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Kafus plans first European plant
Filtration Industry Analyst
RIVERWOOD EXPANDS CONVERTING CAPACITY Riverwood International Corp has announced a capital investment project that will expand converting capacity at its Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA, carton plant. New equipment to be installed on the press line is expected to improve efficiency and throughput. The equipment is also expected to provide a 25 per cent increase in the capacity of the plant, which prints and converts the company's coated unbleached kraft paperboard to cartons for beverage customers.
FOREX INAUGURATES NEW PLANT
July 1998
ply premium quality gypsumgrade paperboard to external customers and the company's own gypsum wallboard facility in Duke, Oklahoma. The Duke facility is currently undergoing an expansion expected to be completed during the summer, to double its effective capacity to 1.2 billion square feet annually.
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SHANGHAI CONTAINER PLANT OPENS SCA Weyerhaeuser Packaging Holding Company Asia Ltd, a joint venture between Weyerhaeuser and SCA Packaging, has opened its first box plant producing corrugated containers in Shanghai, China. The plant and office buildings cover 17 200 square metres and feature state-ofthe-art manufacturing equipment and an on-site package design and testing laboratory.
Le Groupe Forex has inaugurated its new oriented strand board plant in BoisFranc, Canada.
KAFUS PLANS FIRST EUROPEAN PLANT
The C$120 million facility has a maximum annual production capacity of 550 000 cubic metres, making it the biggest plant of its kind in the world. After ten months of activity, the plant had achieved a production rate equal to 68 per cent of this annual capacity.
Kafus Environmental Industries is planning to construct a CanFibre MDF facility in The Port of Amsterdam, Holland.
REPUBLIC TO BUILD RECYCLED PAPERBOARD MILL Republic Group Inc is to build a 100 per cent recycled paperboard mill in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. Construction of the 220 000 ton-per-year mill will begin almost immediately, with start-up scheduled for the end of 1999. Total construction costs are expected to be approximately US$150-170 million. The new mill will sup-
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The paper machine was almost entirely rebuilt at a cost of C$177 million, and the C$66 million cogeneration unit has the capacity to generate about 20 MW of electricity from burning waste sludge and biomass.
Kafus has expanded the size of the proposed plant from its standard North American design of 78 million square feet-per-year, to 120 million square feet-per-year to cope with the anticipated increased European demand.
INVESTMENT BOOSTS ALLIANCE'S CAPACITY
The 300 MW, combined cycle cogeneration plant came on-stream after an aggressive 19-month construction schedule. The plant is selling lowcost electrical energy to a power company and a snack-food processing plant.
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DYNEGY TO BUILD 600 MW PLANT Dynegy Inc has announced plans to construct a gasfired, four-unit, 600 M W generation facility in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA. Dynegy is currently finalising the scope, procurement and design details for the new facility, and it is expected to be on-stream by June 2000. Duke Power has signed a letter of intent to purchase the electricity produced by the new plant.
TEXAS COGENERATION PLANT SET FOR 2000 Columbia Electric and LG&E Power Inc have signed an agreement for Columbia to participate in the development of a natural gas-fired cogeneration project in Texas, USA. The new facility will provide electricity and steam, equivalent to 550 MW, for a Reynolds Metals plant in Gregory, Texas. The project is expected to begin commercial operation in the summer of 2000.
A newly installed paper
machine and cogeneration unit at Alliance Forest Products' Dolbeau, Canada mill will increase its annual production capacity to 200 000 tonnes of paper.
in Kathleen, Georgia, USA started commercial operation on 1 June 1998.
MID-GEORGIA PLANT BEGINS OPERATION The US$150 million MidGeorgia cogeneration plant
HERCULES EXPANDING CAPACITY Hercules Inc has announced plans for the expansion of its methylcellulose facility at the Aquaion plant in Doel, Belgium. The i n v e s t m e n t will increase methylcellulose capacity in Doel from 17 000 metric tons to 25 000 metric tons, with potential for further expansion to 32 000 metric tons. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2000. The new capacity will be marketed primarily to customers in the construction industry, and in regulated businesses like food, personal care and pharmaceuticals.
GOODYEAR EXPANDING CHEMICAL BUSINESS The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company is investing US$144 million in a new chemical plant in Beaumont, Texas, USA. Ground breaking for the new facility is planned for the second quarter, and the plant is expected to come on-stream in early 2000. The new plant, which will produce speciality polymers for the synthetic rubber industry, represents part of a US$600 million overall investment in an expansion of the company's chemical business.
RIVERWOOD EXPANDS CONVERTING CAPACITY Riverwood International Corp has announced a capital investment project that will expand converting capacity at its Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA, carton plant. New equipment to be installed on the press line is expected to improve efficiency and throughput. The equipment is also expected to provide a 25 per cent increase in the capacity of the plant, which prints and converts the company's coated unbleached kraft paperboard to cartons for beverage customers.
FOREX INAUGURATES NEW PLANT
July 1998
ply premium quality gypsumgrade paperboard to external customers and the company's own gypsum wallboard facility in Duke, Oklahoma. The Duke facility is currently undergoing an expansion expected to be completed during the summer, to double its effective capacity to 1.2 billion square feet annually.
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SHANGHAI CONTAINER PLANT OPENS SCA Weyerhaeuser Packaging Holding Company Asia Ltd, a joint venture between Weyerhaeuser and SCA Packaging, has opened its first box plant producing corrugated containers in Shanghai, China. The plant and office buildings cover 17 200 square metres and feature state-ofthe-art manufacturing equipment and an on-site package design and testing laboratory.
Le Groupe Forex has inaugurated its new oriented strand board plant in BoisFranc, Canada.
KAFUS PLANS FIRST EUROPEAN PLANT
The C$120 million facility has a maximum annual production capacity of 550 000 cubic metres, making it the biggest plant of its kind in the world. After ten months of activity, the plant had achieved a production rate equal to 68 per cent of this annual capacity.
Kafus Environmental Industries is planning to construct a CanFibre MDF facility in The Port of Amsterdam, Holland.
REPUBLIC TO BUILD RECYCLED PAPERBOARD MILL Republic Group Inc is to build a 100 per cent recycled paperboard mill in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. Construction of the 220 000 ton-per-year mill will begin almost immediately, with start-up scheduled for the end of 1999. Total construction costs are expected to be approximately US$150-170 million. The new mill will sup-
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The paper machine was almost entirely rebuilt at a cost of C$177 million, and the C$66 million cogeneration unit has the capacity to generate about 20 MW of electricity from burning waste sludge and biomass.
Kafus has expanded the size of the proposed plant from its standard North American design of 78 million square feet-per-year, to 120 million square feet-per-year to cope with the anticipated increased European demand.
INVESTMENT BOOSTS ALLIANCE'S CAPACITY
The 300 MW, combined cycle cogeneration plant came on-stream after an aggressive 19-month construction schedule. The plant is selling lowcost electrical energy to a power company and a snack-food processing plant.
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DYNEGY TO BUILD 600 MW PLANT Dynegy Inc has announced plans to construct a gasfired, four-unit, 600 M W generation facility in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA. Dynegy is currently finalising the scope, procurement and design details for the new facility, and it is expected to be on-stream by June 2000. Duke Power has signed a letter of intent to purchase the electricity produced by the new plant.
TEXAS COGENERATION PLANT SET FOR 2000 Columbia Electric and LG&E Power Inc have signed an agreement for Columbia to participate in the development of a natural gas-fired cogeneration project in Texas, USA. The new facility will provide electricity and steam, equivalent to 550 MW, for a Reynolds Metals plant in Gregory, Texas. The project is expected to begin commercial operation in the summer of 2000.
A newly installed paper
machine and cogeneration unit at Alliance Forest Products' Dolbeau, Canada mill will increase its annual production capacity to 200 000 tonnes of paper.
in Kathleen, Georgia, USA started commercial operation on 1 June 1998.
MID-GEORGIA PLANT BEGINS OPERATION The US$150 million MidGeorgia cogeneration plant
HERCULES EXPANDING CAPACITY Hercules Inc has announced plans for the expansion of its methylcellulose facility at the Aquaion plant in Doel, Belgium. The i n v e s t m e n t will increase methylcellulose capacity in Doel from 17 000 metric tons to 25 000 metric tons, with potential for further expansion to 32 000 metric tons. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2000. The new capacity will be marketed primarily to customers in the construction industry, and in regulated businesses like food, personal care and pharmaceuticals.
GOODYEAR EXPANDING CHEMICAL BUSINESS The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company is investing US$144 million in a new chemical plant in Beaumont, Texas, USA. Ground breaking for the new facility is planned for the second quarter, and the plant is expected to come on-stream in early 2000. The new plant, which will produce speciality polymers for the synthetic rubber industry, represents part of a US$600 million overall investment in an expansion of the company's chemical business.