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The latest technology and highly trained operators will guarantee high-quality production on<br />
Kvarnsveden’s PM 12.<br />
The new calendering technology<br />
incorporated in PM 12 will enable the<br />
mill to enter new end-use areas and markets<br />
that have been traditionally dominated<br />
by coated grades.<br />
Customers currently include publishers,<br />
retailers, and printers, mainly in<br />
Europe, but with its new capacity the<br />
mill will be able to target overseas markets,<br />
such as North America, Asia, and<br />
South America. The plan is to deliver<br />
some 15% of the mill’s SC output to<br />
customers outside Europe.<br />
Finely-tuned logistics<br />
Kvarnsveden’s logistics solutions have<br />
been developed to meet customer<br />
demands in terms of both fl exibility and<br />
frequency. The mill is part of <strong>Stora</strong><br />
<strong>Enso</strong>’s Northern European Transport<br />
Supply System (NETSS), a joint transport<br />
supply system for shipping <strong>Stora</strong> <strong>Enso</strong><br />
products on a frequent basis from Nordic<br />
mills to local distribution centres close<br />
to customers in Continental Europe<br />
and the UK. The advanced information<br />
technology incorporated in NETSS<br />
makes it possible to monitor each roll<br />
of paper from the time it leaves the mill<br />
to its arrival at the end-customer.<br />
Read more about NETSS in the<br />
Sustainability 2005 report on<br />
page 19.<br />
Leveraging the Group’s expertise<br />
Personnel from <strong>Stora</strong> <strong>Enso</strong> units in<br />
Finland, Germany, Belgium, France,<br />
and the USA took part in the project to<br />
provide expertise, start-up support, and<br />
share best practices. The success of the<br />
start-up on schedule highlights the<br />
project management skills and technical<br />
know-how the team brought to the<br />
project.<br />
Training and retraining were high on<br />
the agenda at Kvarnsveden during the<br />
project. The project created job opportunities<br />
for new employees and opportunities<br />
for job rotation within the mill.<br />
As the new paper machine utilises the<br />
latest technology, thorough internal and<br />
supplier training was essential for its<br />
operators. •<br />
Kvarnsveden Mill<br />
Kvarnsveden Mill is located in central<br />
Sweden. The mill was founded in<br />
1900 and today has four paper<br />
machines, with an annual production<br />
capacity of approximately 910 000<br />
tonnes of newsprint, improved newsprint,<br />
and uncoated magazine paper.<br />
The mill uses spruce pulpwood and is<br />
located close to abundant raw material<br />
sources. PM 9, which produced<br />
135 000 tonnes of improved newsprint,<br />
was shut down when PM 12<br />
was started up. Kvarnsveden Mill has<br />
970 employees, and is ISO 14001certifi<br />
ed and EMAS-registered.<br />
PM 12 – A massive new machine<br />
To build a new paper machine with<br />
an annual production capacity of<br />
420 000 tonnes is a huge project.<br />
The paper machine operates at 1 850<br />
metres per minute, with a paper<br />
width of 10.44 metres. The building<br />
is 300 metres long, 70 metres wide,<br />
and 30 metres high.<br />
When the project was at its busiest,<br />
it employed around 1 200 people.<br />
The project also included replacing<br />
an existing chipping line, expanding<br />
fi ller and kraft handling systems,<br />
building a new pulp line suitable for<br />
magazine paper (TMP-SC), installing<br />
a new wrapping machine, and<br />
extending the site’s wastewater<br />
treatment plant.<br />
www.storaenso.com/kvarnsveden<br />
STORA ENSO COMPANY 2005• 15
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