has signed a new sustainable loan of 25 million euros with CaixaBank, which will be used to finance different projects of the company for the pulp business. This new loan will help finance, among others, investments aimed at promoting the circular economy and improving the environmental performance of the Ence biofactory in Navia (Asturias).
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