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UK service agreement between Sulzer and ABB


ABB medium- and high-voltage motors and generators. The agreement provides ABB customers with direct access to the specialist skills and extensive facilities of Sulzer’s service centres in Birmingham and Falkirk. As ABB’s first Loyalty Partner


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to provide workshop and repair services to its range of large motors and generators, Sulzer will provide inspection, remedial work, modifications, repairs and


ulzer is to provide the UK market with maintenance and repair services for


Chris Powles, head of electromechanical services for EMEA at Sulzer (left) and Peter Wright, global product manager at ABB Motors and Generators Field Service Operations (right), sign the service agreement


rewinds of ABB’s large machines rated at 6.6 kV and above. All


Double design success for Metsä Board


repairs will be completed to ABB approved standards using


original spare parts. Chris Powles, head of electromechanical services for the EMEA at Sulzer, said: “This agreement will complement ABB’s existing capabilities and provide their customers with a high-quality maintenance service that will minimise any downtime through an improved programme for the support of repair and maintenance. “Together Sulzer and ABB will be


able to combine their individual strengths and offer customers a package of services that increases efficiency and delivers the most effective solutions.”


Expansion for water- based coating production


Metsä Board’s designs achieved a double success at this year’s iF Design Awards. T2 Mini Fruit Tea packaging won an iF Design certificate for Beverages and Metsä’s Elevated drink box won another iF Design certificate for Independent Packaging. Both packaging designs were created by Metsä Board’s in- house design team. Cyril Drouet, Design and


Innovation Director at Metsä March/April 2017


Board, said: “We are delighted with this level of recognition. iF Awards reflect our primary aim of helping customers enhance brand value by delivering sustainable, safe and innovative paperboard based packaging solutions.” In this year’s iF Design Awards, which have been running for 60 years, an international jury assessed more than 5,500 entries from 59 countries.


Cascades Sonoco is investing $16 million to expand its facility at Birmingham in Alabama to provide paper and paperboard substrates with water-based coating technology. The joint venture between Sonoco Products and Cascades Inc recently introduced its FlexShield, FluteShield and SurfShield products, water- based functional and barrier coatings that are designed to replace the standard LDPE coating used in take- out container folding carton applications, as well as wax replacement technology for the


corrugated industry. “This investment represents a significant geographic expansion for water-based products by Cascades Sonoco, especially in the fast-growing south eastern United States,” said Rodger Fuller, senior vice president of Sonoco’s Paper & Engineered Carriers, US & Canada, and Display & Packaging. “With this exciting addition to


its product portfolio, Cascades Sonoco remains dedicated to maintain its market leadership position in protective roll packaging for the paper industry.”


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