From Europe’s to the world’s largest Kraftliner machine
SCA is building a new paper machine for the production of kraftliner at its Obbola paper mill in Umeå, Sweden. The annual production in Obbola will increase from the current 450,000 tonnes of kraftliner to 725,000 tonnes to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging.
What does the expansion of the Obbola paper mill mean?
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Digital technology will optimize the new paper machine
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Progress with the new paper machine and a view of the Obbola mill area
The Obbola paper mill December 2021
The Obbola paper mill Sep 29, 2021
Expansion Obbola - The construction of the machine hall 2019-2021
The Obbola paper mill March 17, 2021
Construction progress Q3-Q4 2020
The Obbola paper mill Oct 14, 2020
Obbola expands for the future
Did you know that...
- The expansion project runs from the autumn of 2019 until 2023
- We are investing SEK 7.5 billion
- The capacity increases by 275 ktonnes
- The new kraftliner machine will have a wire width of 10.2 m and a speed of 1400 m/min
- 11,000 tonnes of machinery, equivalent to the weight of 1.5 Eiffel towers, will be installed
- The investment includes environmental improvements for SEK 1 billion
- We have built and are operating a biofuel-fired lime kiln, which replaces two oil-fired kilns, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20,000 tonnes per year
- We are the first kraftliner producer with fossil-free industrial processes
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Obbola paper mill with the PM2 machine hall in focus, December 2021.
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Obbola paper mill area June 15, 2021.
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Work inside the paper machine hall May 5, 2021.
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Obbola paper mill under transformation June 2, 2020. We can see the area where the foundation is made of the new machine hall.