A New Coated Board Machine Started-Up Successfully at JK Paper in India
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JK Paper Limited started up its new coated board machine smoothly and successfully. The machine was supplied by Valmet. It took only 2.5 hours to get paper from stock on the wire to the reel. The 4,250-mm-wide (wire) machine produces folding boxboard, solid bleached board and cup board. The successful startup will increase the company’s production capacity and enhance its market share in the growing Indian market.
« It is a great pleasure to announce that board produced on the Valmet board machine at JK Paper in Fort Songadh has been successfully reeled on August 26, 2021. It could not have been possible without the support of the Valmet team in Finland and India, along with the JK team. Despite the COVID challenges and traveling restrictions, we received good support from India and Finland, »says Mr. S.K. Jain, Head, Board Projects, JK Paper.
The start-up target for this board machine was very demanding due to COVID. However, the Valmet and JK Paper teams responded very well to achieve the challenging goal. The machine startup was completed partially remotely. Thanks to the great teamwork between the JK and Valmet teams, the first reel of board was produced quickly. Having a complete automation package was clearly an advantage to establish a good startup curve, and it eased the overall commissioning process,” says Varun Jain, Director, India Region, Valmet.
The new board production line produces folding boxboard, solid bleached board and cup board. The successful startup will increase the company’s production capacity and enhance its market share in the growing Indian market.
