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Toscotec starts up a tissue line at Jumbo Centre in South Africa
South African tissue producer Jumbo Centre has started up an Ahead 1.8 tissue line supplied by Toscotec at their Johannesburg facility. This is a repeat order for Toscotec after the successful installation in 2020 of another complete tissue machine at the same mill.
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Müller Martini and Hunkeler join forces for the future
After careful consideration, the owner families have decided to merge the Hunkeler Group with the Müller Martini Group. Müller Martini Holding AG has acquired all of the shares of the Hunkeler Group. With this transaction, the Hunkeler family and Crédit Mutuel Equity have sold off all their shares to Müller Martini. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Jordi AG relies on process-free plates from Kodak
To stand still is to fall behind – this is especially true in printing, which is characterized by ever-changing technologies, market trends and customer requirements. For Jordi AG, based in Belp near Bern, Switzerland, this means regularly investing in more efficient and more highly automated technologies to improve its competitiveness and profitability and offer its customers new services.
Mondi: Commitment to boost saturating kraft paper
Mondi has expanded its range of saturating kraft paper and increased capacity, in order to improve and enhance its service to manufacturers of internal and external building panels, worktops, furniture and technical films. With the previously announced investment in a new paper machine at its Štetí plant in the Czech Republic and further increases in production efficiency, Mondi will optimise capacity across its mill network, providing increased production of its saturating kraft, Advantage MF Boost, at Mondi Frantschach in Austria and Mondi Dynäs in Sweden.
Andritz starts up largest high-kappa fiberline in China for Nanning Sun Paper
International technology group Andritz has started up a state-of-the-art, highly efficient fiberline and lime kiln plant at Nanning Sun Paper’s pulp and paper mill in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China. Zang Zijia, Project Director, Nanning Sun Paper, said, “Start-up of the fiberline and lime kiln went very smoothly. The project progressed quickly, the start-up test was completed within one month after feeding, and now the equipment is running stably. We will definitely continue working with Andritz in the future to further increase our capacity and efficiency.”
Flint Group puts EkoCure® Dual Cure technology in the spotlight at Labelexpo Asia 2023
Flint Group is proud to be an exhibitor at the upcoming Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai, China, where it will spotlight its EkoCure® Dual Cure ink and coating range for narrow web printers. The exhibition will take place from 5th to 8th December 2023 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), and Flint Group will be stationed on Booth E2H16.
Major success for Södra’s birch seed cultivation
After several years of intensive work to produce high-quality birch seeds, Södra has now harvested a large amount of birch seeds in its greenhouse orchard in Falkenberg. The seeds will be used to breed improved birch seedlings with favourable traits, which will promote the growth and diversity of family forestry. Access to selectively bred birch seeds for cultivating seedlings with favourable traits, such as high growth, straight stems and tightly knotted wood, has long been limited. At the same time, demand among forest owners for birch seedlings has been considerably higher than Södra’s ability to produce and deliver.
UPM Raflatac partners with Soprema to promote label waste recycling with the RafCycle™ service
UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of innovative and sustainable self-adhesive paper and film products, announces Soprema as its main partner in label waste recycling in the EMEIA region. Soprema, known for waterproofing and a specialist in roofing and insulation, will transform the label waste collected through RafCycle™ by UPM Raflatac recycling service into new construction and insulation materials.
Xaar's Irix Printhead delivers for Codpad's new coding & marking machines
Printhead and inkjet technologies manufacturer Xaar has announced a strategic partnership with Codpad, an inkjet coding and marking machine specialist based in Guangdong, China. The collaboration was formally announced at 2023 SWOP Packaging World Expo in Shanghai, where Codpad showcased its latest high-resolution UV inkjet coding machine, incorporating the Xaar Irix printhead.
Toscotec receives second rebuild order from Ranheim Paper & Board in Norway
Norwegian cardboard producer Ranheim Paper & Board started up PM5 at its Ranheim paper mill after a dryer section rebuild supplied by Toscotec. The rebuild has been completed according to schedule. Shortly after, Ranheim Paper & Board has placed a new order with Toscotec for the second phase of PM5’s technological upgrade, which is scheduled for autumn 2024. PM5 produces greyboard and coreboard in the basis weight range from 220 to 540 gsm.
Screen reaches landmark of 20,000 PlateRite units sold
Screen, Japanese manufacturer of high-tech printing equipment, has reached a major milestone: it has shipped a combined total of 20,000 units of its PlateRite series of computer to plate (CtP) recorders for printing systems. The landmark number of units shipped was achieved in late September, 28 years after the PlateRite series’ initial release, and includes OEM partner models. Screen is responsible for developing, manufacturing and distributing the PlateRite series.
„EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation causes noticeable reluctance to invest“
The food machinery and packaging machinery industry is directly affected by the consequences of the flood of regulations from Brussels and Berlin, which particularly holds true for the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and its effects for the packaging machinery industry. Its unclear requirements are now leading to noticeable uncertainty in the market and thus to planning restraints among manufacturers and customers alike, says the VDMA.
