The Turkish paper manufacturer Modern Karton has commissioned Voith to supply its new PM 5 for light-weight packaging paper for its plant in Corlu, Turkey.
The PM 5 will be a particularly sustainable machine, especially as it consumes little fresh water. Using the technology supplied by Voith ensures that consumption of resources is kept as low as possible. For example, due to installation of the innovative FlowJec dosing system in the approach flow system of the PM 5, it is possible to exactly coordinate the use of chemicals. In addition, the OnV EnergyProfiler software localizes and visu-alizes all the energy consumption in the paper production. Modern Karton itself will set up a power plant on the mill premises to utilize the residual materials from the manufacturing process and generate energy.
The PM 5 is expected to start-up by the middle of 2015 at a speed of 1,500 m/min. It will have a wire width of 8,180 mm and produce around 400,000 metric tons of packaging paper with a basis weight of 70 to 160 g/m².
The Turkish company Modern Karton is part of the Eren Group and is one of the largest manufacturers of board and packaging paper in Europe. At its Corlu location, 120 km west of Istanbul, 600,000 tons of packaging paper are currently produced annually on two machines, both for the domestic market as well as for the export market. This represents approx. 40% of Turkey’s total production capacity.
News within the industry of pulp and paper, May, 21 2025
