Klippans Bruk AB to Install New Recard Tissue Machine at Mill in Sweden
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Recard, Italy, will supply a new 30,000 metric tpy tissue machine to the historic company Klippans Bruk AB for its Klippan facilities in Sweden. Startup of the complete turnkey plant, in a 3,200-mm format and a speed of 1,700 m/min, is scheduled for summer 2019.
The Klippan mill is specialized in the production of paper for colored table napkins that it supplies to customers worldwide. With the addition of the new machine by Recard - that will flank another machine already in operation - production will increase fourfold. A EUR 15 million investment will allow boosting the mill's staff by 20-25 new employees and will strengthen the position of the Swedish company in the market.
For Recard, this is a great event, since it is the first tissue machine order signed for Sweden.
Klippan nurtures a long tradition of papermaking. It began in 1573 when renowned astronomer Tycho Brahe's cousin started producing paper newar the monastery at Herrevadskloster. This area of Sweden belonged to Denmark and the mill was in fact Denmark's very first paper mill. In 1658 it became Swedish through the peace at Roskilde.
In the 1700s the mill moved to new premises by the river Rönne where it remains today. In 1832 the country's first paper machine was installed at the Klippan mill. It was soon followed by several more. Through the years the paper products have varied, following the market's requests.
Newspaper quality, paper for stamps, copy paper, etc., have all been produced here. In 1962 the production of tissue for napkins started at Klippan Mill and with more than 50 years experience of producing it, Klippans Bruk AB today is one of the world's leading producers of deep-colored tissue.
