BHM INGENIEURE: Model Group converts paper mill in Eilenburg, Germany
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The Model Group, headquartered in Switzerland, produces high-quality cardboard packaging and is represented in eight countries throughout Europe. In the newly acquired paper mill in Eilenburg, the company is converting production from newsprint to corrugated base paper.
BHM INGENIEURE received the order to plan all structural measures during the rebuild of the paper machine and to monitor them in the local construction supervision.
Within the scope of the reengineering, the output capacity of the entire plant is also to be increased, to more than 620,000 tons per year. Extensive construction measures are necessary for this:
- Expansion of waste paper storage capacity
- Expansion of waste paper screening
- Rebuild of stock preparation
- Rebuild of the paper machine
- Automatic finished goods storage with a capacity of > 50,000 t
- Expansion and rebuild of the wastewater treatment plant
- New energy center
Planning started in August 2021. The first corrugated base paper is scheduled to be produced at the end of 2023.
