Pöyry awarded board mill engineering in the UK
Feb 2 2010 Pöyry has been awarded an engineering contract by Saica for its planned recycled cartonboard mill in the UK.
Saica's new mill will be built at Partington Wharfside, near Manchester, UK, as Papernet recently reported. The value of Pöyry's assignment is about five million Euros and includes complete plant and civil engineering for the paper mill and stock preparation.The new PM11 will produce 425,000 tons per year of lightweight fluting and testliner grades to be used in the manufacture of corrugated boxes. The machine incorporates the best available boardmaking technology, including low energy and fresh water consumption. The new PM is scheduled to start up at the beginning of 2012.Saica is the biggest Spanish paper and board manufacturer. It has paper machines in Zaragoza and El Burgo de Ebro in Spain and in France.