Walki invests in Poland
The investment includes a new ten-colour flexo printing machine that will be utilized in the production of ream wrap used mainly for the wrapping of A4 and A3 copy paper reams.The new machine, estimated to be in full production during the fourth quarter of 2013, will be located at Walki’s Jatne plant, situated 40 kilometers from Warsaw. The supplier of the printing machine will be Comexi Group of Spain.”Paper is still the best media to read longer documents and texts, and the consumption of copy paper is expected to grow in Eastern Europe and Russia in the near future. Walki wants to strengthen its position as the leading supplier of ream wrapping material in Europe, and the new investment is aimed to serve our customers in Central and East Europe, said Marko Siltala, Vice President of Walki’s Operations & Business Line Ream Wrapping, Paper Packaging division.Due to the anticipated growth for paper products in Eastern Europe and Russia, Walki also opened a new plant in May in Russia.