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Iggesund’s challenge to designers: Improve the packaging in your local shops!

Iggesund Paperboard AB

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Iggesund is challenging designers to make everyday consumer packaging more sustainable by replacing plastic, glass and metal with paperboard. © Iggesund<br /><br /> (photo: Andersson Rolf, Bildbolaget V�stervik)

/INS. Iggesund Paperboard is working via the American crowdsourcing company Crowdspring to challenge the world’s designers to improve existing consumer packaging.

Invercote upgrade - an adaptation to market demands

Iggesund Paperboard AB

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©Iggesund (photo: Rolf Lavergren, www.bildbolaget.)

/INS. Iggesund Paperboard announces an upgrade to its flagship product, Invercote. From summer 2015 the bestselling paperboard in the Invercote family, Invercote G, will feature a lightly coated reverse side.

Pankaboard delivers more value for customers in 2015 through product development

Pankaboard Oy

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Christer Nordman, Vice President Sales & Marketing, comments, “We are proud to offer our customers more value from our product development investments by providing new cost saving opportunities. © Pankaboard

/INS. Pankaboard is set to deliver a significantly improved yield for PankaMax, PankaDisc and PankaSeal from January 2015, thanks to recent investments in the uncoated specialty paperboard machinery.

Paperboard gift cards lessen the environmental impact of Christmas

Iggesund Paperboard AB

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Switching from plastic gift cards to paperboard ones is an easy way for companies to reduce their environmental footprint. © Iggesund<br /><br />

/INS. What can we give as a Christmas present when we don’t know what the other person wants? A gift card is one option that always works. But gift cards have changed over the past decade or so. What used to be a written commitment has become packaged offerings of money, experiences, music or other items, often in the form of a credit-card-sized PVC card.

Konecranes has every stage of the pulp and paper industry process covered

Konecranes Plc

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Konecranes develops paper mill cranes to help boost long-term reliability and minimize ownership costs.© Konecranes

/INS. The paper manufacturing is characterized by a long and complicated process. From the transformation of wood into pulp, over the winding paper web into rolls, and subsequently the rewinding and cutting of these giant rolls into smaller ones, through the automatic storage for converting, sheet cutting, or customer delivery. The paper mill works fast, and the products need to be shipped on time to meet demanding customer schedules. Unexpected downtime can’t be afforded.

Iggesund invests in organic growth

Iggesund Paperboard AB

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Manufacturing capacity for Incada in Workington, England will increase by 20,000 annual tonnes. © Iggesund (photo: Rolf Andersson)

/INS. The board of the Holmen Group, which includes Iggesund Paperboard, decided on Wednesday to give the green light for investments totalling EUR 60 million in Iggesund’s mills at Iggesund, Sweden and Workington, England.

Konecranes unveils the powerful new CLX chain hoist crane which performs as a strong link in any process chain from 500kg right up to 5000kg

Konecranes Plc

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Konecranes new CLX chain hoist crane. © Konecranes

/INS.  As a leading global provider of lifting solutions, Konecranes continuously develops its product range in order to offer its customers safe, top-quality, and high-performance lifting equipment for greater productivity. One of the latest enhancements to the industrial cranes portfolio is the new CLX chain hoist crane which is now available in Southern Africa

Konecranes unveils the new CLX chain hoist crane for their customers in the Middle East.

Konecranes Plc

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Konecranes new CLX chain hoist crane. © Konecranes

/INS. As a leading global provider of lifting solutions, Konecranes continuously develops its product range in order to offer its customers safe, top-quality, and high-performance lifting equipment for greater productivity. One of the latest enhancements to the industrial cranes portfolio is the new CLX chain hoist crane.

Fortaco and Jungheinrich signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement

Fortaco Group

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/INS. Fortaco and Jungheinrich have signed a Frame Contract for Production Material. The agreement starts initially with forklift cabins, and it offers great opportunities to enlarge the steel weldment business further between Fortaco and Jungheinrich. This business partnership is also an indication of Fortaco’s competitiveness in Central Europe .

Iggesund awarded for reducing environmental impact

Iggesund Paperboard AB

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Holmen, the forest industry group which includes Iggesund Paperboard, is on the UN Global Compact Index of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies. © Iggesund<br /><br /> (photo: Ulla-Carin Ekblom)

/INS. Iggesund has embarked on a substantial initiative to reduce its environmental impact, which is now being recognized the world over. In October, the Pulp & Paper Industry (PPI) presented Iggesund with its “Bio Strategy of the Year” award based on an extensive investment program to reduce fossil carbon emissions.