Milestones

Milestones

1870 Foundation as a wood-grinding plant on the site of a shut-down iron foundry
1882 First paper machine comes on stream
1910 World’s first reel-fed rotogravure at Albbruck
1955 PM 5 begins production
1960 Production of coated papers
1962/1970 PM 6 and PM 7 come on stream
1983 Biological purification plant started
1986/1989 Coating machines SM A and SM B started up
1995 PM 5 is equipped with a new online coater. With the innovative speedcoater, the mill’s entire production is switched to coated grades. This strengthens the mill’s leading position in coated printing papers
1998 The mill expands its sheet-paper equipment. The new sheet-cutting machine Synchro 2000, a global innovation by the Jagenberg company, comes on stream
1999 PM 7 equipped with POMs, pumps that feed the pulp-water suspension. This technology makes for shorter intervals in basis weight alterations on the paper machine
2000 The sheet-paper equipment is complemented by a fully automative pallet packaging line. Tambour transport is also automated
2001 In order to continually develop environmental measures and protect natural resources, a coating colour recovery plant comes on stream
2003 The world’s first Spray-Coating-System (online coating process) is installed to produce double coating on PM 5