Voith won a contract from Turkish paper manufacturer Kipaş Kağıt to build the PM 1 at the company's mill at Söke in Western Turkey, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The company will use the XcelLine facility to produce around 700,000 metric tons per year of high-quality board and packaging papers with basis weights of 90 to 400 grams per square meter. Kipaş Kağıt is planning to run at a production speed of 1,200 meters per minute. The wire section has a flexible design allowing the production of two-ply and three-ply paper.
Voith will also supply the complete initial clothing for the PM 1 and three further clothing sets.
Voith Paper is a Corporate Division of Voith and the leading partner and pioneer in the paper industry.
