After 40 million in investments at one of its mills in Wales, the paper group Smurfit Kappa announces a new "significant investment". The Hoya paper and board mill in northwestern Germany, which employs 300 people, is to receive a ?35 million investment package. This is the final phase of an investment plan started in 2011.
This latest step involves replacing the entire press section of the PM2 paper machine with new technology. The PM2 at the Hoya mill is a 7.5-meter-wide paper machine that produces cover stock and fluting.
This will increase the production capacity from 70,000 to 450,000 tons per year and increase the overall efficiency of the manufacturing process. With this work, also, CO2 emissions will be reduced by 5,500 tons per year.
"This investment will make the PM2 a state-of-the-art lightweight paper machine that allows us to meet the changing needs of our customers, said Andreas Noss, General Manager of the Smurfit Kappa Hoya plant . This will increase production speed and produce lightweight paper in the most efficient and sustainable way possible."
The new facility is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2023.
