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Trial runs ongoing at Kipas Kagit’s new containerboard machine

Valeria Buß, 13 December 2024

Turkish company Kipas Kagit has started trial runs on its new corrugated case material machine at the Söke mill in western Turkey. Commercial production has not yet started, though. The company told EUWID that it would commence producing marketable paper during the month of January 2025.

The new PM 3 has a capacity of 650,000 tpy. According to group manager Ali Tekerek, it will produce both recycled and fresh fibre-based paper, with grammages ranging from 50-110 g/m². Products include testliner, white-top testliner and fluting as well as kraftliner and recycled kraft paper for paper bags. Whether recycled or fresh fibre-based paper is produced will depend on market demand, Mr Tekerek says.

Kipas Kagit runs a second machine at the Söke mill, which has the capacity to produce 720,000 tpy of corrugated case material and cartonboard. The company has a second site in Kahramanmaras, which can make containerboard with a capacity of 450,000 tpy.

Source: Euwid