Russia's Volga Repurposes PM6 for Packaging Paper with 140,000 tpy Capacity
Overseas media reports indicate that Russia's Volga pulp and paper mill will switch PM6 from newsprint production to packaging paper production.
The mill aims to grow its packaging paper capacity further. Within the group's development plan running through 2023, first-stage investment is set to exceed RUB 5 billion. To boost packaging paper output, Volga will rebuild PM6, which had been dedicated to newsprint. Once converted, the machine will deliver 140,000 tonnes per year at a design speed of up to 720 m/min, producing low-basis-weight corrugated paper and containerboard in the 65-120 gsm range. TMP and OCC waste paper will be used together as furnish. Volga will also add a 400 tonne/day waste paper pulp line, supplied by locally collected recovered paper.
Volga is one of Russia's largest pulp and paper producers. Newsprint had been its main focus, but global demand for newsprint has fallen sharply in recent years, prompting the group to make a major shift. At the start of this year, it announced a new development plan: a substantial increase in packaging paper output, chiefly corrugated board, containerboard and other packaging paper grades, to diversify its product mix, and to begin exports to China within the next few years.
Source: China Packaging Network (pack.cn); original article: http://news.pack.cn/show-378354.html
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