BillerudKorsnäs wants to investigate the possibility of installing a new board machine at the production unit in Gruvön, Sweden. The investigation is a part of BillerudKorsnäs strategy for volume growth within business area Consumer Board. The machine would become one of the most cost efficient in the world with a capacity of approximately 500 000 t/a of liquid packaging board, cartonboard, food service board and white kraftliner, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
In addition to growth in attractive board segments, an investment decision would also include a streamlining of the production structure within the business area Packaging Paper as the current production of kraft papers at the Gruvön production unit would be discontinued and replaced by production at other BillerudKorsnäs units. A potential investment decision can be made at the earliest during 2016.
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