GECKO from the hubergroup is an ink system that improves both quality and efficiency. With this state-of-the-art system for solvent-based packaging printing, the hubergroup has set yet another standard in this important segment of the printing industry.
By the end of May, one million cubic metres of plywood were manufactured at UPM’s Chudovo Plywood Mill. UPM celebrates today this significant milestone in its production by donating the jubilee ballet of WISA-Form Birch to its long-standing customer Promstroikontrakt.
In view of rising feedstock and energy costs, BASF will further increase prices for its acrylic acid and acrylic esters (glacial acrylic acid; methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate), as contracts permit. The amount and timing of the price increases will vary by region.
In a speech today before the deans of leading university forestry resource programs, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Moore called for dialogue involving “the broad forest community” to ensure sustainable forests are fully considered in any climate change negotiations.
“ink people who care” – This is the slogan under which the hubergroup, one of the world’s most important ink manufacturers, will be showcasing its products and services to the specialist audience at this year’s drupa. This maxim not only describes the hubergroup’s involvement at the drupa trade fair most aptly, it is indeed an expression of the Group’s basic philosophy.
Speed and productivity are among the most important factors in web-offset heatset.
UPM estimates the result for its sawn timber business will be weaker than forecast in the second quarter of 2008. Also the full year profitability outlook for the sawn timber business within the Wood Products Division is expected to further weaken markedly.
