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NEWS CONSUMABLES AND PAPER

Twin Rivers Paper celebrates Sappi expands
portfolio

100 years of papermaking Guard Pro OHS and Guard
Sappi Europe is launching
Pro OMH — two recyclable,
mono-material papers that
Twin Rivers Paper coated-one-side (C1S) pack- deliver high-barrier protec-
Company proudly marks a aging, lightweight opaque tion without compromising
century of papermaking, (LWO) publishing grades, production efficiency.
operational excellence, pharmaceutical papers, Designed to help brand own-
product innovation, and a release liners, and thermal ers meet tightening EU pack-
strong commitment to the transfer label base papers. aging regulations such as the
communities where it oper- The Madawaska site’s inte- PPWR, the new solutions
ates. The company’s paper- grated pulp mill, located in offer a paper-based alterna-
making legacy began in Edmundston, was estab- tive to plastic and multilayer
1925 when inaugural tons of lished in 1916 as the region’s foils that is ready for today’s
paper rolled off two The company’s papermaking legacy began in 1925 in Maine first sulphite pulp mill, with fast-paced manufacturing
machines at the Madawaska pulp transported by pipeline lines.
mill in northern Maine. and a highly engineered said Twin Rivers Paper
Today, Twin Rivers’ foot- portfolio of packaging, tech- Chief Executive Officer across the St. John River. In Guard Pro OHS is a heat-
print encompasses seven nical, publishing and label Tyler Rajeski. 1975, a steam pipeline was sealable, high-barrier paper
paper machines across four papers, Twin Rivers pro- T h e c o m p a n y ’ s constructed across the river designed for applications
operating sites — its flag- duces 400,000 tons of spe- Madawaska mill operates to provide the Madawaska such as flow-wraps, sachets,
ship mill in Madawaska, cialty papers annually. four paper machines pro- paper mill with heat and and pouches. It offers strong
three specialty mills in “Twin Rivers’ 100-year ducing a total of 340,000 energy. In 1997, the protection against oxygen,
upstate New York, and an milestone is a tribute to gen- tons of specialty papers Edmundston complex water vapor, grease, and
integrated pulp mill in erations of employees who essential to consumers and advanced its sustainability MOSH/MOAH. These bar-
E d m u n d s t on , Ne w have been instrumental in diverse market sectors, efforts with a 45-megawatt rier properties help extend
Brunswick, Canada. Known the company’s growth and including oil- and grease- biomass-fueled co-genera- shelf life, preserve aroma and
for its lightweight expertise success through the years,” resistant food packaging, tion facility. product quality.
Voith and Modern Karton Metsä Group’s carbon

start-up PM 6 in Turkey capture pilot plant

Voith and Modern Karton Metsä Group announced
that a carbon capture pilot
announced the successful
plant came online in June at
start-up of the new high-
its Rauma pulp mill
speed XcelLine PM 6 and the (Finland), where the com-
associated BlueLine stock pany is testing the capture of
preparation plant at the pulp mill flue gases in coop-
Zonguldak site in Turkey. eration with the technology
The plant will produce up to company Andritz, the sup- The plant came online in June
plier of the pilot plant.
640,000 metric tons per year To produce up to 640,000 metric tonrecycled containerboard ment and the quality of the
of recycled containerboard, has once again shown that solutions. Our well-thought- Metsä Group explained that end product,” the company
carbon capture is an exist-
thereby increasing Modern said. Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen,
together we are able to out and customized concept ing technology, but it has SVP Business Development
Karton’s total production not previously been used for
achieve outstanding results.” enables high-performance and the Director of Metsä
capacity to almost two mil- pulp mill flue gases. Group’s carbon capture pro-
Ralf Sorg, President
lion metric tons per year. and sustainable paper pro- “During the autumn of ject, added, “So far, the
Projects at Voith Paper,
“The successful start-up of duction.” 2025, various operating technology appears to be
added, “We are proud that models will be tested con- working well with the pulp
our new production plant is a Voith’s scope of supply
Modern Karton relies on our cerning aspects such as mill’s flue gases.”
significant milestone for included a BlueLine stock energy consumption and the Metsä Group will also
Modern Karton,” said most efficient technologies. amount of carbon captured. investigate possibilities for a
Hamdullah Eren, Chairman The successful start-up of the preparation system with The pilot period will also larger-scale demo plant for
of Eren Holding. “The excel- PM 6 is proof of the perfor- approach flow system and provide information about carbon capture at the
lent cooperation with Voith mance and reliability of our others. the need for flue gas treat- Rauma mill site.
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