Monday, March 4, 2013

Ilim Group Starts Up 220M mtpy UWF PM

Ilim Group starts up its 220,000 tonne/yr UWF PM 7 at Koryazhma in Russia: On the 3rd of March in Koryazhma, Arkhangelsk oblast, Ilim Group's new paper machine build as a part of Big Koryazhma investment project made paper for the first time.
During the coming weeks, Ilim Group's specialists, supported by experts from International Paper and representatives of equipment suppliers, will be working together to bring the machine up to full production, and help it meet all of the product quality parameters.
New high quality office and offset paper - will soon enter Russian market.
Big Koryazhma is a project is an investment of $270 million, involving construction of a new paper machine, installation of an off-machine coater, installation of cut-size and folio sheeters, construction of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant and implementation of infrastructure projects.