14 VALMET Joining forces for innovation
Sergio Alonso and Seppo Salminen exploring paper
quality. “The very first day that
we were coating, the appearance of the paper was excellent – much better than white top liners,” says Alonso
Pulp Paper & Logistics
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lthough SA Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (SAICA) was aiming for improved quality,
reduced costs, and responsible fibre use at its El Burgo mill in north-west Spain the containerboard manufacturer found itself with innovative coated white top liner grades with better properties than it bargained for. This was a result of three partners joining forces – SAICA, Valmet and pigment supplier
January/February 2019
The installation of a new off-line coating machine at SAICA’s El Burgo mill in Spain brought unexpected benefits. Pauliina Purola reports for PPL. Photography: Joonas Nieminen
Omya – with the installation of a new off-line coating machine. “SAICA is a fully integrated
container board producer. We go from recycling of paper all the way to box production. Among the players in the containerboard market, we consider ourselves as the one with the strongest focus on papermaking innovations,”
says Federico Asensio, group director for R&D&i at SAICA. “Our idea with the new off-
line coating machine was, if we wanted to replace white fibres with something else, it had to be printable with a standard flexo printing technology,” Asensio says. Having the full cycle of box
production in its own hands, SAICA started its development journey for the new product together with Valmet and pigment supplier Omya.
A cycle of trial and improvement Trust and partnership have been the forces carrying this project
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