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.
Project videos
Expansion Obbola - The construction of the machine hall 2019-2021
The Obbola paper mill March 17, 2021
Construction progress Q3-Q4 2020
The Obbola paper mill Oct 14, 2020
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 paper track that is 10.2 m wide 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 are building a biofuel-fired lime kiln, which replaces two oil-fired kilns, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20,000 tonnes per year
- We will be the first fossil-free kraftliner producer
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The machine hall building and the Obbola paper mill area June 15, 2021.
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Work inside the paper machine hall May 5, 2021.
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Major casting of the foundation for the new paper machine building on May 13, 2020. 130 trucks delivered concrete throughout the day.
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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.
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