6 INDUSTRY NEWS
Valuable contacts made at PulPaper 2014
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he PulPaper trade show, which was held in Helsinki at the beginning of June, continues to provide a
valuable platform for suppliers of equipment and services to the pulp and paper industry. For first time exhibitor Richter
Karhula, PulPaper was said to be a great success. “Richter has been active on the
German market for over 40 years. After having taken over the Karhula plant a year ago we wanted to get better known in the Northern market,” says Dirk Richter, general manager of Richter GmbH & Co KG. “By exhibiting at PulPaper, we made many new and valuable contacts in the Finnish market. The arrangement was very well
Paper industry information exchange: this year’s PulPaper in Helsinki
implemented and we had a great time in Helsinki with customers and colleagues. We feel even more at home in the Finnish market now and hold a very positive attitude towards the future. “Richter Karhula attracted a lot of attention in the hall due to special
Sappi confirms disposal of Nijmegen Mill
Sappi is to sell its Nijmegen Mill in the Netherlands to an affiliate of American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC). It had been announced at the end of September 2013 that Sappi wanted to dispose of the mill. The terms of the deal were not revealed. The new name of the Sappi
Nijmegen Mill is Innovio Papers. It will manufacture speciality paper and will no longer be engaged in the coated graphic paper business. A transfer plan is being arranged with current graphic paper customers. The transaction took effect on 16 June. Based in New York, AIAC is a group of 60 manufacturing sites
July/August 2014
with more than 9,500 employees in 18 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia with annual sales of more than US$1.5 billion. AIAC has purchased units of Boeing, Siemens, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, Ingersoll-Rand, Johnson Controls, Ahlstrom, Novelis, Kodak, Jabil Circuit, and other large public corporations. Based in South Africa, Sappi Ltd
is involved in the dissolving wood pulp, paper pulp and paper-based industry with manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and group sales of US$6 billion.
marketing activities and visibility around the Messukeskus. The company works independently from any machine supplier and performs service for nearly every part of the paper machine and offers spare parts, new roll covers as well as manufacturing, repair and
regeneration of rolls.” Final visitor total over the three
days was 9,428 from 72 countries, said Marcus Bergström, chief executive of organiser Adforum. “The Biofuture for Mankind and the IMPC2014 conferences offered participants highest quality content and the social activities, the Pulpaper After Work and the PI 100th anniversary Gala Evening provided guests with a great mix of entertainment and networking opportunities,” he said. “We are very happy with the general outcome of PulPaper 2014 and would like to welcome everyone back to the next event scheduled to take place in the late spring/ early summer of 2018, dates to be announced”
Europe’s paper recycling rate reaches 71.7%
The volume of paper collected and recycled in Europe last year remained stable at slightly more than 57 million tons, but with a continuing decline in consumption it means the recycling rate increased to 71.7 per cent.
The amount of paper recycled has increased by 18 million tons since 1998, the base year for the first voluntary commitment set in the European Declaration on Paper Recycling by the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC). With the recycling rate
levelling out, maintaining it is becoming more challenging, says ERPC, because of changes
in consumption volumes and patterns. Newspaper use is falling and tissue, a growth sector, cannot be recycled for hygiene reasons. Paper fibre is now recycled an
average of 3.5 times in Europe, far exceeding the world-wide average of 2.4. “Making recycling easy and simple year after year requires a huge effort by the paper value chain, and we are pleased to report the positive results”, says ERPC chairwoman Beatrice Klose. “Despite challenging circumstances, paper recycling has continued to perform consistently well,” she concludes.
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