After first "paper on reel" on March 31, 2018, LEIPA, Germany, will soon complete the startup period of its PM 5 and begin supplying customers with uncoated white top testliner from PM 5.

 

LEIPA Group CEO Peter Probst said that "we look forward to growing successfully with our customers and partners. The demand for white top liner remains consistently high and the trend is rising. Prices are at a high level as well. These factors result in excellent conditions for the market launch of PM 5."

 

As an international market leader, LEIPA will have developed a one-stop shop for its customers with PM 3 and PM 5 offering an annual total capacity of 700,000 metric tons of coated and uncoated white top testliner.

 

Christian Schürmann, COO of LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH, noted that "the entire project team has done a great job rebuilding PM 5. We will produce a state-of-the-art testliner on this machine – the world’s most powerful of its kind – and start with our first deliveries in April."

 

In addition, LEIPA strengthened its global sales network with a stake in Gratenau & Hesselbacher in 2016 and its cooperation with Jacob Jürgensen in 2018, aiming to provide new customers in selected non-European markets with professional and tailored services.

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