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Based on preliminary figures, the CHT Group, a global supplier of specialty chemicals based in Tübingen, demonstrated its resilience and strategic foresight in the 2024 financial year. Despite volatile global conditions, the company recorded sales growth to EUR 614.3 million (+2%) and a significant increase in EBIT to EUR 21.1 million – an increase of EUR 13.4 million compared to the previous year.

As industries across the globe increasingly focus on reducing packaging materials, Columbia Machine continues to innovate with solutions that balance sustainability with product protection.

For the first time, Schaeffler, a global leader in motion technology, will showcase a variety of solutions for the pulp and paper industry, including its Self-Aligning Cylindrical Roller (SACR) Bearing, at TAPPICon 2025, booth #440. The SACR bearing’s unique design enables it to accommodate angular misalignments and axial displacements within the bearing itself, allowing it to effectively compensate for the thermal axial expansion of dryer rolls in paper machines.

The Rugao BM 13 has achieved its Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) in an impressive 11 months of start-up. This milestone not only demonstrates the impressive performance of Voith but also the strength of the partnership with Asia Symbol and the high efficiency of Voith’s full-line approach.

Chilean pulp producer Arauco celebrated the laying of the cornerstone at the site of its new pulp mill — "Project Sucuriú" — in Inocência, Mato Grosso do Sul state in Brazil. This marked end of earth moving phase and the official start of the construction phase of the 3.5 million metric tons per year single-phase pulp mill.

Voith has received the order to modernize the PM 3 paper machine at Smurfit Westrock Navarra, S.A., in Sangüesa, Spain.

By Olli-Pekka Riippa, Product Manager, Process and Equipment Solutions, AFT
Recycled fiber Pulping is one of the corner stones of the board making process, and its efficiency directly impacts the quality and cost-effectiveness of the production line.

In 2024, Stora Enso entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Finnish sawmill company Junnikkala Oy. This acquisition aims to secure a cost-efficient wood supply to Stora Enso's packaging board site in Oulu, Finland, and to support Stora Enso's wood products business with new production assets.

Professionals gather for the industry’s most anticipated technical event

Portuguese tissue manufacturer Fortissue and Toscotec have started up PM1 after a groundbreaking upgrade at their Viana do Castelo production base in Portugal. This Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.0 line, which first began production in 2015, is now the first tissue machine in the world to operate entirely on electricity at 2,000 m/min.