Paper Technology Journal - Voith

Paper Machinery Divisions:
Large order from Palm paper mill
in Aalen-Neukochen for the expansion
of the Eltmann mill
The paper mill Palm GmbH & Co, Aalen-
Neukochen, has placed an order with
Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH,
Heidenheim, and Voith Sulzer Stoffaufbereitung,
Ravensburg, for the expansion
of their production facilities in
Eltmann am Main near Bamberg. The
centerpiece of this project is the new
PM III, another machine for Palm’s
very successful production of newsprint
paper made from 100% waste paper.
Since its foundation more than 125 years
ago, this enterprise, which has been kept
in the family for four generations without
interruption, has worked exclusively with
secondary fibres. Thanks to its wealth of
experience in waste preparation and
deinking, the organization without doubt
occupies a special position within the
paper industry. Palm was the first paper
mill in Germany to make a success of
the production of good newsprint paper
exclusively from waste paper.
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During the course of its expansion and
with its consistent secondary fibre strategy,
the company has repeatedly had
to explore new territory with regard to
both process and machinery. However,
courage is always ultimately rewarded by
success. With its three paper mills, Palm
is now one of the leading producers of
newsprint and packaging paper in Germany.
A large part of the packaging
paper production is further processed in
the 8 mills which produce corrugated
board and finished packaging and also
belong to the group of companies.
Palm and Voith Sulzer Paper Technology
are joined together by more than just geographical
proximity of the corporate
headquarters in Aalen, Heidenheim and
Ravensburg! Many progressive ideas,
from the first paper machine to the
present-day dimension of production
facilities, have been implemented and
tested jointly.