Coreboard producer Carl Macher GmbH & Co. KG in Brunnenthal, Germany is continuing to expand its production capacity. Together with its sister company Papeteries du Rhin, production capacity is expected to exceed 300,000 tonnes per year by 2020, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Carl Macher has invested over Euro 10 million in automation and logistics technology in order to secure the internal supply of Paul & Co's paper core plants.
A new logistics building was commissioned in Brunnenthal to allow for Carl Macher to increase its production volume. Starting this summer, modifications to the technology of its production line to increase efficiency in terms of energy and raw materials will enable the company to generate maximum possible fibre yield. One such modification involves an upgrade to the headbox and dryer section of paper machine 3. The two rewinders currently installed are moved in order to significantly lengthen the dryer section.
This will increase both the economy and the sustainability of the system. In the future, the finished products will be transported to the new logistics building situated above the paper machine hall via an elevator 28 meters (approx. 90 feet) high and a bridge 280 meters (over 900 feet) long. With nearly 14,000 square meters (over 150,000 square feet) of storage, the new warehouse (which will be operated using autonomous floor conveyor vehicles) will accommodate almost an entire month's worth of production.
