Following its conversion, PM 7 at Palm Paper's King's Lynn Mill will have the capacity to produce 700,000 tonnes per year of lightweight recycled corrugated paper.
July 21, 2026 - The Palm Group ("Palm") announced that it will convert paper machine 7 at its King's Lynn Mill in the UK to produce corrugated case material. PM 7 currently produces newsprint and has the capacity to produce 400,000 tonnes per year.
The company said that it made the decision to convert PM 7 due to the structural decline of the market for newsprint.
In a press release, Palm said, "The demand for newsprint in Western Europe has declined by 60% over the last 10 years. This structural trend is set to continue in the future. As Europe's largest supplier of newsprint, we also need to adapt our production capacities to these changing market conditions."
"At the same time, we remain firmly committed to the newsprint market," Palm continued. "With our two paper machines in Eltmann and an annual capacity of 550,000 tonnes, we strive to remain a reliable and competent partner for our newsprint customers. The investments of 100 million EUR made recently at our Eltmann paper mill further strengthen our already high level of competitiveness and our well-established position in the newsprint market in the long term."
Following its conversion, PM 7 will have the capacity to produce 700,000 tonnes per year of lightweight corrugated case material in basis weights starting at 60 g/m². The machine will have a width of 10.6 metres and use recycled paper as its fiber furnish.
The King's Lynn Mill was built on a greenfield site in 2009 and operates a single paper machine, PM 7.
Palm expects to complete the conversion during the first quarter of 2027.
Based in Aalen, Germany, the Palm Group is comprised of Papierfabrik Palm with its five paper mills; Palm Packaging Group with 33 plants; and Palm Recycling, which purchases and collects recovered paper for reuse in company's paper mills.
SOURCE: Palm Group