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Simon Utsel awarded 2013 Alf de Ruvo scholarship

The 2013 Alf de Ruvo scholarship, worth SEK 500,000, has been awarded to Dr. Simon Utsel for his pioneering work on surface modification of cellulose-based materials. By modifying the surface...

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Södra Cell reaches 100,000 tonnes of textile pulp

Södra Cell has sold 100,000 tonnes of textile pulp since production began at its Morrum mill in December 2011. This milestone has been reached sooner than planned.

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Domtar: Commercial LignoBoost plant started up successfully

Domtar has successfully started up a commercial-scale LignoBoost lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill, in the USA. This is the first commercial installation of a LignoBoost...

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Ahlstrom: Price increases for vegetable parchment materials

Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces price increases on its vegetable parchment materials produced by the Food and Medical business area.

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PTS: Pulp Symposium will focus on new, fibre-based materials

This year PTS Pulp Technology Symposium will be organised in Dresden on 27 and 28 November 2013. It will focus on new, fibre-based materials and paper products.

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Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant: Selected as demonstrator pilot line

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, a pilot plant for biobased products and processes located in the port of Ghent, Belgium, was selected by the European Commission as a demonstrator multi-KETs (Key Enabling...

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UPM: Grada to be highlighted at EcoDesign Exhibition in Milan

Several designs made of UPM Grada thermo-formable wood material are in spotlight at EcoDesign exhibition held at La Triennale design museum in Milan, Italy on April 8 to13.

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Savcor: Enterprise resource planning system to Metsähallitus

Finnish State Forest, Metsähallitus acquires enterprise resource planning system from Savcor Forest Oy. The system is called Ohjas. The new system replaces old ones and brings forestry operations to a...

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Biofore Concept Car on stage at International Day of Forests

The Biofore Concept Car, a joint production of UPM and the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, celebrated the International Day of Forests on Friday 21 March at the UN’s Palais des...

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World Bio Markets 2014 ends on a High Note

Over 1,000 delegates from 40 countries attended Green Power Conferences’ World Bio Markets event at the RAI in Amsterdam earlier this month. The exhibition has seen significant growth in the last year,...

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NWBC: Biorefinery experts gathered in Stockholm

The 5th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference presented the latest ideas and developments in biorefinery separation and conversion processes as well as new biobased products from the wood based...

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Kelheim Fibres for conveniently disposable wet wipes

Viscose short cut fibres from Kelheim Fibres have proven to be the perfect raw material for the manufacture of wet wipes which meet the new flushability guidelines issued by INDA / EDANA and can be...

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Tappi: Research and Development Technical Award to Dr. Junyong Zhu

Dr. Junyong Zhu, Team Leader, U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, has been named winner of the 2014 Research and Development Technical Award and William H. Aiken Prize by TAPPI’s...

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Australia: Increasing chip shipments after ten year low

Australia, one of the world’s largest wood chip exporters, increased its chip shipments in 2013 after a ten-year low in 2012, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. In the 1Q/14, shipments were close to...

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Stora Enso: Acquiring US-based biotechnology company

Stora Enso has acquired 100% of the shares of the US-based company Virdia, a leading developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into highly refined sugars...

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Celtic Renewables: Partnering Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Celtic Renewables, the Edinburgh-based biofuel company, has signed an agreement with Europe’s foremost biotechnology pilot facility to undergo next stage testing of its process to turn whisky...

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Andritz: Pre-treatment technology for US waste-to-biofuel project

Andritz has received an order to supply equipment, engineering, and field services for Fiberight’s cellulosic ethanol plant in Blairstown, Iowa, USA. Start-up is planned for the first quarter of 2015.

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UPM: Exclusive distributor of Domtar’s BioChoice lignin in Europe

UPM and Domtar have entered into an agreement for UPM to become the exclusive distributor of Domtar’s BioChoice lignin in Europe. BioChoice is produced at Domtar’s biorefinery in Plymouth, North...

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BBI: € 3.7 billion investment in Renewable Bio-based Economy

EU and industry leaders have launched a new European Joint Undertaking on Bio-based Industries (BBI). The aim is to trigger investments and create a competitive market for bio-based products and...

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Lenzing: Start-up of world’s largest Tencel production plant

The Lenzing Group has successfully initiated production at its new Tencel jumbo production facility, the largest in the world, at the Lenzing site in Upper Austria. The plant is in the midst of a...

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