Holmen sells paper machine to Chinese company
Jan 04, 2010. Holmen has sold PM5 from its closed Wargön mill to a Chinese sugar producer. The Chinese company plans to produce printing and writing paper from bagasse pulp on the paper machine from Wargön.
Jan 04, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Guangxi Yongkai Sugar Manufacturing Company in southern China is buying Wargön's PM5 from Holmen in order to start bagasse pulp based paper manufacturing in China. The Chinese company also has bought other papermaking equipment from Holmen's closed Wargön mill, including a coater. The purchase amount is not disclosed, Nordic Paper Journal reported.
In operation at Wargön mill, PM5 had a capacity of approximately 145,000 tons of coated mechanical paper per year.
The dismantling of the machine is expected to start early next year.