Successful Conversion from Paper to Board
CUSTOMER’S VOICE Successful conversion from paper to board A marvelous journey rowth in traditional retail and e-commerce is increasing global demand for “PM 3 is almost like a new machine sustainably produced packaging materials. now; a combination of brand- In 2015, Stora Enso’s Varkaus mill in Finland converted their existing paper new technology and good, well- Gmachine into a board machine to produce linerboard to better meet the market need for renewable packaging. maintained trusted technology”, says They chose Valmet as their partner for this challenging rebuild. Jukka Lyyra, Area Manager of Paper “Every paper engineer has a dream about building a Machine & RCF Plant, Stora Enso. new machine” says Jukka Lyyra, Area Manager of Paper Machine & RCF Plant, about the conversion project, with TEXT Kaisamaija Marttila and Pauliina Purola a boyish grin. “I’ve been fortunate, as this is my second FORWARD 2/2016 17 StoraEnso Varkaus PM 3 Current grade: AvantKraft Brown (kraft liner) and AvantKraft White Top (white-top liner). Previous grades: first newsprint, and then fine paper Basis weights: 80–225 g/m² Wire Width: 8,400 mm Design Speed: 1,200 m/min Annual Capacity: 395,000 t/a Safety is project in this role. It has been a marvelous journey,” PM 3 had gone through a previous transformation from top priority at he continues. “PM 3 is almost like a new machine now; news to fine paper in 1985. Stora Enso and one of the most a combination of brand-new technology and good, In order to make the latest paper-to-packaging conver- important things well-maintained trusted technology.
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