Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) – the key equipment of the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia.
A start-up of the KLB machine is scheduled for Q2 2023. Individual tests of its main equipment are underway. In December, the KLB Mill facilities were also energized; a full connection of the mill to the power grid is planned for April 2023. Besides, checkout and commissioning began with the Digesters & Washers and Recovery Boiler. The new mill will be started up in the first half of 2023.
The capacity of the new KLB machine is 600 thousand tons of finished products per year. The maximum daily production rate is 2,150 tons. The equipment was custom designed for Ilim Group.
The KLB machine can produce kraftliner of different basis weights, 80 to 175 gsm. Kraftliner will be suitable for the main end-use applications which include food packaging (owing to certificates for food industry, including ISEGA international certificate).
