Following a rebuild by Voith, Germany, PM 2 at the Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A.) was successfully restarted at its mill in Dueñas in the Spanish Province of Palencia after just 15 days of downtime and seven days of commissioning. The machine was back in production one day sooner than planned. 

"In Voith we had a reliable partner at our side during this project. The entire rebuild was done in a very short time frame," said Maria Berzosa, who is responsible for the project at Europac in Dueñas. "Very quickly, PM 2 was again producing top-quality packaging paper," she added.

The Europac Group had opted for a rebuild to produce white coated testliner in the future. This was achieved by installing a Voith SpeedSizer, which applies a uniform film for sizing and coating and systematically improves paper characteristics, penetration, and surface coverage.

As well as the SpeedSizer, the scope of supply included a starch and coating color preparation unit and a CB-Turn for non-contact turning of the paper web. The PM 2 has a production capacity of 150,000 metric tpy of brown, white, and white coated testliner at an operating speed of 1,100 m/min.

Europac Papel Dueñas is part of the Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A.), which operates in the entire supply chain of the paper and packaging industry.