The new linerboard machine at the Greenpac Mill will be supplied by Metso, as announced last year. The machine is scheduled to start up in the third quarter of 2013. The agreement includes recruitment of all maintenance personnel prior to startup. Upon startup, Metso will assume full responsibility of the mill maintenance operations for the entire production facilities at the Greenpac Mill.
"We are pleased to collaborate with Metso in creating a unique world-class operation at our Greenpac site. The outsourcing of maintenance is a first of its kind for Norampac and its partners in North America. After visiting a similar world-class site in Europe, we were convinced of the benefits, performance, and customer satisfaction of Metso maintenance operations, which will further contribute to the project's success," said Marc-André Dépin, president and CEO of Norampac.
The Metso mill maintenance model optimizes the use of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Metso's streamlined reliability centered maintenance (Applied RCM) and condition-based maintenance. The model ensures the highest possible equipment efficiency and cost optimization, Metso notes.
The Greenpac Mill is a partnership controlled by Cascades and managed by Norampac. Created in 1997, Norampac, a Division of Cascades Canada ULC, is the largest containerboard producer in Canada and the sixth largest in North America, with 4,239 employees. Today, Norampac operates several containerboard and boxboard mills, corrugated product plants, folding carton plants, and a graphic center in Canada and the U.S.
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