Progroup plans to build a new containerboard machine in Stockstadt by the end of the decade
19 April 2024
Dismantling of the former idled Sappi Stockstadt pulp and mill is to begin as of May. New containerboard machine at the Stockstadt site to follow the concept of the group's paper machines PM 2 and PM 3.
At the beginning of May, the idled Sappi pulp and paper mill in Stockstadt will be transferred to its new owner, the German paper and corrugated board manufacturer Progroup AG. The dismantling of the existing equipment on the site will then begin, the company confirmed in an interview.
The dismantling project includes the two fine paper machines PM 1 and PM 2, among other things, as neither of the two machines is makig part of the mill's future plans. Instead, according to current plans, a new paper machine is to be built in Stockstadt by the end of the decade, Maximilian Heindl, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Progroup AG told EUWID.
The new packaging paper machine planned for the Stockstadt site will reportedly follow the industrial concept of the two containerboard machines PM 2 and 3 at the group's German sites in Eisenhüttenstadt and Sandersdorf-Brehna.
The PM 2 in Eisenhüttenstadt, which has been operating since March 2010, has a capacity of 650,000 tpy recycled corrugated case material at working width of 9.2 metres. PM 3 is the latest paper machine installed by Progroup subsidiary Propapier and has been in operation since August 2020. It has a working width of 10.20 m and is geared for production capacity of 750,000 tpy of RCCM.
Source: Euwid