外文杂志《Pulp & Paper International》200910期

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Contact us today for specifics. 2008 Thiele Ad_P&P 4/14/08 11:20 AM Page 1 2443_txt.indd 2 9/25/09 9:04 AM 3Pulp & Paper International (PPI) O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 c o n t e n t s october 2009 VOLUME 51 NUMber 10 5 FROM THE EDITORS The ‘three bios’ bode well for a bright future 40 RISI VIEWPOINT What is the role of Latin America in the printing and writing market? 7 WHAT’S NEW 37 SUPPLIER NEWS 38 ADVERTISER SHOWCASE 38 ADVERTISERS INDEX 39 MARKETPLACE Plugging into the bright future of biofuels. Cover: istockphoto 13 Belišće moves ahead The Croatian mill continues to improve its offering after a number of updates and rebuilds 19 The future is bright Substantial investment is beginning to flow into the production of second generation biofuels 23 Dry strength additives for a competitive edge Expanding operating windows on a board machine by having an effective dry strength program 27 APRIL moves forward Report on the company’s Kerinci mill on the island of Sumatra highlighting the importance of sustainability and the improvement of life for the local population 32 Beware of averages Making the case for price management in the pulp and paper industry; the current times demand no less Editorial HEadquartErs 326, Avenue Louise, Box 22 - B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.538.60.40, fax: +32.2.537.56.26, e-mail: news@risiinfo.com risi CorporatE HEadquartErs 4 Alfred Circle, Bedford, Mass., USA 01730, Tel.: +1.781.734.8900 Editorial Executive Editor .............................................................................Graeme Rodden Editor ................................................................................................. 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Subscriptions: $157.00/year in the U.S.; Canada and Mexico, US$187.00/year; all other countries, US$297.00/year. Single copy, US$20.00 © COPYRIGHT 2009, by RISI, Inc. All rights reserved. Published monthly. ISSN 0033-409X. Canadian GST permit no: 124513185. Worldcolor, Leominster 13 27 O P I N I O N D E PA R T M E N T S S E R V I C E S IN THE NEXT ISSUE . . . • Special focus: India • IT and automation • Record breaking machines • Chemicals • Mill feature P&P Int'l - PPI Oct 09 - p3.indd 3 9/24/2009 2:37:32 PM Printed by 2443_txt.indd 3 9/25/09 9:04 AM Streak problems? Reduce your lines and streaks by 50%* with Duroblade®-Omega™! Precise geometry and an optimized deposit of tungsten carbide make Duroblade-Omega a top-notch blade. It provides improve- ments of both paper surface properties, such as smoothness and gloss, and machine runnability. 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Why? suppliers and producers have developed production techniques that have minimizsed labor costs and have all but completely automated the papermaking process. the problem is, almost all producers have been doing the same thing, so far from investment bringing in better margins, the reverse has happened as each supplier attempts to ply similar, if not identical, wares to an increasingly challenging marketplace. the upshot is that unless you are a very specialist supplier, and able to maintain high margins, another revenue stream in the shape of the three bios is a welcome opportunity. Prime position – limitless opportunity the pulp and paper industry is in a prime position to grab this opportunity with both hands and exploit it to a limitless degree. speak to any number of consultants to the industry and they are also excited by the bios as they cash in to the new ‘sexy’ side of the forest products industry. I have been talking to a variety of such consultants recently and one, accenture, has as many as 200 specialists in the field, purely dedicated to forest products side of the three bios, and 2,000 climate change specialists waiting to give a helping hand up the chain as carbon issues and their attendant stringent regula- tions come to the forefront. the pulp and paper industry already has several built in advantages that position it perfectly for the bio markets. It has the infrastructure in place for the procurement of raw materials and their transportation, as well as high tech processing facilities. above all it has the mind set and DNa in terms of production that fits perfectly with the generation of green energy in all its formats. this knowledge fits supremely to serve the industry well in the global race to eliminate the effects of climate change, which is rapidly becoming the top agenda of governments all over the world. We are already seeing massive investment taking place both inside and outside the industry. The Future is Bright article on pages 19-22 of this issue, highlights the global situation and lists all the important and significant activities taking place as second generation biofuels become a serious proposition for the future. And there could be spin offs… the industry’s involvement at such a high and important level in the battle against climate change, and the production of green energy, has to be seen as a major positive endorsement of its activities. add this to responsible procurement of raw materials by way of forest certification and managed plantations, the already well recognised way the industry has addressed its own issues of emissions and effluent. the result can only be good for the public image of paper. there is no doubt that the world is changing in the way we all communicate, social media sites the likes of twitter and Face- book are now institutions for people who want to communicate instantaneously, but it is also true that print and paper com- munication continues to provide a more sustained and focused communication method, for both intellectual and commercial purposes. as soon as the message gets out that the paper industry is helping to alleviate climate change, the spin offs and goodwill associated with such a positive message could be immeasurable for the core business of making pulp and paper. another welcome spin off could be the attraction of bright new talent as the industry shakes off its dusty, dour and old fashioned image, and embraces the bright new world of helping to make the earth run on renewable energy. and once again it is another perfect opportunity for the industry to put on a new shirt, shout from the rooftops, and let everyone know what a great job the industry does in terms of the environment. To read more industry opinions or give your own opinion, please visit our RISI Blog and Forums online at www.risiinfo.com The three ‘bios’ bode well for a bright future Mark rushton is Editor, Pulp & Paper International (PPI) P&P Int'l - PPI Oct 09 - p5.indd 5 9/24/2009 2:34:30 PM 2443_txt.indd 5 9/25/09 9:04 AM Invest in Gold • Energy Efficient • Unmatched Quality • Superior Reliability • Quickest Delivery Available Electric motors consume 63 percent of all electricity used in U.S. industry. Designed and built to meet or exceed NEMA Premium® efficiency standards, Baldor•Reliance® Super-E® motors run cooler, last longer and cost less every minute they operate. 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PM 2 currently manufactures 45,000 tonnes/yr of printing/writing paper from 100% recovered paper and has a maximum speed of 600 m/min. The company hopes to reach 50,000 tonnes/yr following the upgrade. SKG finished revamp of its Nettingsdorfer mill in Austria Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) recently finished a Euro 18 million ($26 million) modernization project at its Nettingsdorfer mill in Haid bei Ansfelden in Austria. The company invested in a Euro 15 million drive system for the site’s sole machine, PM 6. The machine’s capacity would not be affected. The remaining Euro 3 million were spent on a number of general mainte- nance measures, like overhauling the pulp production and renewing the power generation systems, by installing a new recovery boiler. Sofidel to build new tissue plant in France Italian tissue producer Sofidel has unveiled plans to build a new integrated paper mill in France through its French subsidiary Délipa- pier. The project will cost around Euro 120 million ($175 million) The facility, which will be located in Ingrandes, western France, will house a 60,000-tonne/yr tissue machine as well as a number of con- verting lines. The suppliers will be picked at a later date. Délipapier aims to start converting activities in mid-2011, while paper production will start during 2014. The company hopes to re- ceive the necessary approval for the facility next year. The firm plans to shut down its nearby convert- ing facility in Buxeuil once converting opera- tions start in Ingrandes, so that some 60 employees can be transferred from the old plant to the new one without in- terruptions. The investment will also create some 160 fresh positions. India’s Himalaya Krafts nears startup of first paper plant Himalaya Krafts is installing a kraft paper machine at its new mill, in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. The 10,500-tonne/yr unit will have an operating speed of 130 m/min and a wire width of 3.2 m. Trial runs are scheduled for October, with com- mercial production to follow soon afterwards. Output will be sold in the domestic market. 10To p T e n H e a d l i n e s o n R i s i W e b s i T e l a s T M o n T H 1. Stora Enso announces more capacity reductions due to ongoing weak demand 2. RISI ECONOMISTS: Is this surge in pulp price the “real thing”? 3. RISI ECONOMISTS: The China factor in world recovered paper markets 4. RISI ECONOMISTS: Too little, too late: European graphic paper prices head south 5. IP shifts Virginia paper machines to pulp for China 6. OSHA proposes $123K in fines against IP for Georgia mill fatality 7. SCA announces September price increases for recycled containerboard and kraftliner grades 8. US containerboard inventories show only seasonal rise in July, but box shipments still weak 9. AbitibiBowater indefinitely idles two Thunder Bay PMs 10. AbitibiBowater reports $510 million second quarter loss For more daily news headlines, visit www.risiinfo.com CMPC to raise tissue capacity Chilean Empresas CMPC, which recently acquired the Brazilian tissue manu- facturer Melhoramentos, has plans to increase capacity in Latin America, making Brazil one of its most important tissue paper platforms. CMPC’s CFO Luis Llanos commented that the company intends to expand its tissue paper capacity in Latin America in the medium term. “We’re also evaluating the installa- tion of a new tissue PM in Chile in three years,” Llanos said. CMPC currently manufactures 450,000 tonnes/yr of tissue papers at facilities in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Mexico and Colombia. Melhoramentos’s two tissue mills in São Paulo state, Brazil, have a total capacity of 75,000 tonnes/yr. According to Lla- nos, the Brazilian assets combined with the current portfolio will turn CMPC into “the largest Latin American player in each category it is present.” P R O J E C T S & O P E R AT I O N S Papierfabrik Hainsberg to build new power plant Papierfabrik Hainsberg has decided to build a new power plant at its mill in Freital, Germany. The N E w S S H O R T S F R O M T H E P u l P A N d PA P E R w O R l d C O R P O R AT E S T R AT E G Y AbitibiBowater to cut production at five Canadian and uS mills AbitibiBowater plans to suspend or reduce production at five newsprint and uncoated mechanical paper mills, four in Canada and one in the US. The mill and machine shuts, along with curtailments already underway at two other mills, would reduce the company’s total capacity by 1.3 million tonnes/yr and affect about 1,500 workers in Canada, according to Reuters. AbitibiBowater will shut its 223,000-tonne/yr Beaupre, QC, uncoated mechanical paper mill by the end of October and one machine at its 288,000-tonne/yr Fort Frances, ON, uncoated mechanical paper mill where one machine has been idle since March 1. Newsprint closures will include one of two machines at its 343,000-tonne/yr mill in Clermont, QC, by the end of October as well half of the production at the 253,000-tonne/yr Bowater Mersey newsprint joint venture mill in London, NS. In the US, AbitibiBowater will ha