Star Paper to build recycled paper mill in Abu Dhabi

UAE-based speciality tissue manufacturer

Star Paper Mill has signed an agreement with Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi - Kezad Group, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi, to build a facility to produce kraft paper jumbo reels.

The 50-year agreement will enable Star Paper to diversify its product range to serve a growing demand for biodegradable packaging papers in the UAE.

Star Paper Mill will collaborate with RC Paper Machines and expand its existing capacity with an investment of AED 200 million (€50.3m) in a 59,000 square metre site to produce recycled kraft paper jumbo reels that will be used to manufacture corrugated cartons and biodegradable bag papers out of recycled raw materials.

Hussain Adam Ali, chairman of Star Paper Mill commented: “In line with the vision of UAE leaders, we in Star Paper Mill believe that to be successful and create longterm value in the future, being sustainable and adopting a circular system is vital. We are using this opportunity as a huge advantage for us to create products to achieve reduced carbon emissions and operate as a sustainable industry.

Star Paper Mill’s new facility will have installed capacity for 135,000 tonnes of recycled semi kraft liner, white top liner, testliner, fluting and bag paper, alongside areas for storage and general use.

An additional 32,000 square metres is being reserved by Star Paper adjacent to the primary plot earmarked for the project to accommodate expected increase in demand. Together, the plots offer the project state-of-the-art primary infrastructure corridors alongside a natural gas pipeline network that would contribute to significant cost efficiency.

Star Paper says the project will apply the latest innovations in processing waste generated from the facility, using an effluent treatment plant to recycle water and reuse it. The raw materials used, including OCC, NCC, NDLKC, and sack kraft waste, will be sourced locally in the UAE to reduce transport-related emissions.Established in 2019 at Industrial City in Abu Dhabi, Star Paper Mill Paper Industry used equipment from Italy’s Recard SpA to produce up to 40,000 tons per year of virgin tissue products.

New technologies to help Stora Enso reach sustainability goals

Stora Enso has ordered a debarking line, a new biomass boiler, and an upgrade for the recausticising plant for its Oulu mill in Finland from Andritz. The project will help the paper maker achieve its sustainability goals.

The debarking line, equipped with digital Smart Wood Processing products, will have a capacity of about 270 cubic metres solid wood over-bark per hour.

The biomass power boiler will provide steam capacity of 216 per day and includes newgeneration equipment such as a LimeWhite-H filter to get the best quality and lowest effluent, along with a StiroX white liquor oxidiser.

The order is part of Stora Ensoʼs project to convert a former paper machine at the Oulu mill into a high-volume consumer board production line.