Norske Skog Starts Process of Selling Walsum PM 4

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Norske Skog, Norway, has appointed Van Tek, Vancouver, Wash., USA, as the exclusive broker for the sale and liquidation of the complete PM 4 production line at its mill in Walsum, Germany. The machine will be sold with a clause of not producing publication paper grades again.

Van Tek will take charge of all sales activities, on-site management of dismantling, and clean-up work. The broker specializes in the sale of idled paper machines, pulp and paper mills, and is experienced in total site liquidation, Norske Skog notes.

PM 4, permanently shut down in December 2013, is a 7.45 meter-wide paper machine that started up in 1985, and had annual production capacity of 225 000 metric tons of lightweight coated papers (LWC).

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