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Stora Enso has announced plans to team up with the Tetra Pak Group to triple its large-scale beverage carton recycling capacity in Poland. Following a comprehensive feasibility study, the two parties will install a large recycled carton pulp production line at Stora Enso's Ostroleka mill in Poland. Once the line is operational, it will raise the mill's annual recycling capacity for used beverage cartons from 25,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes, serving Poland and neighboring countries such as Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Like other industries in India, the Indian paper industry has also struggled over the past year. Due to the continued closure of educational institutions and offices, demand for writing and printing paper has been severely affected. Recently, ASMehta, president of the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IndianPaperManufacturersAssociation) and chairman and managing director of JK Paper, told the media that at present, the Indian paper industry is

On July 14, Fujian Hexin Packaging Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of Hexing Packaging, and the Management Committee of the Fujian Changtai Economic Development Zone signed the "Enterprise Land Use Right Transfer Reservation Agreement" for the Changtai Smart Eco-Friendly Packaging Project in Zhangzhou City. Days ago, Hexing Packaging issued an announcement stating that it agreed to Fujian Hexin Packaging Co., Ltd. investing in and constructing the Changtai Smart Eco-Friendly Packaging Project in the Changtai Economic Development Zone of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province; and agreed to the "Enterprise Land Use Right Transfer Reservation Agreement

In the blazing July, Shandong Chenzhong Machinery has another piece of good news: it has signed the approach flow system for Anhui Xinguang New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.'s 500,000-ton-per-year packaging paper project. The system mainly includes three AWS7.6m2 inward-flow headbox screens, a second-stage headbox screen and a dilution water screen, among other equipment. The AWS7.6m2 inward-flow headbox screen is currently the largest model among domestic equipment and the most demanding approach flow screening equipment. The project is a 5600/1000m/mi

Sappi Europe recently announced that, effective September 1, 2021, it will increase prices for all its paperboard and containerboard, as well as Transjet, Basejet and inkjet papers, by 8%-12%. The company said that unprecedented and sustained increases in raw material costs (especially pulp, chemicals and energy), combined with extremely high freight rates, made the price adjustment unavoidable. Sappi's sales team will contact customers to discuss the details and support the

According to foreign media reports, pulp mills generate large amounts of waste, and scientists have been highly creative in putting that waste to use, with possibilities ranging from foam and batteries to stronger concrete. The latest application comes from researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), who used pulp mill waste as a filler material for cement, and the material proved to be stronger and more resilient. The waste at the heart of this breakthrough is called pulp mill fly ash (PFA

On July 22, 2021, Yuto Technology, a leading domestic provider of integrated high-end brand packaging solutions, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with MULTIVAC, a globally renowned supplier of packaging machinery and complete lines. Mr. Liu Zhongqing, Senior Vice President of Yuto Technology, and Mr. Li Yansi, General Manager of MULTIVAC China, Hong Kong SAR and Mongolia, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties. Photo: Mr. Liu Zhongqing, Senior Vice President of Yuto Technology, and MULTIVAC China, Hong Kong

Consumers keep buying, e-commerce is booming … all of these factors are driving up corrugated packaging costs, and shippers need to rethink the way they pack their goods. As the economic recovery continues, pandemic-driven e-commerce buying behavior remains strong and packaging costs are rising, and these factors are putting pressure on shippers to find better ways to pack and deliver the orders flowing through their facilities. Throughout the spring, prices for corrugated products have been rising

Recently, Dongfang Precision Printing Machinery's bottom-printing open-and-close folder gluer inline completed project installation and was put into operation at a Russian customer's factory! Amid the pandemic, travel by Dongfang Precision Printing Machinery's overseas service team was also affected, but the engineers overcame the difficulties by combining online guidance and training with offline installation and commissioning, and by remotely monitoring and guiding operations, so that all work advanced in an orderly manner. In the end, with the engineers and the overseas service team working in concert, within one month they completed the

The **th Annual Conference of the China Honeycomb Paper Alliance brought honeycomb paper professionals from across the country together to jointly analyze the current status and development prospects of honeycomb paper and to exchange and learn from one another. Honeycomb paper is a green, eco-friendly packaging material used across all walks of industry; in recent years this packaging material has developed rapidly and is increasingly being recognized by the market. The main fields in which honeycomb paper is applied include the construction industry, the packaging and transport industry, the funeral industry and agriculture. Because the honeycomb paper industry is an emerging industry, downstream