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Valmet to deliver coating Lecta increases

prices
section upgrade price increase of 8% for all of
Lecta has announced a
its thermal paper ranges. The
new prices will be applied in
Valmet announced that it the uncertainty of natural all markets on deliveries
will upgrade the coating sec- gas availability are driving from February 1, 2023. It says
tion of Board Machine 5 at mills to convert from gas to the price adjustment “is una-
Stora Enso Imatra Mills, electricity operation. Stora voidable to offset the infla-
Tainionkoski in Finland. In tionary cost increases in
addition to electric heated Enso Imatra mills in south- labour, manufacturing and
OptiDry Coat air dryers, the eastern Finland consists of logistics.” Lecta said its sales
upgrade includes a drying two production units that teams are available to provide
capacity increase in the produce pulp and consumer specific information to cus-
coating section, a new wire packaging board. The annual tomers on the price increase
loop to the existing dryer Coating section of Board Machine 5 at Stora Enso Imatra Mills capacity is 1,200,000 tonnes application.
group and automation. The of consumer packaging Lecta is a leading European
upgrade will bring energy customer to take another Manager, EMEA, Valmet. manufacturer and distributor
savings and reduce emis- step forward on their path to “The new wire loop will board, 1,300,000 tonnes of
sions. a CO2 free future. By replac- create an additional draw pulp and 455,000 tonnes of of specialty papers for labels
The value of the order will ing the old gas heated dryers point for the web and allows polymer coating. and flexible packaging,
not be disclosed, however by modern electric heated controlled operating in the Imatra Mills is one of the coated and uncoated paper
the value of deliveries of this air dryers, the customer can modified area. This will largest mills producing con- for publishing and commer-
type is usually around EUR reduce energy consumption bring more safety in tail sumer packaging board in the cial printing, and other high-
5-8 million, Valmet added. value innovative products
The installations are for the existing board grades threading and minimize oil world, with over 90% of its such as its range of environ-
planned to start in the and ensure higher produc- leakages.” production exported to ment-friendly, 100% recycla-
fourth quarter 2023. tion capacity,” said Kimmo Valmet noted that the Europe, Southeast Asia and ble and biodegradable
“The delivery helps the Vehmas, Senior Mill Sales increasing energy prices and other continents. functional papers.
Crown Van Gelder improves SCA Acquires wind

inkjet paper yield farm in Piteå, Sweden

SCA has acquired its first
Crown Van Gelder has wind farm with the pur-
added two new weights to its chase of 36 wind turbines in
Letsgo High Performance Markbygden in Piteå munic-
inkjet paper range that are ipality, northern Sweden.
aimed at making mailings The acquisition is in line
more affordable. with the company’s previ-
The new 140gsm and ously stated goal of becom-
180gsm papers have 7pt and ing one of the Sweden’s
9pt calliper respectively, and leading providers of fossil- Wind farm with 36 Turbines
were described as “stiff but free electricity generated by that is already in use,” says
lighter”. wind power. Ulf Larsson, SCA President
“It will make the differ- and CEO.
ence for many printers and Twenty percent of The Skogberget wind
their customers, to enable CVG: new grammages are lighter and give more square metres Sweden’s installed wind farm was commissioned in
printed messaging to remain power capacity is currently 2014 and was acquired with
an important part of their give more square metres per method” in markets using located on land owned by the purchase of 100% of the
marketing strategy,” the tonne. 9 point calliper and print for functional commu- SCA.
Netherlands-based manufac- stiffness was the benchmark nications and promotions. “This is an important first shares in Skogberget Vind
turer stated. for development. If you com- “The need for personalisa- step for SCA, and we’re now AB from Enercon for
Perce Thrower, sales man- pare the new 180gsm versus, tion, fast response and considering options to approximately SEK 800 mil-
ager for the UK and Ireland, say, a 250gsm, yield savings upgrade the wind farm over lion.The annual electricity
told Printweek: “The idea can be seen.” Crown Van acceptable cost are the main time, so that each turbine production from the site is
behind the new grammages Gelder said that inkjet was drivers,” the manufacturer multiplies the amount of estimated at close to 200
is that they are lighter and becoming a “mainstream stated. power produced on land GWh.
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