GL&V has signed an agreement with Schweighofer Fiber in Hallein, Austria, to rebuild the mill’s fiberline. The mill will be adapted for the manufacturing of specialty pulp, which today is a rapidly growing market niche where the end product can be used in areas such as textiles.
The mill in Hallein is since the summer of 2011 for the first time owned by an Austrian company and the new owners, Schweighofer Group, have decided to invest and expand. Managing Director of Fibre Schweighofer, Jörg Harbring comments: "We want to widen our product portfolio and also be able to produce high quality specialty pulp - which we will soon be able to do for the first time in Hallein."
GL&V will throughout the fall of 2012 design, deliver and install a process concept, tailored for the production of the new specialty pulp. Fredrik Bjorck, Sales Manager at GL&V is satisfied; "Schweighofer Fiber is a new player in the field of pulping and it is of course very flattering they chose to cooperate with us. This project will be managed in its entirety from our Karlstad office, where we have experience of similar projects with successful results.”
Jörg Harbring again on the upcoming project: "This project is important for our company, our city and our entire region. We have chosen to partner with GL&V as they offer us the techniques and skills needed to succeed in such a unique project."
Schweighofer Fiber Hallein will as a result of the project have an annual capacity of 170,000 tons of pulp.
