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Sappi Starts-up PM8 at Lanaken Mill in Belgium after Extensive Rebuild

After a two-month-long rebuild, PM8 now has the ability to produce high-quality woodfree coated paper grades in addition to the lightweight coated paper grades it had previously produced.

June 17, 2019 - Sappi announced that it has successfully started up paper machine 8 (PM8) at its Lanaken mill in Belgium after the machine underwent a grade conversion rebuild.

According to Sappi, the rebuild took about two months, and as of June 12, PM8 now has the ability to produce high-quality woodfree coated paper grades in addition to the lightweight coated paper grades it had previously produced.

After a scheduled ramp-up and optimization, the widened product capacity will provide excellent flexibility, allowing the mill to better meet market demands.

About Lanaken Mill

Lanaken Mill, situated on the Albert Canal in north-eastern Belgium, is an integrated mill that has the capacity to produce 530,000 tonnes of coated fine paper and 165,000 tonnes of bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (CTMP) for own consumption.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sappi is a global leader in paper, paper pulp and dissolving wood pulp solutions. The company has over 12,000 employees; manufacturing operations on three continents, in seven countries (nine mills in Europe, three mills in America and four mills in South Africa) and customers in over 150 countries worldwide.