/ INS.  Neste Oil recently planned to invest in new rail unloading facilities at the company’s oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland to reduce the logistics costs of a certain type of crude. It soon turned out that the profitability of the investment was relying on so many independently changing variables that a normal profitability calculation was not sufficient. To simulate the process over a long period, the company decided to use sophisticated modelling and analysis provided by the technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs.  

(UPM Plywood, Lahti, Finland, 3 September 2013) – UPM’s WISA plywood is not just pieces of wood. In addition to high technical performance and quality, it is a highly sustainable material made with more-with-less philosophy in mind. Creating more with less is UPM’s means for better material and resource efficiency.

Pankaboard is a leading producer of special cartonboards and folding boxboards (FBB) for a wide range of applications, primarily packages for luxury beverages, food, health care, and pharmaceuticals. The mill’s proximity combined with flexible customer service lead to cost-efficient logistics for Russian customers and demonstrate a strategic focus on cross-border trade.

Two innovative and unique devices have been introduced into the South African market by global crane giant Konecranes, prolonging the overall lifetime of the runways and the ropes through two unique solutions: RailQ Runway Survey and RopeQ Wire Rope Inspection.

For over 80 years, Konecranes has been dedicated to improving the  value and productivity of customer operations i n all types of industry and ports around the globe. Its worldwide presence makes it possible for customers to receive local know-how acquired on a global scale. A broad global service allows Konecranes to meet customers’ needs for increased uptime, reliability, safety, and productivity, while reducing the overall lifetime costs. Furthermore, Konecranes provides recommendations throughout the overall lifetime of the runways and the ropes through two unique solutions: RailQ Runway Survey and RopeQ Wire Rope Inspection.

Industries in all parts of the world are now thinking of replacing traditional transport packaging solutions made of wood and plywood with almost equal products made of substantially lighter and easily recyclable paper board. 

The new Konecranes CXT hoist does not only come with a choice of ‘intelligent’ features that can be adapted to the particular needs of the customer, but it is particularly compact and robust, easy to handle – and it comes with a newly designed mini joystick remote control. 

The intelligent Konecranes CXT hoist concept combines space efficiency with high reliability and promises a long service life. The CXT crane features an especially compact and robust design — equipped with extremely low headroom and small-end approaches — that is suitable for almost every application. Its compact size and strength makes it an indispensable partner in all lifting needs.  Furthermore, thanks to its advanced technology and innovative features, the CXT crane is tailored to suit the different needs of customers.

As a part of preparing the town for the Olympic Winter Games next year, Sochi has made huge investments in new waste and refuse collection equipment. NTM is one of the few suppliers of waste collectors that the city has chosen.

Walki has developed a new technology for producing an environmentally friendly, paper-based furniture foil. The new technique for applying UV lacquer and ink makes the surface on the furniture foil even more resistant without compromising lightness.