Consumables
SUCCESSFUL START-UP OF PM7 IN KINGS LYNN
Wednesday 26. August 2009 - On 21st August 2009 production began on PM7 in Kings Lynn. The start-up of the newsprint paper machine was 3 weeks ahead of schedule. "We have excellent paper makers in England, supported by German paper makers. The team has done a fantastic job in getting the machine running with such a tight time plan and so far ahead of schedule.", said Dr Wolfgang Palm.
All employees involved with the Palm Group and contractors should be extremely proud of themselves for this achievement. The Paper machine Lynn PM7 produced the first Jumbo roll in 45g/m2 with a start up speed of 1,580 m/min.
The PM7 has a capacity of 400k tonnes per year. The newspaper products consist of standard newsprint for coldest, heatset and flexo printing techniques from a working width of 10.63 metres. The raw material used is hand sorted recycled fibre pulp. The planned production speed for PM7 is 2,000 m/min.
Papermill
Ground work for the Papermill began in May 2008. The foundations required 12,000 steel piles. The precast concrete units were erected by August 2008. The building completion, and the installation of all technical, mechanical equipment and the test phase took only one year.
It took more than 70,000 tonnes of precast concrete units to build the mill, 15,000 tonnes of machine equipment was installed with over 65km of pipe and 700 km of electrical cables.
Inauguration
We will celebrate the official opening of the Papermill on 18th June 2010.