+++ IMPORTANT +++ Metso: Containerboard machine for Kipaş Kağıt in Turkey Metso will supply Kipaş Kağıt Sanayi İşletmeleri A.Ş with a containerboard machine for their new mill site in Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey. The start-up of the new machine is scheduled for 2013. › more

+++ IMPORTANT +++ Voith: Tissue machine for SCA Kostheim, Germany SCA Hygiene Products GmbH has commissioned Voith Paper with the supply of a tissue machine in Central Europe. The new TM 5 line will be installed at the Kostheim site near Mainz, Germany, and delivered in a comprehensive Process Line Package design. › more

+++ IMPORTANT +++ AkzoNobel: Investing EUR 80 million at new Suzano pulp mill, Brazil AkzoNobel is planning to invest EUR 80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. › more

+++ IMPORTANT +++ Andritz: Successful start-up of new PrimeLine tisse machine in China Andritz has successfully started up a new PrimeLine tissue machine for Fushun Mining Group in China. With this start-up, Fushun Mining Group, active in China's mining and oil shale processing sectors, has now embarked on the production of sanitary papers. › more

Ola Hildingsson elected to Södra Cell Board Ola Hildingsson has been elected as a new member of the Board of Directors at Södra Cell. Ola holds a Master of Science in Forestry and has many years’ experience of the forestry industry, including working as a manager for what was at that time the Billerud Uddeholm sawmill and as CEO for SCA Timber AB. › more

UN: "Forest Hero" prize to Greenpeace Campaign Director The United Nations honoured Greenpeace Brazil's Amazon Campaign Director Paulo Adario as a "Forest Hero" in celebration of his work in defense of the Amazon Rainforest. › more

IFRA Expo 2013 to be held in Berlin, Germany WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, will hold its annual exhibition of media technology in Berlin, from 7 to 9 October 2013, at Messe Berlin fairgrounds, following this year’s event in Madrid, Spain. › more

SCA: Georgia-Pacific accepted offer for its European tissue business Georgia-Pacific's acceptance of SCA’s binding offer follows consultations with appropriate works councils. As a result, a sales and purchase agreement has been signed by both parties. › more

Wood chip exports from Latin America reached record high in 2011 Wood chip exports from Latin America reached a record high in 2011,with pulp mills in Japan and Europe being the major export destinations, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. › more

Styron: Increasing prices for latex products Effective February 1, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliated companies are increasing the prices of all latex products sold into the paper latex markets in Europe, Russia, India, Middle East and Africa. › more