Clothing package for Batı Kipas Kagıt’s new PM3

Batı Kipaş Kağıt has ordered a complete machine clothing package from Valmet for a new PM3 board making line at its Söke mill in Turkey.

After the inauguration of the PM3 line, the facility will be one of the largest in Europe with a production capacity of 1,868 tonnes per day. The start-up of the PM3 is scheduled for the end of 2023.

“The machine will set new standards within the industry. We are happy to continue our strong collaboration with Batı Kipas Kagıt and will do our best to support the customer to successfully start up the newest member of their fleet,” says Huseyin-Feyzi Gunal, product sales manager for EMEA at Valmet.

Valmet’s paper machine clothing package for the start-up of the customer’s new container board line includes forming fabrics, press felts, shoe press belts and dryer fabrics.

Kipaş Kağit Sanayi Isletmeleri AŞ started as a joint venture of Kipaş Holding in 2011 and produces high-quality containerboard paper from waste paper. Kipaş has two paper machines: PM1 in Kahramanmaraş with a capacity of 450,000 tons and PM2 in Söke with a capacity of 720,000 tons of coated grades.

Kipaş is currently installing another Valmet containerboard machine in Söke, also with a scheduled start-up at the end of 2023. The new 9,100mmwide (wire) board machine will produce recycled fluting, testliner and kraft top testliner grades with a basis weight range of 60–110 g/sqm. With a design speed of 1,800 m/min the machine will have an annual capacity of about 650,000 tons.