Koehler plans next expansion for PM 5 in Oberkirch

Following the upgrade of paper machine 9 in 2019, Sappi Europe now announces that it will upgrade PM 11 at its mill in Gratkorn, Austria. The current project comprises extensive modernisation of automation and electrical equipment including drives, control systems, quality control and inspection systems as well as...

Tura integrated pulp and paper mill located in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region plans to expand fine paper production. The company began producing fine papers immediately after the West imposed sanctions on Russia. Paper prices have sharply increased in Russia in recent months as demand cannot be always met. The paper mill...

Paper producers selling in Germany are experiencing the knock-on effects of continued weak ordering, increasingly fierce competition for orders and customers’ demands for price cuts. For one thing, paper machines are being temporarily idled. For another, an increasing number of direct sales in the printing and writing...