UPM has sold the 220,000
tonne/yr supercalendered (SC) paper unit PM 7 at its shuttered Myllykoski mill
in southern Finland to Shandong Tralin Paper Company in China. The sales price
was not revealed.
Dismantling of the machine
started in early March and should be done by the end of June, TimoSuutarla, general manager of the Myllykoski mill.
The PM will be relocated to Gaotang County in the province of Shandong in China, according to a Tralin spokesperson. The machine will be converted to make food wrapper from straw pulp.
The Tralin spokesperson declined to comment on what kind of alterations the PM needs, what capacity it will have after the rebuild or when production should start.
