Arctic Paper Improves Production Performance with Greycon Upgrade

In 2002 Greycon first implemented S-Plan and X-Trim at Arctic Paper’s paper mills in Kostrzyn, Poland. Since then, Artic Paper has been a long-standing client of Greycon’s.

Arctic Paper Kostrzyn S.A. is the largest manufacturer of offset papers in Poland. The mill produces more than 280,000 metric tons of high quality papers both in reels and sheets every year. More than 75% of this is exported to countries such as Germany, Great Britain, France, and the Benelux.

Greycon’s solutions have been fundamental to the continued success of Arctic Paper’s production. The Greycon planning solution tightly integrated with the mill’s manufacturing execution systems forms a critical component in the daily management of Arctic Paper’s operation.

Esa Orola, Greycon global consultancy manager, said that "we are really pleased with the results and project execution at Arctic Paper. The Kostrzyn team is able to improve its performance with our latest solutions. It has been really nice to witness. Arctic Paper wanted this project managed by Greycon and to work closely with the Greycon team to adopt the recommended best practices across the operation."

The migration to opt-Studio and X-Trim’s latest releases has delivered additional benefits to Arctic Paper. Usability and performance are improved compared with the existing daily scheduling solution fr+om Greycon, which kept the mill in operation 24/7. Incoming orders are automatically scheduled into runs and trimmed with market leading algorithms to minimize waste at the winder and cutter machines. 

"One of the benefits we are really pleased with in the new Greycon solution is the enhanced functionality. There is quite a lot in there. One exceptional aspect worth mentioning is that the other departments did not even notice that the old system disappeared and a new one came instead. This means of course that the integration was functioning very smoothly from day one. The implementation team was excellent and completed thorough tests to make this happen," said Piotr Stolowski, planning and supply chain manager, Arctic Paper.

Greycon is a global provider of production planning, scheduling, and manufacturing execution systems that have been designed specifically for roll-based and flat sheet industries. Greycon operates throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Greycon’s strength is its extensive range of planning, scheduling, and MES software solutions for paper and board, plastic films and flexible packaging, nonwovens, metals, and converting industries supported by powerful optimization algorithms and a highly experienced team of consultants. 

Arctic Paper is a European producer of high-quality graphic papers, with annual revenues of approximately PLN 3 billion. Annually, the company produces more than 700,000 metric tons of premium graphic paper—for quality printing, reading, and branding purposes—by more than 1,250 employees at three mills, and distributed by 14 sales offices.