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Allimand intervenes on PM3 installation at Safripac's Tangier site in Morocco November 24, 2008

Andritz successfully completes board machine upgrade at Kartonsan, Turkey November 20, 2008

Södra nears completion of investment and maintenance shutdown at Mörrum mill November 18, 2008

APP applies advanced wastewater treatment to enhance environmental performance November 14, 2008

SCA Packaging and PMT successfully re-start PM 2 at Porcari mill November 14, 2008

Metso wins Finnish Quality Award for innovation November 14, 2008

Islamic Paper carries out projects in Egypt November 12, 2008

Korsnäs to implement profit enhancement program November 12, 2008

Allimand completes PM rebuild at Abhishek mill in India November 12, 2008

Graphic Packaging mill in California earns incentive from PG&E for natural gas savings November 12, 2008

Stora Enso schedules Finnish PM restart November 07, 2008

SCA reaches full capacity on Lucca machine November 07, 2008

Nampak invests in printers in the UK and Netherlands November 07, 2008

Metsä Tissue restarts PM following rebuild at Swedish mill November 04, 2008

Vaahto selects Honeywell automation for ILP Kama paper mill upgrade October 27, 2008

Voith to install anaerobic reactor at Schulte paper mill in Germany October 27, 2008

Second Voith R2S anaerobic reactor in operation at Adolf Jass mill in Germany October 27, 2008

Vida to rebuild PM dryer at Lessebo mill October 24, 2008

Bellmer to supply specialty paper machine for Glatz in Vietnam October 22, 2008

Andritz to upgrade board machine for Kartonsan Karton in Turkey October 22, 2008

Allimand rebuilds cigarette paper machine for ITC group in India October 20, 2008

UPM inaugurates chemical recovery plant at Kymi mill in Finland October 16, 2008

Cartonneries de Gondardennes orders Allimand shoe press October 16, 2008

NOSS to upgrade fractionation equipment at STFI-Packforsk in Stockholm October 15, 2008

Metso to deliver automation systems and upgrades to Mondi Syktyvkar in Russia October 14, 2008

Orsa to install new boiler at Jari pulp mill October 13, 2008

Cheng Loong PM starts up successfully following Metso rebuild October 13, 2008

Metso to rebuild newsprint machine for SCA in Sweden October 07, 2008

Domtar's Arkansas UFS paper mill uses Ivara EXP Enterprise October 06, 2008

Baikal Mill starts closed water system in Russia October 01, 2008

Papeteries de Montségur raises capacity at French plant September 26, 2008

Hägglunds gets major drives order from Metso Fiber September 26, 2008

Boise receives $4.5 million grant for aquifer storage and recovery system September 25, 2008

Cenibra reviews cost reduction, quality improvement moves September 24, 2008

FACEPA chooses Voith for tissue PM rebuild in Brazil September 22, 2008

Andritz to supply pulping equipment to SCA Packaging Italia September 22, 2008

Inpro/Seal expands shaft sealing product line to include water mizer September 22, 2008

IKPP Serang increases dryness with SolarFlow roll covers September 22, 2008

Papirnica Vevce to open new biological treatment plant on October 1 September 19, 2008

Iggesund Paperboard invests in wastewater purification plant September 17, 2008

Spain's UIPSA signs remote service contract with Voith September 16, 2008

PMP Group opens new manufacturing facility in China September 16, 2008

Kadant: Upgrades reduce motive steam usage by 75% at U.S. mill September 16, 2008

Voith roll cover sets run-time record at Cordier Spezialpapier in Germany September 16, 2008

Sepac successfully starts-up Voith tissue machine in Brazil September 11, 2008

Verso to convert PM1 at Bucksport mill to lightweight specialty September 10, 2008

Metso strengthens presence in China with new Shandong province service center September 09, 2008

Korsnäs invests to reduce energy costs September 08, 2008

Voith introduces new rubber roll covers September 02, 2008

NORAM provides first GAP system to the pulp & paper industry August 28, 2008

KBR to rebuild Mississippi Weyerhaeuser recovery boiler August 27, 2008

SchäferRolls finalizes acquisition of Samco August 27, 2008

CENIBRA receives award for its waste management system August 26, 2008

Metso to replace PM1 QCS at Norske Skog Golbey August 25, 2008

Metso to supply pulp washing technology to Rosenthal, Germany August 25, 2008

Metso announces new operating structure and upgrades financial targets August 22, 2008

Marcal turns to ConsumerPowerline for energy conservation August 20, 2008

BTG launches DRT-5500 Freeness Inline compact sensor August 14, 2008

Vaahto to convert PM at Kama paper mill in Russia August 13, 2008

Futura to open North American service center August 11, 2008

BTG Instruments names new director of Operations and Supply Chain August 07, 2008

VRG successfully deployed over 100 times on Yankee cylinders August 06, 2008

Albany International 2Q impacted by restructuring costs August 04, 2008

Pollution control supplier CECO Environmental acquires Flextor, AVC Specialists August 04, 2008

Voith launches Linx technology for dryer fabrics July 30, 2008

Voith names new customer support manager in Germany July 30, 2008

New Montalvo V-KL brake/safety chuck package: whole roll control for converters July 28, 2008

Metso earnings up in 2Q 2008 July 24, 2008

Metso Paper-supplied Palm Wörth PM 6 sets new speed record at 1,599 m/min July 24, 2008

Stora Enso orders Voith FeltView system for PM1 in Eilenburg July 23, 2008

Enterprise International acquires assets of Montreal-based RCL Packaging July 23, 2008

Procter & Gamble chooses Fabio Perini technology July 21, 2008

Sulzer reports 14.9% increase in orders for first half 2008 July 15, 2008

UPM completes recovery plant rebuild at Kymi pulp mill in Finland July 10, 2008

Lenzing Papier to expand deinking plant at Austrian mill July 09, 2008

Vishay installs reel optimizing system at SCA mill in Austria July 09, 2008

Glatfelter investing $38M to upgrade composite fibers machine in Germany July 08, 2008

Botnia's pulp mill takes maintenance shut in Uruguay July 04, 2008

Voith supplies new QCS for paper mill in Ecuador July 04, 2008

Irani starts up revamped PM 5 in Brazil July 04, 2008

Investlesprom to enter Russian LWC market July 03, 2008

Voith announces new applicator roll covers for film presses July 03, 2008

Cascades to invest $15M for tissue converting at Lachute, QC July 02, 2008

Dunapack chooses Voith for automation at Hungarian plant July 01, 2008

Fraser secures $40M loan from New Brunswick for Edmundston upgrade June 25, 2008

Canfor Pulp completes trial and orders additional Seair equipment June 25, 2008

SHP Celex increases production with BTG ceramic creping blades June 23, 2008

Voith to modernise PM at Stora Enso Kvarnsveden mill in Sweden June 20, 2008

Steinbeis Temming invests in new power plant June 20, 2008

Metso to supply fiber line to Century Pulp & Paper in India June 18, 2008

Voith to rebuild PM1 at Norske Skog Skogn mill in Norway June 17, 2008

Maryvale mill back in operation following latest phase of upgrade June 16, 2008

Arauco to invest $70M in energy at Chilean pulp mill June 16, 2008

Voith's SolarSoft provides tissue machine speed increases June 16, 2008

Metso completes pilot machine rebuild in Karlstad, Sweden June 11, 2008

PMT Italia to rebuild tissue machine for SCA Ortmann June 09, 2008

Moventas names local representation in Australia June 06, 2008

Torraspapel strengthens commitment to sustainable development June 05, 2008

Metso supplies vertical dryer to Steinbeis Temming in Germany June 05, 2008

Voith reports Gold East sets another new speed record on PM3 in China June 05, 2008

Voith provides remote diagnostics service for Condat June 04, 2008

Domsjö takes over chipping operations at Utansjö mill May 30, 2008

SCA Menasha chooses Voith for key process equipment May 30, 2008

Vacon and Voith sign global cooperation agreement May 28, 2008

Voith to upgrade PM1 controls at Mondi Frohnleiten May 27, 2008

Stromsdal chooses Honeywell solutions to improve production efficiency May 27, 2008

Van Houtum Papier increases production and quality with Voith fabrics May 27, 2008

Productos Familia hires Voith for quality control May 26, 2008

Metso to deliver new flotation cell to Stora Enso in Germany May 21, 2008

Voith breaks ground at new service center site in Southern China May 21, 2008

Kaman Industrial Technologies announces addition of three new fluid power product lines May 19, 2008

Billerud restarts machine in Sweden May 16, 2008

Finland's Powerflute completes PM revamp May 16, 2008

St. Regis orders Kemsley mill PM rebuild from PMT Italia May 16, 2008

Metso to rebuild towel machine for Wausau Paper May 06, 2008

PMT to install new shoe press for FP Innovations-Paprican May 06, 2008

Metso to rebuild P&G tissue machine in California May 05, 2008

Subburaj delays startup of greenfield mill in India May 05, 2008

Troitskaya to kick off commercial production on PM at Kondrovo plant May 02, 2008

Pitkyaranta to overhaul pulp mill in the Karelia region of Russia May 01, 2008

Rottneros ordered to build biological treatment plant in Vallvik April 30, 2008

Metro Waste Paper Recovery to open new MRF in Vancouver April 30, 2008

BTG Eclépens re-certified ISO 9001:2000 April 29, 2008

Metso-supplied board making line up and running in Turkey April 25, 2008

BTG launches new consistency measurement transmitter April 25, 2008

White Birch Paper to convert newsprint capacity at F.F. Soucy mill April 18, 2008

Krymbumaga to manufacture containerboard at Ukraine plant April 18, 2008

Catalyst invests in Snowflake mill April 17, 2008

Mondi gets to work on Russian mill overhaul April 11, 2008

Pöyry to provide engineering services for Mondi Syktyvkar rebuild in Russia April 09, 2008

Mondi commissions rebuilt paper machine at Felixton in South Africa April 07, 2008

Torraspapel eliminates over 90% of odours at its pulp mill in Zaragoza, Spain April 07, 2008

Pro Mach launches industrial sales group and national account program April 07, 2008

DS Smith invests in France April 04, 2008

Klingele starts up equipment in Germany April 04, 2008

SPI starts sales from PM 2 in Egypt April 04, 2008

Toscotec to deliver dryers for Asian pulp and paper group April 04, 2008

Kombassan restarts PM in Turkey April 03, 2008

Polpak Karton starts up PM in Poland April 03, 2008

Metso to modernize fiberline at Sappi Gratkorn mill in Austria April 03, 2008

Orange County Container installs new finishing machine April 03, 2008

Mondi resumes two-thirds production following tank rupture at South African mill April 02, 2008

Metso extends Valmet-Xian jv, increases ownership to 75 percent April 01, 2008

Klabin suspends pulp/paper production during annual shutdown of the Correia Pinto Plant April 01, 2008

Cognex to supply world's largest web inspection system to Oji Paper March 31, 2008

Torraspapel improves wastewater treatment processes in its mills March 31, 2008

New Magmeter Combines Benefits of AC and DC Technologies March 30, 2008

Novel Wet End Technology Gives Mills Operational Flexibility March 30, 2008

Optimized Triple-Layer Fabric Improves Paper Machine Efficiency March 30, 2008

Control Valve Management Can Pay Off Big March 30, 2008

Competitive Edge™ Process Helps Customer to Improve Fabric Life March 30, 2008

Pushing the Limits of Forming Fabric Performance March 30, 2008

Roll Treatment Improves Machine Efficiency and Sheet Quality March 30, 2008

Mondi opens investigation into bleaching plant incident at Richards Bay mill March 28, 2008

Crown Paper Mill suffers deinking plant installation delay March 28, 2008

MarquipWardUnited installs second sheeter at Iggesund Découpe France March 28, 2008

Tembec reports fire at its Pine Falls facility in Manitoba March 27, 2008

Oji brings new specialty PM on stream in Japan March 27, 2008

Tembec invests in energy at French facilities March 27, 2008

Mercer shelves pulp capacity increase plans March 27, 2008

Ligatne suspends PM installation in Latvia March 27, 2008

SCA invests in pulp at Austrian mill March 26, 2008

Italy’s MC Tissue delays PM tests March 26, 2008

See how BTG can optimize your process at SPCI in Stockholm March 26, 2008

Rainbow delays PM startup at Indian plant March 21, 2008

Segezha begins PM rebuild in Russia March 21, 2008

Duropack to upgrade PM in Bulgaria March 21, 2008

Voith group announces new president, other board changes March 19, 2008

Metso inaugurates service center extension in Wuxi, China March 19, 2008

Andritz sets new production record with Aracruz pulp drying system March 18, 2008

Fritz Peters re-starts PM ahead of schedule following Voith rebuild March 17, 2008

BTG to showcase advanced technologies at PaperCon '08 March 17, 2008

M-real delays upgrade at Finnish mill March 14, 2008

Lex Papier installs new boiler at Moroccan plant March 14, 2008

Sovetsky switches pulp output at Russian mill March 14, 2008

Papresa completes newsprint PM rebuild March 14, 2008

Kartogroup successfully starts-up PM1 following rebuild March 14, 2008

Futura develops tissue trim cutter technology March 13, 2008

CPH plans a major investment at its Perlen Papier plant in Switzerland March 12, 2008

SCA TMP project progresses at Swedish mill March 12, 2008

Metso to modernize baling line at Stora Enso Nymölla mill in Sweden March 12, 2008

Kartogroup PM restarted in France March 12, 2008

IPUSA selects Andritz for recycled fiber and approach flow systems March 11, 2008

American Israeli Paper moves forward with recycled packaging project March 10, 2008

Alatyrskaya to upgrade stock preparation line at Russian plant March 07, 2008

Millar Western to test Seair diffusion units at Alberta pulp mill March 05, 2008

New production line goes on stream at Perlon Monofil March 05, 2008

Kadant gains $4M order for OCC recycling system in Asia March 04, 2008

Voith supplies anaerobic reactor to SCA packaging mill in Italy March 04, 2008

Machinery supplier PMT sets up Brazil subsidiary March 03, 2008

Technonikol steps up revamp in Russia February 29, 2008

UPM revamps newsprint plant in France February 29, 2008

SCA completes PM upgrade at Aschaffenburg plant February 29, 2008

Vida installs new equipment at Lessebo mill February 29, 2008

Papierfabrik Fritz Peters back in action after fire February 29, 2008

SCA orders new yankee hoods for German mills February 29, 2008

Celbi pulp mill expansion in Portugal includes new metsoDNA system February 29, 2008

Panther Packaging expands German sites February 29, 2008

Emin Leydier to use biomass in France February 29, 2008

Nippon Paper selects Metso quality control systems for its Fuji mill February 27, 2008

Ecovation to supply wastewater treatment system for Pratt's new Shreveport, LA, mill February 27, 2008

Metso supplies evaporation plant to SCA Packaging Obbola in Sweden February 21, 2008

Voith to supply six tissue deinking plants to North America February 19, 2008

PMP to upgrade PM1 for Smurfit Kappa Roermond in the Netherlands February 18, 2008

Metso acquires Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' paper machinery technology February 15, 2008

BTG introduces new tissue service package February 15, 2008

ABB CEO Fred Kindle leaves company; record results announced for 2007 February 13, 2008

Xerium Technologies announces management appointments February 11, 2008

Montalvo names customer service supervisor February 09, 2008

Albany sales up 14% in fourth quarter 2007 February 08, 2008

Stephen R. Light to take helm at Xerium February 08, 2008

Metso upgrades two pilot PMs at its Paper Technology Center February 08, 2008

Heinzel halts Zellstoff Pöls upgrade in Austria February 07, 2008

Indevco buys tissue PM in Egypt February 07, 2008

Voith implements drive solution for Papierfabrik am Neckar February 06, 2008

GLV awarded contracts worth $34 million in Asia, Europe, and the Americas February 05, 2008

PMP to modernise PM for POLPAK-KARTON in Poland February 04, 2008

DS Smith to convert PM following acquisition of M-real plant in the UK February 01, 2008

Domsjö Fabriker to install new digester February 01, 2008

EKA to rebuild DIP line at Turkish plant February 01, 2008

Stromsdal revamp progresses in Finland February 01, 2008

Radece Papir to overhaul PM 5 in Slovenia February 01, 2008

BTG announces senior management appointments January 31, 2008

Norske Skog improves paper machine efficiency with Voith roll covers January 31, 2008

Voith to rebuild second-hand paper machine in Kazakhstan January 29, 2008

Metso Paper projects record sales for its Latin America operations this year January 28, 2008

Lwarcel to modernize mill in Brazil and further increase pulp capacity January 28, 2008

PMT to rebuild PM for Seyfert in France January 24, 2008

Metso-supplied board machine sets new speed record at Propapier January 18, 2008

Metso to modernize recausticizing plant for SCA in Munksund, Sweden January 17, 2008

Boise adds 200k tons of pressure sensitive capacity following PM upgrade January 16, 2008

SCA to install drum pulper first as part of upgrades at Menasha mill January 14, 2008

Cascades announces new investment at Blendecques mill January 14, 2008

Stora Enso converts PM to produce book paper at Anjala mill January 10, 2008

Montalvo "renames" production manager January 10, 2008

Vaahto Group subsidiary renamed as Vaahto Roll Service Oy January 09, 2008

SCA invests additional $23 million in Menasha, WI, paper mill January 04, 2008

Suzano replaces stack at Embu plant in Brazil January 04, 2008

Visy Paper Australia gains high speeds with Dienes' high-speed slitter January 02, 2008

Metso to supply rebuilt white liquor plant for Mondi, Syktyvkar mill in Russia December 21, 2007

Stora Enso starts up rebuilt Varkaus PM3 December 21, 2007

Voith completes ATMOS installation at CMPC Talagante mill in Chile December 21, 2007

Metso-supplied PM9 comes online at China's Guangzhou Paper December 21, 2007

Voith to upgrade PM for Vyborg Cellulose in Russia December 20, 2007

Wausau Paper to invest $31 million in machine rebuild at Ohio mill December 19, 2007

Abitibi-Bowater selects Ivara EXP Enterprise software to improve mill reliability and productivity December 19, 2007

Metso Paper begins work on new Guangzhou Service Center December 18, 2007

Parsytec to supply web inspection system to Stora Enso in Germany December 18, 2007

Voith completes installation of new headbox at Condat mill in France December 18, 2007

Visy selects Andritz to supply key systems for Tumut mill expansion December 11, 2007

Metso to supply two tissue machines to China's Fook Woo Group December 07, 2007

Stora Enso Fors commissions Andritz Küsters for BM upgrade December 03, 2007

Stora Enso's Langerbrugge mill to install new Metso power boiler November 30, 2007

Mondi Packaging invests in European, US facilities November 27, 2007

PMT to supply shoe press unit to Smurfit-Stone's Florence mill November 27, 2007

SHW appoints Spinnaker as Midwest service and sales agents November 26, 2007

Kadant and Saigon Paper forge ahead with three stock preparation systems November 21, 2007

Voith coating reduces maintenance for Jass Schwarza PM1 forming roll November 20, 2007

Giesecke & Devrient invests in new PM at German plant November 19, 2007

Tri-Mer unveils new biofiltration for VOC emissions November 15, 2007

Neman Cellulose and Paper inks service deal with Voith for St. Petersburg mill November 14, 2007

Voith signs automation service contracts in Finland and Italy November 13, 2007

Mondi Packaging Raubling signs TRM contract with Voith November 08, 2007

Vacon inaugurates office in Brazil November 02, 2007

Northern Tissue to upgrade PM at UK mill November 01, 2007

Baldor extends range of ethernet-compatible three-phase motor drives November 01, 2007

ÅF wins contract for Rosenthal 400 project October 31, 2007

Advanced Dynamics to upgrade roll wrapping system for Nippon Paper US October 31, 2007

SCA wraps up PM overhaul at Australian mill October 31, 2007

Noss to supply deaeration system for ITC Bhadrachalam mill October 31, 2007

Voith completes on-site service for Emin Leydier in record time October 30, 2007

SCA revamps tissue PM at Swedish mill October 26, 2007

Norske Skog rebuilds Norwegian TMP line October 26, 2007

Grycksbo Paper rebuilds re-pulping line for better flexibility October 26, 2007

Peruvian Atlas to enter tissue market October 26, 2007

Rottneros inaugurates new steam turbine at Vallvik pulp mill October 25, 2007

Kadant third quarter revenues up on foreign currency translation October 24, 2007

Metso to rebuild PM at Metsä Tissue Katrinefors mill in Sweden October 22, 2007

Vaahto completes rebuild at Iggesund board mill in Sweden October 22, 2007

Syktyvkar Tissue orders slitter rewinder from Toscotec October 22, 2007

India's Century Pulp and Paper to add new Metso 120 MT/day tissue machine October 19, 2007

Stora Enso orders two Parsytec board inspection systems for German mill October 19, 2007

Allimand to rebuild two ITC PMs in India October 18, 2007

Södra Cell begins maintenance work at Tofte mill in Norway October 18, 2007

Pro-Gest makes progress with PM overhaul in Italy October 12, 2007

TOP invests in Polish packaging plants October 12, 2007

Vaahto to supply headbox for BM rebuild at Stora Enso Imatra mills October 05, 2007

Södra Cell re-starts Mönsterås mill after 12-day shutdown October 04, 2007

SCA selects PMT for second phase of PM2 rebuild at its Lucca mill October 04, 2007

Glatfelter to upgrade specialty paper machine in Germany October 01, 2007

BTG launches new Duroblade for light-weight high-speed applications October 01, 2007

Domsjö gets green light for further investment in its biorefinery September 28, 2007

UPM holds topping-out ceremony for new chemical recovery plant at Kymi pulp mill September 28, 2007

ÅF wins contract for pulp & paper mill rebuild from Portucel September 25, 2007

IP starts up linerboard production at Pensacola mill September 24, 2007

GLV's Pulp and Paper group obtains contracts totaling nearly $19 million September 20, 2007

Stora Enso starts up PM after Metso rebuild at its Nymölla mill in Sweden September 20, 2007

PMT Italia announces successful PM start-up at SAICA El Burgo mill in Spain September 20, 2007

Allimand upgrades bagasse paper machine for Colombia's Propal Group September 19, 2007

K-Tron expands in pulp and paper and forest products industries with Rader acquisition September 17, 2007

Metso Paper supplies Sodra Cell Varo with modernization of two lines September 13, 2007

Kadant to supply two stock-preparation systems to producers in Russia and China September 13, 2007

PMT Italia to supply new Top Former unit to Stora Enso's Imatra mill September 10, 2007

Successful start-up for PMT Italia at SCA's Lucca mill September 10, 2007