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Pulp Paper & Logistics
Sappi rebuild of Afeld PM2 to create world’s largest fine paper line
is expected to create the largest papermaking machine producing one-side coated and MGBK (machine glazed bleached kraft) speciality grades. The €61 million investment in the PM2 line at the mill near Hanover is said to have created a great deal of excitement, both in the local community and in the packaging world. “This is the biggest investment
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that has been made at this 300-year-old mill in the past 20 years,” said Rosemarie Asquino, Sappi Europe’s Sales and Marketing Director, Specialities. “Not only will it expand our capacity for producing high- demand speciality packaging
September 2013
n ambitious multi- million euro rebuilding project at Sappi’s Alfeld Mill in Germany
materials, but it will reduce our environmental footprint and increase standards compliance.” The PM2 will be converted
from the production of coated wood-free graphic arts grade papers to the production of a wide range of speciality papers, says Mrs Asquino. “In recent years there has been about a 6 per cent decline in demand for graphic arts papers. “At the same time, growth in
demand for speciality packaging papers is expected to be as high as 3.2 per cent. Sappi has a creative portfolio of speciality grades for which demand is increasing, and this project was designed to enable us to continue to meet that need.” Says Mrs Asquino, with this
rebuild Sappi will add to its unmatched portfolio the capacity to produce higher volumes
of a wide range of paper and packaging products including coated and uncoated papers for flexible packaging, premium SBS board for luxury boxes, topliner for high quality corrugated packaging, label papers for wet glue applications such as can and jar labels, banderols and wrappers, and last but not least, silicone-based papers for carriers for self-adhesive products such as plotter films and stickers. Founded in 1706 with its first
papermaking machine being installed in 1851, the Alfeld Mill became part of the Sappi group in 1992. It has five papermaking machines and an integrated pulp plant that uses locally-harvested wood. The OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 9001 certified mill produces totally chlorine- free (TCF) bleached chemical
pulp for its own use. Its current annual combined capacity of coated wood-free, coated and uncoated speciality paper is 330,000 tons. The PM2 rebuild will transform
the Alfeld Mill to the production of 100 per cent speciality packaging paper production, including the uncoated grades for which is it known around the world. “At Sappi, we are always up
for a challenge as we continue to evolve our business to meet changing market demands,” Mrs Asquino said. “This project certainly had its share of logistical challenges, not the least of which was the transport and installation of a 135-ton MG cylinder, 6.5-meters in diameter. This massive cylinder was moved from its manufacturing
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