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Voith has introduced MegaDrive, a rubber wire-drive roll cover for the forming sections of paper and board machines. The company says the design is intended to improve traction, reduce wear and limit maintenance requirements. Forming-section wire-drive rolls transfer power to the forming fabric at the wet end of a machine.…
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Progroup is maintaining its plan to build a new containerboard machine at the former Sappi site in Stockstadt, Germany. The company says commissioning could be delayed because of the challenging economic environment.…
Firefighters in Tallahassee, Florida, extinguished a fire involving a large pile of cardboard near Marpan Recycling. The Tallahassee Fire Department received the call shortly before 5 a.m., according to the supplied report. Responding crews found the burning material outside the facility, near a building.…
Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG) said its Lindenmeyr Munroe division will acquire the business of Omaha Paper Company, a Nebraska-based distributor. The company, which recently rebranded as OPC Direct, distributes paper, packaging materials and equipment, wide-format products and JanSan…
Valmet has received an order to supply a complete board-making line to an unnamed customer in Asia. The reported scope includes stock preparation and a board machine running from the headboxes through to the reel and winders. Valmet says the line is intended to produce coated board.…