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Swaminathan opens India’s largest clonal saplings centre
R
ampraveen Swaminathan, chief executive of International Paper
APPM Ltd, recently inaugurated India’s largest Casurina Clonal Propagation Center (CPC) in Mulugapudi village in Vishakapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. The project is IP-APPM’s fifth CPC in the country and is equipped with technology to
develop superior clonal saplings that can double the productivity of pulpwood when compared compared to conventional seedling methods.
It is claimed that productivity
will increase to 65-70 MT pulpwood per acre during a four-year plantation cycle. “This clonal centre is an
extension of International Paper’s ongoing commitment to Farm Forestry,” said Swaminathan.
“Over the past two years, we have adopted a decentralised delivery model for clonal production, which enables easier access for farmers and increased technical engagement. We have planted over one billion saplings in India. “Besides providing superior quality saplings, this centre will additionally act as an information and technology center for farmers and will help them understand productivity enhancing techniques.
Rampraveen Swaminathan’
We continue to strengthen our pioneering Farm Forestry initiative which has been the largest in India since its inception over three decades ago and the latest centre will further enable us to maintain our leadership in the industry.”
Mechanical Pulping Award for Professor Per Engstrand
The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award promotes the development of new technology for the manufacture of high-yield pulp. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in research and development of mechanical pulping technology. The 2014 award has been
granted to Professor Per Engstrand, of the Mid Sweden University. Engstrand has been active within
the field of mechanical- and chemi- mechanical pulping throughout his career. Engstrand’s early work focused
on the influence of chemistry on fibre properties and energy consumption. The effort to reduce the specific energy demand has since been a theme in his research, which was approached from both academic and industrial viewpoints. Focus has been increasing
understanding of the behavior of fibres in the refiner gap. Interaction with surrounding processes and the potential for system optimisation are important parts of this research. The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award Foundation was set up in 1985 to commemorate Dr Asplund’s contribution to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. The Award was made possible through a donation from the Sunds Defibrator
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Company, currently part of Valmet, to the foundation in 1985. Chairman of the Foundation is Professor Göran Bengtsson from Stora Enso. The award will be presented
on 4 June at the Finnish Paper Engineers’ Association’s (PI) 100th anniversary gala evening in association with the PulpPaper 2014 event and the International Mechanical Pulping Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
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