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Market pulp is a critical global commodity within the pulp and paper industry. As such, market pulp is a constant fixture in global trade flows because of its primary role in manufacturing numerous paper grades.
Market pulp prices have always been volatile and kraft market pulp, in particular, saw some of its lowest prices in the last 10 years in 2020. However, 2021 has brought price increases with skyrocketing spot prices in February and early March. Between December 1, 2020 and late February 2021, bleached softwood kraft futures were up 48% on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFI), and additional price increases have been announced, leaving buyers wondering what has happened and when it will end.
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ANDRITZ has successfully started up a new 500 t/d HERB chemical recovery boiler at Kuantum Papers Limited in Saila Khurd, Hoshiapur district in the state of Punjab, India. The boiler is designed to handle a mixture of hardwood and agro-based black liquor and enables environmentally friendly and more energy-efficient operation compared to a conventional boiler with direct contact evaporator. Thus, the mill’s pulp production as well as the power-to-heat-ratio are substantially increased. The boiler also features a unique vertical air system to minimize air emissions.
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The InlineSENS combines both a radiation source and scintillation detector in one device. Its use of low-energy gamma radiation from an Am-241 or Cm-244 source provides for strong responses to even the slightest change in product composition, with extremely low dose rates.
The isotope Am-241 or Cm-244 is used as the radiation source. The advantage: Am-241 and Cm-244 have very low radiation energies, which correspond approximately to the energy of X-rays. The density measuring system InlineSENS offers high statistical accuracy and long-term stability by using a highly sensitive scintillation detector with patented drift compensation.
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Recently, Huanlong Group officially launched the expansion project with an annual output of 50,000 tons of high-end tissue paper. The complete production line equipment of this turnkey project is provided by Baosuo Enterprise Group, including stock preparation system, white water treatment system, 2 sets of BC1600-2850 Baotuo Crescent Former Tissue Machine and other complete set of converting equipment, etc.
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March has been another month with no signs at all of an imminent reversal in fortunes on Europe's pulp market. Demand continues to be outstripping supply. The situation for hardwood and softwood pulp is equally strained, insiders said. If producers get their way, prices will climb again in Europe and move into line with those charged in China.
The first announcements of additional hikes in the second quarter have been on the table since the middle of March. Insiders noted that most pulp buyers are still leading a hand-to-mouth existence so they have no choice but to accept these demands.
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Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons to its pulp mills in China. The deliveries include fiberlines and core components for recovery boilers and lime kilns. The deliveries will be done in phases and the start-ups are scheduled for 2022 and 2023.
The value of the order will not be disclosed. However, a project of this size and scope is typically valued at around EUR 100 million.
Valmet to Supply Board and Fine Paper Making Lines with Pulp Production to Fujian Liansheng in China
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Valmet will supply a folding boxboard making line (BM 1), a fine paper making line (PM 3) and a bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line to Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China.
Valmet said the lines will be delivered to a new greenfield pulp and paper mill in Zhangzhou, which will eventually have a total pulp and paper capacity of 3.9 million tonnes annually.
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Over the past few weeks, bubble tea lovers in China have been trying to get used to one thing that many of them were prepared for: paper straws.
The roll-out of paper straws at numerous bubble tea shops across China to replace the traditional plastic alternative is down to Beijing’s new policy initiative to reduce environmental pollution by cutting down on the use of plastic products.
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Andritz has received an order from Guangxi Chongzuo Lelin Forestry Development Co. Ltd. to supply a chip washing system and pressurized refining system for its production line near Chongzuo in Guangxi province, China.
With a design capacity of 80 bdmt/h, this will be the largest MDF line ever installed worldwide.
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The prospects for the fast-growing tissue paper market in China are very positive. Metsä Fibre’s partners, Luck Tissue, C&S Paper and Jinboshi, are all very positive about the development of the market and the partnership.
The unexpected outbreak of COVID-19, has had negative impacts on various industries, including the paper industry in China. When the economy slowed down, the tourism industry and the food and beverage sector took a hit. As a result, the demand for napkins – paper towels which are used in the outdoor environment by the consumers – also plummeted.
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In close cooperation with its customer Jiangsu Bohui Paper Industry, international technology group ANDRITZ recently achieved a milestone in high-consistency (HC) refining by processing a peak capacity of 1,300 admt/d of local hardwood chips per day and achieving sustainable production of 1,150 admt/d at the mill in Dafeng, China.
ANDRITZ supplied two separate fiberlines with capacities of 1,500 admt/d and 750 admt/d, respectively, featuring the well-proven P-RC APMP (Pre-Conditioning Refiner Chemical Alkaline Peroxide Mechanical Pulp) technology for the new chemi-thermo-mechanical pulping system. With a total capacity of 2,250 admt/d, this system is the largest worldwide.
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Kingdecor (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by Schattdecor AG from Germany and Zhejiang Xianhe Special Paper Co., Ltd from China. The company produces a large array of high quality and environmentally friendly paper types, with a production capability of more than 180,000 tons and more than 200 series of products exported to Asia, North America and Australia. In the last ten years the company, by implementing advanced machineries and management methods, increased its capability by 50% per year and nowadays it can count on a registered capital of 32.6 million US dollars.
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Over the course of this year the Tissue market evolved significantly: the uncertainty of the cost of pulp, the high competitiveness of the market, and the upheavals created by the current pandemic opened up new challenges. The Körber Business Area Tissue has been able to meet the most demanding customer requirements in terms of speed, choice and technologically advanced solutions.
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In the 3Q/20, the Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) was up by 1.6% to $81.17/odmt, following a 16-year low in the previous quarter. The first q-o-q (quarter-over-quarter) increase in almost two years was mainly driven by a weakening of the US dollar against currencies in all WRQ (Wood Resources Quarterly) countries except Russia. Currencies in Europe and Oceania strengthened between 5-10% from the 2Q/20 to the 3Q/20.
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The Chinese business is interested in the establishment of large-scale pulp and paper productions in Russia, particularly within the territory of the country’s Far East region, according to recent statements, made by representatives of Chinese investors and some local media reports.
Currently the Far East region experiences a shortage of enterprises, specializing on pulp and paper production
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Paper producers in China have announced price rises in the run up to a ban on solid waste imports, including of waste paper, from next year.
Tissue manufacturers kicked off the first wave of price hikes on Dec. 7, China Central Television News reported yesterday, without saying how much they rose. Producers in the provinces of Shaanxi, Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangxi and Zhejiang followed suit within 10 days, lifting prices by CNY200 (USD30.64) a ton.
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High level of harmful emissions continues to be one of the major problems of the Chinese timber processing complex, despite the efforts, which have been taken by the government to solve the problem in recent years, according to recent statements of some Chinese media and local analysts in the field of paper business.
As the Chinese economy continues its active recovery from the lockdown and trade wars with the US, the volume of pulp and paper production in the country is steadily growing.
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Mondi continues active exports of its products to China this year, according to recent statements, made by Klaus Peller, CEO of Mondi SLPK, the Russian subsidiary of the company, which were made in an interview with the Russian Rossyiskay Gazeta business paper.
According to Peller, this year Mondi SLPK began exports of its pulp to China by rail transport.
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Sun Paper, one of the biggest players in China’s paper industry and Voith’s long-term partner, has successfully started up the XcelLine graphic paper machine PM 39 at its Yanzhou site in Shandong province, China. With joint efforts of Sun Paper and Voith, the project was completed two weeks earlier than scheduled, and after the start-up, the production is stable with qualified paper rolled out. PM 39 is the 10th Voith-supplied production line operating at Sun Paper.
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The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding an affirmative and preliminary ruling in a circumvention inquiry, involving uncoated paper sheeter rolls from China on existing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders.
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Valmet has secured an order to provide a new OptiConcept M container board making line to China-based Shanying Paper.
The new board making line (PM 52), along with an extensive package of automation, will be installed at Shanying Paper’s Zhaoqing mill in Guangdong.
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Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., announced it successfully started up the OCC system at ShanYing International's Jingzhou mill in southern Hubei province, China.
The new line is equipped with a Kadant recycled fiber processing system and an approach flow system with a design capacity of 400,000 tons per year.
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ANDRITZ has received an order from Sun Paper to supply pulp dewatering and white liquor plant technologies and key process equipment for their new pulp mill in Beihai, China.
The scope of supply on EPS basis includes the following equipment:
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Valmet will supply cooking and fiberline to Guangxi Sun Paper Co., Ltd's new Beihai mill in China. The pulp mill will have a capacity of 800,000 air dried tonnes per year of bleached hardwood kraft pulp.
The value of the order was not disclosed.
Valmet's delivery is part of Sun Paper's new greenfield mill in Beihai, which will eventually have a total pulp and paper capacity of 3.5 million tonnes annually. This order complements the fine paper machine, automation and recovery boiler order which Valmet announced in April 2020.
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Voith Group announced that it successfully completed the acquisition of Toscotec S.p.A. on April 30, 2020.
Voith now owns 90 percent of the shares of Toscotec.
"Toscotec's acquisition matches Voith's targets of strategic growth in a perfect way," said Andreas Endters, President and CEO of Voith Paper. "Toscotec's range of products and services effectively supports our portfolio and further strengthens our position as a full-line supplier in important areas of the paper industry."
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IT Tech Packaging, Inc. today announced plans for the commercial launch of a new tissue paper production line, PM10 in North China. The company said on April 13 it signed a purchase agreement with a machine supplier for the delivery of PM10.
No further details were provided about the machine capacity or start-up date.
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Small paper mills on Monday said that over 35,000 containers with imported waste paper are held up at various inland container depots (ICDs) and container freight stations (CFSs) despite the government's directive to waive port logistics charges.
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Valmet will supply a fine paper making line with stock preparation, an extensive scope of automation and a recovery boiler for Sun Paper in Beihai, China. In addition, another stock preparation line for a different Sun Paper site will be supplied.
The new 11,150-mm-wide fine paper machine is designed to produce 500,000 tonnes per year of high-quality woodfree uncoated paper (WFU) grades in the basis weight range of 50-100 g/m2. The design speed of the machine is 1,800 m/min.
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China’s largest producer of tissue and toilet paper reported its most profitable quarter since 2015 amid amysterious hoarding of toilet paper by panicking consumers from Hong Kong to Sydney during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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South Korea’s No 1 paper manufacturer, Hansol Paper, is one step closer to being counted among the world’s top 20 paper industry players. Responding to growing demand for paper-based packaging, Hansol has established a new packaging division that develops innovative and sustainable solutions.