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New manager for SCA’s Ortviken paper mill


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CA has appointed Magnus Kangas as manager of its Ortviken paper mill at Sundsvall


in Sweden. Kangas, who will start in the


new position from the beginning of 2019, was formerly manager of BillerudKorsnäs’ paper mill in Gävle, and has held a number of leading positions in the paper industry and the energy sector. He succeeds Kristina Enander,


who becomes president of SCA’s pulp business from November. “With Magnus Kangas, the Ortviken paper mill will get a very experienced leader with broad experience from Sweden and abroad,” said Mats Nordlander, president of SCA’s paper business. Ortviken is one of the world’s


largest magazine paper mills and with 625 employees produces coated and uncoated papers with a yearly capacity of 775,000 tonnes.


Pulp Paper & Logistics


Richard Coward steps up as president of the CPI


Richard Coward has been appointed president of the UK’s Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). He is group managing director of Rigid Containers Ltd, and was previously vice president of the CPI succeeding Patrick Willink, who served as president for four years.


Magnus Kangas: new manager for SCA’s Ortviken mill


Kristina Enander, SCA’s new pulp business president


On his appointment, Coward said: “The UK’s Paper-based Industries are a continuing success story, providing employment throughout the country and producing a wide range of innovative and much-loved products that are inherently sustainable. “I foresee both opportunities and challenges ahead, and I look


Developing the packaging business in Mexico and Latin America


Tony Colquitt has been appointed as director of business development, Latin America, at BW Packaging Systems. BW Packaging Systems


represents a number of Barry- Wehmiller companies: Accraply, BW Flexible Systems, BW Integrated Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus and Synerlink. “Latin America and Mexico have long been areas of importance for our companies,” said Carol O’Neill, president for packaging at the Barry-Wehmiller Group. “With this new role, we want


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to show our customers that we will continue to serve them and are committed to their growth. We also want potential new customers to know we are actively working to earn their business and will give them the local attention they deserve.” With sales of more than $700 million and 3,000 employees in nine countries, BW Packaging Systems serves customers who can leverage the combined primary packaging, labeling and end-of-line packaging systems of each of the group’s


packaging companies. Colquitt started with Barry-


Wehmiller in 2016 as sales director for the Latin America market at Thiele Technologies. “Tony will work with all the BW


Packaging Systems companies’ leadership and sales teams to further develop relationships with our customers and find areas where we can meet multiple needs throughout their packaging line,” O’Neill said. “I am excited about being part


of a team that will make a mark in Latin America,” Colquitt said. “We


Tony Colquitt will be working in the Mexico and Latin America markets for BW Packaging Systems


have a tremendous opportunity to show the Latin American region that BW Packaging Systems is a total solutions provider on a global scale.”


Richard Coward, new president of the UK’s CPI


forward to helping CPI grow its influence and increase its public profile as it works for the common good of an industry with a turnover of £11.5 billion.”


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