Sappi to Invest for Future in Lanaken and Kirkniemi Paper Mills
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Sappi Ltd., South Africa, has approved investments of some EUR 25 million for mill upgrades in Europe during the course of 2016. Sappi Lanaken Mill will improve the performance of PM 7 by installing a state-of-the-art film press coater, and Sappi Kirkniemi Mill will undergo a variety of modifications to PM 3 to increase energy efficiency and further improve quality consistency. All work will be completed by the end of calendar year 2016.
At Lanaken Mill, the gate roll coater on PM 7 will be replaced with a state-of-the-art film press coater. With additional adaptations to the drying system and coating preparation, the rebuild paves the way for the first coating to have more weight. The investment will enable PM 7 to produce the entire portfolio of grades – without compromising on web profile, coating coverage, and paper properties.
Sappi Kirkniemi Mill in Lohja, Finland, is part of Sappi Europe. In Kirkniemi, there are three paper machines which produce 735,000 metric tpy of high quality publication papers, which are used for premium quality publications all over the world.
Sappi Lanaken Mill, Belgium, is part of Sappi Europe. In Lanaken there are two paper machines that annually produce 510,000 metric tpy of coated mechanical and coated fine papers for heat set web offset printing.
