Portucel Soporcel Group has chosen two cut-size converting and packaging lines for its new paper mill

May 15, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. The Portuguese pulp and paper manufacturer Portucel Soporcel Group has chosen two cut-size converting and packaging lines from E.C.H. Will and Pemco for its converting equipment at new premises in the new paper mill under construction at the Group’s industrial complex in Setúbal, Portugal, IDS Packing informed. The Portucel Soporcel Group is one of Europe’s largest pulp and paper manufacturers, based in hardwood. E.C.H. Will, Pemco and Langhammer Maschinenbau, three companies of the Korber PaperLink Group, will deliver two complete cut-size sheeting and packaging lines. The parties have agreed on a third sheeting and packaging line as an option. It will be added as the production curve of the paper machine rises. The first converting line is designed for the highest possible output. It will consist of a 16-pocket E.C.H. Will SLK 470 cut-size sheeter, two Pemco high-speed packaging lines, the latest in labeling and strapping technology, and two Langhammer high-speed palletizers. With a 3.48-meter working width, the 16-pocket cut-size sheeter will be the widest of its kind in the world. The second line will provide the highest degree of flexibility for the Portucel Soporcel Group. “Eight existing cut-size lines and three folio-size ream wrappers of Korber PaperLink companies are already installed and working in the Portucel Soporcel Group,” says Klaus Aarestrup, Managing Director of E.C.H. Will. “We look forward to a continuation of this cooperation and to a successful start-up in 2009.” E.C.H. Will is a leading supplier of machinery for the paper manufacturing and converting industries. E.C.H. Will is part of Korber PaperLink, a system supplier of premium solutions for the paper and tissue industries.