Metso to supply roll wrapping machine to Russian mill

 Metso will supply a roll wrapping machine and conveyors to the joint-stock company JSC Solikamskbumprom for the company’s mill in Solikamsk, Russia. The wrapping machine is scheduled to start up next spring. It will serve two of the mill’s four paper machines, PM1 and PM2. The value of the order will not be disclosed.The Solikamskbumprom mill will be the first Russian paper producer to start exporting 2.4 meters wide newsprint rolls to Europe. The wrapping machine investment was made to ensure that the rolls will arrive in excellent shape at the printing houses.

Metso’s StreamLine C roll wrapping machine provides the newsprint rolls with kraft wrapper. The wrapping process takes place along the winder discharge conveyor.

The JSC Solikamskbumprom mill is one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of newsprint, producing over 400,000 tons per year. Since 1992 the it has been a joint-stock company.http://www.papernet.se/iuware.aspx?pageid=346&ssoid=122626