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Domtar buys first commercial LignoBoost plant for Plymouth

Metso will supply the world's first commercial installation of LignoBoost technology to Domtar's Plymouth, N.C., pulp mill. The LignoBoost process separates and collects lignin from pulping liquor.
Dec 15, 2011


CelluForce on target for NCC production by end of year

CelluForce has completed construction and begun operations at Canada's first manufacturing plant for nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). NCC is an advanced material derived from wood fibre that can be used as an additive to improve strength,...
Dec 13, 2011


Evaporator for Grande Prairie completes mill upgrades

Imagine 18 separate loads, travelling more than 1200 kilometres, by truck. After crossing the ocean and being barged up a river. This is the epic voyage of the evaporator bound for the Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Grande Prairie, Alta., about 450...
Nov 29, 2011


FPInnovations, Cascades develop aerodynamic semi-trailer

A new aerodynamic semi-trailer developed by three industry partners and Université Laval will reduce CO2 emissions and lower North American freight fuel costs.
Sep 23, 2011


PaperWeek Canada dates set for 2012

PaperWeek Canada 2012, the annual conference of the Canadian pulp and paper industry, will be held from January 31 to February 2, at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal. This annual gathering is organized by the Pulp and Paper...
Jul 19, 2011


ABB to buy Lorentzen & Wettre to strengthen pulp and paper business

ABB will buy Lorentzen & Wettre from ASSA ABLOY AB for approximately US$119 million to strengthen its business in the pulp and paper area. The company will be incorporated into ABB's process automation division.
Jul 5, 2011


Canfor Pulp invests $10 million in pulp quality monitoring, innovation centre

Canfor Pulp has announced three major new investments related to innovation in pulp production: installation of advanced pulp quality monitoring systems at three B.C. mills, an in-house innovation lab, and support for research activities at two...
Jun 28, 2011


Ontario research partners focus on chemicals from poplar

CRIBE is providing $3 million for an innovative partnership between Lakehead University's Biorefining Research Initiative (LU) and G2 BioChem in Chatham, Ont.
Jun 10, 2011


CelluForce to be producing nanocrystalline cellulose by 2012

The nanocellulose joint venture of Domtar and FPInnovations will be named CelluForce, the partners announced in early June. Construction of the NCC production facility is underway at Domtar's Windsor, Que., pulp and paper mill, and will be...
Jun 7, 2011


See the forest in a new light

An independent Quebec-based publisher has launched a coffee-table book of stories about the forest, with contributions from two well-known figures in the pulp and paper world: Jean Hamel of FPInnovations and Patrice Mangin of CIPP.
Feb 28, 2011


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