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Mark Auger<br />
<strong>Voith</strong> <strong>Paper</strong>, Appleton, USA<br />
mark.auger@voith.com<br />
<strong>17</strong>/04<br />
Kimberly PM 96 –<br />
position for long-term competitiveness<br />
Stora Enso North America is the leading manufacturer of<br />
coated and supercalendered printing papers. In line with the<br />
company’s worldwide strategy of keeping its position as a leading<br />
producer in the paper industry, it was decided to go ahead with<br />
the rebuild of PM 96 at its facility in Kimberly, WI, USA. The rebuild<br />
would significantly improve Stora Enso’s position for long-term<br />
competitiveness in the North American market place.<br />
The original PM 96 rebuild project at<br />
Kimberly Mill was suspended in 2000<br />
during the acquisition of Consolidated<br />
<strong>Paper</strong>s, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, WI, by<br />
Stora Enso North America (SENA).<br />
The major equipment for the machine rebuild<br />
had already been purchased from<br />
<strong>Voith</strong> <strong>Paper</strong>, but had not been installed.<br />
In the fall of 2002, with SENA’s new<br />
strategy in place, <strong>Voith</strong> was given the goahead<br />
to continue the rebuild project.<br />
<strong>Voith</strong> would also supply start-up and<br />
erection services, training and spares for<br />
the project.<br />
The target was to directly improve sheet<br />
quality and would include a DuoFormer D<br />
twin wire top former, which would be installed<br />
on the 242-inch wide fourdrinier<br />
machine. The existing headbox would be<br />
rebuilt, and two new VPS 20 pressure<br />
screens would be added in the approach<br />
flow, improving screening capacity and<br />
fiber yield.
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