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CONTRACTS, SALES AND ACQUISITIONS

Ahlstrom Machine’s Fiberline Division in Glen Falls, NY, has been awarded a contract to supply its Lo-Solids cooking technology for Skeena Cellulose’s two continuous digesters at the mill in Prince Rupert, BC. The equipment is scheduled to become operational in June 2000.

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Champion International Corp.’s mill in Bucksport, ME, has ordered a Raumaster roll-handling system for its two rewinders. This is the second installation of such equipment in North America, the first being the installation at Stora Enso’s mill in Port Hawkesbury, NS.

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Voith Sulzer Automation, Los Gatos, CA, has recently made a number of alliances, including with Foxboro, a control system supplier; and with Fisher-Rosemount, a process management products and services supplier.

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Groupe Lapierrire & Verreault Inc., Trois Rivires, QC, has acquired Cairo, GA-based National Refiner Plate Company, a maker of refiner plates used in the pulp refining process. Details of the deal were not released, but GL&V said that the acquisition will contribute about $3 million in revenues to its Pulp and Paper Group in 2000.

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