Palm Paper's Lynn PM 7 Produces One millionth Ton of Newsprint in Less Than Three Years
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Palm Paper, King's Lynn, U.K., reports that last Friday (July 6) its Lynn PM 7 produced the one millionth metric ton of newsprint. The company notes that this is a remarkable achievement and a milestone that has been reached far earlier than expected at machine startup on Aug. 21, 2009. To mark the occasion, rolls produced for pressrooms throughout the U.K. will be labeled with special, gold "one millionth tonne" labels.
Voith Paper, Germany, manufacturer of Lynn PM 7, routinely measures the respective learning curves of newsprint machines during their first two years of production, and Lynn PM 7 achieved the very best ever learning curve status in the world of newsprint, it reports. Lynn PM 7 has been running very stable at a constant speed of 1,875 m/min (equivalent to 75 mph), which is only 25 m/min behind the most efficient newsprint machine in the world.
In addition to the standard newsprint grades Palm Paper supplies to all national and most regional publishers, it has been developing a new grade marketed under the trade name of Palm Top. The product is being supplied to the heatset and gravure printing sectors and is used for the printing of magazines and commercial fliers and brochures.
To accomplish the current level of performance, Palm notes that it employs a production team that performs at the highest possible level due to the substantial commitment the company makes in training all employees "to be motivated and strive for excellence." Currently Palm has 21 full time or part time apprentices. They will be fully qualified and able to assume papermaking roles within the mill by the time the two millionth metric ton on Lynn PM 7 finds it way to the winders.
Palm Paper is a division within the Papierfabrik Palm Group.
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