Forerunner in producing a world novelty of coated white top liner board grades

Transcription

1 Forerunner in producing a world novelty of coated white top liner board grades Federico Asensio, R&D&i SAICA Group Director Kari Räisänen, Sales Director, Valmet

2 Content Where it all started from SAICA The story behind the SEBOMC project Valmet technology New product A positive surprise in the process Summary 2

3 This is where it all started A salt and pepper mill with a story A board maker making better quality, reducing cost and making white top liner without white pulp That story is now making a change at the SAICA mill in Zaragoza 3

4 SAICA company values 4

5 Our integration cycle Recycled Paper Paper, our DNA. Saica Paper 50% 47% The cycle allows the Its INTEGRATION Paper for recycling RECYCLING CYCLE, Saica Pack 3 millions the key to our tons of waste success Sustainable corrugated paper for consumption Saica Natur 5

6 The Circular Economy FROM TO TAKE MAKE DISPOSE The Circular Economy is the best model to live by respecting the limits of our planet Sorting plants RDF plants LDPE plants REDUCE RE-USE RECYCLE 6

7 How to make white top test liners The SAICA story SAICA El Burgo de Ebro, Zaragoza Throughout Saica s history, innovation and state-of-the-art technology have been key factors for our growth: environment, energy and new paper grades. Combination of multiple factors improving the appearance enlarging paper portfolio with premium coated grades the challenges with the supply of secondary fibers We need it to produce white top testliners but how We wanted to replace white fibers with something else but how What was the correct formula? 7 4 October, 2018 SAICA and Valmet Valmet Customer Days 2018 / F. Asensio and K. Räisänen Source

8 All three were needed Saica, Omya, Valmet We needed partners machine supplier and the chemistry side SAICA Valmet Omya Board and box making Machine engineering and design Chemistry 8

9 How to make white top test liners without the white fibers? The SAICA story Board making SAICA, Omya and Valmet joined forces to find the correct solution The result of the circle of trial and improvement Coated white top liner Printable using standard flexo printing technology Testing with real customers Coating board at Valmet s pilot facilities Converting process Flexo printing Box making 9

10 Technology side of the story

11 Curtain coating technology OptiCoat Layer curtain coating station Good coverage is the key for the coating process at SAICA Stabile curtain Multilayer coating Good air removal High speed 11

12 Blade coating technology OptiCoat Jet blade coating station Smoothens the surface after curtain coating Easy to operate and maintain 12

13 Air drying technology Excellent quality with less energy Energy efficiency as high as 80 % Even more energy savings achieved with recently developed Energy Save All counterparts for air dryers Excellent quality Excellent printability without mottling even with dark colors and full coverage printed surfaces Easy and safe to operate compared to IR dryers Only temperature and fan speed need to be adjusted Less maintenance, no need for emitter and tile changes Smaller fire risk 13

14 14

15 A new line of white papers Result of years of research and an investment of over EUR 104 million Unique to the market and is intended to cover all customer needs and specifications 100% recycled paper Always challenging the market to remain the innovation industry leader Offering differentiated and tailored solutions: Coated and Innova 15

16 Completely new board grade Saica Infinite Innova Top-coated paper quality with conventional printing techniques Higher quality with lower grammage Whiteness and intensity of colours Higher brightness 16

17 The harder you work, the luckier you get 17

18 Summary Be open for new things but be prepared for hard work Don t do it by yourself, let s do it together! This kind of a journey is based on trust No news comes out of hiding and being secretive With Valmet, we have been able to follow these principles and end up with great results! 18

19