Konecranes’ CXT Biomass is a fully automated crane for handling different kinds of biomass. The crane’s optimized biomass software enables the power plants to be efficiently operated 24/7.

Konecranes’ CXT Biomass is a fully automated crane for handling different kinds of biomass. The crane’s optimized biomass software enables the power plants to be efficiently operated 24/7.

Kemira and General Electric (GE) are excited to announce that, effective immediately, Kemira’s Paper Segment will furnish GE Water & Process Technologies’ boiler and cooling water chemical product technologies to the pulp and paper industry.

Ponsse offers the most comprehensive and versatile selection of the best forestry technology in the market – for all challenges in harvesting. At the Elmia Wood 2013 fair in Jönköping, Sweden, Ponsse introduced new and innovative forest machine technology for productive and environmentally friendly logging.

Ruukki can now supply steels for all applications requiring wear-resistant special steels. Ruukki Raex special steel can withstand wear and surface pressure and the range has now been expanded to include the thicker wear-resistant steels needed, for example, in the mining industry. Raex special steel is made in a range of thicknesses from 2 mm to 80 mm.

Ruukki's special steels have been bringing benefits to equipment manufacturers for years already in plate and strip form. Now Ruukki has developed both special steels for applications where either tubes or hollow sections are required. Raex wear-resistant steel enables a longer lifetime for wearing parts. Optim high-strength steel brings fuel savings through lighter vehicle structures.

Walki’s SmartFacing item-level RFID tagging is a fast, cost-efficient and accurate solution to track inventory through the supply chain and in the retail environment. The booster antenna in SmartFacing is manufactured using a dry process with the use of laser patterning and paper as the substrate. This makes the SmartFacing concept also less burdensome to the environment.

Ruukki has opened new sales offices in Toronto, Canada and Santiago, Chile to serve its special steel customers in Americas. Opening these new sales offices is in line with Ruukki's strategy to increase the share of special steel products and develop its distribution and partnership network.

Walki Group, the leading producer of protective packaging materials and technical laminates, announces today that it will expand its production network in Europe by opening a new state of the art manufacturing plant in Wroclaw, Poland. The new plant, which is to commence its production during the third quarter of 2013, will be Walki’s third production site in Poland.

Pankaboard, a leading Finnish specialty  cartonboard producer, will open a new sales office in the UK, to strengthen its local presence in the market.