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From Europe’s to the world’s largest Kraftliner machine

SCA is building a new paper machine for the production of kraftliner at its Obbola paper mill in Umeå, Sweden. The annual production in Obbola will increase from the current 450,000 tonnes of kraftliner to 725,000 tonnes to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging.

What does the expansion of the Obbola paper mill mean?

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Questions and answers
Questions and answers

Digital technology will optimize the new paper machine

Learn about smart sensors, AI and self-learning systems

Project videos

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Progress with the new paper machine and a view of the Obbola mill area

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The Obbola paper mill December 2021

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The Obbola paper mill Sep 29, 2021

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Expansion Obbola - The construction of the machine hall 2019-2021

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The Obbola paper mill March 17, 2021

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Construction progress Q3-Q4 2020

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The Obbola paper mill Oct 14, 2020

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Obbola expands for the future

Did you know that...

  • The expansion project runs from the autumn of 2019 until 2023

  • We are investing SEK 7.5 billion

  • The capacity increases by 275 ktonnes

  • The new kraftliner machine will have a a wire width of 10.2 m and a speed of 1400 m/min

  • 11,000 tonnes of machinery, equivalent to the weight of 1.5 Eiffel towers, will be installed

  • The investment includes environmental improvements for SEK 1 billion

  • We have built and are operating a biofuel-fired lime kiln, which replaces two oil-fired kilns, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20,000 tonnes per year

  • We are the first kraftliner producer with fossil-free industrial processes
project facts
project facts

Project pictures

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Obbola paper mill with the PM2 machine hall in focus, December 2021.

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Obbola paper mill area June 15, 2021.

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Work inside the paper machine hall May 5, 2021.

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Obbola paper mill under transformation June 2, 2020. We can see the area where the foundation is made of the new machine hall.

SCA invests in Obbola kraftliner mill

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Press release
Press release