UPM Huerth

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UPM Hürth in Hürth-Knapsack , planned and founded in 2001 and commissioned on July 4, 2002, produces newsprint from waste paper with one of the most modern paper machines in the world . The paper machine PM 1 from Voith has held the speed record for newspaper printing presses several times: March 21, 2003 1912 m / min. On September 9, 2010, this could reach up to 2020 m / min. can be increased for 24 hours. The annual capacity is 310,000 tons. An increase to 360,000 is approved. The number of employees is 101.

Entrance Rhine paper

Company structure

The company was as a production site of the Finnish family company Myllykoski as Rhein Papier GmbH founded. In December 2010, Myllykoski and its subsidiary Rhein Papier were taken over by the Finnish paper, wood and organic company UPM-Kymmene . The European Union agreed to this in July 2011 without any conditions.

The special thing about UPM Hürth is that the company has linked its production process with other companies. The logistics are taken over by the shipping company PLI. The German mechanical engineering group Voith is responsible for maintenance. The energy necessary for paper production, u. a. Electricity for the motors and process steam for the paper drying process is generated in the neighboring Goldenberg power plant. The water comes from a deep well in Kierdorf , which also supplies the facilities at the Goldenberg power plant . The dried paper and deinking sludge is thermally recycled. Metallic waste, especially staples from magazines, has been separated and recycled since September 2011. The company strives to minimize its environmental impact. In this way, the specific energy and water consumption could be reduced considerably over the years. Customers and suppliers rely on the region as much as possible.

The subsidiary still operates as Rheinpapier.

Web links

  • UPM Huerth. UPM, accessed January 18, 2013 (Official Website).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Voithpaper press release 18/04 ( memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed in October 2011
  2. ↑ Prof. Papermaking Mag. ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) November 8, 2010; accessed in October 2011
  3. ↑ Myllykoski owners signed agreement to sell Myllykoski and Rhein Papier to UPM. (No longer available online.) Myllykoski Corporation, December 21, 2010, archived from the original on March 15, 2011 ; Retrieved on August 26, 2013 (English): "The shareholders of Myllykoski sign agreement to sell Myllykoski and Rhein Papier to UPM"
  4. ^ Foo Yun Chee: EU clears Finnish deal for UPM to acquire Myllykoski. Reuters , July 13, 2011, accessed August 26, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Updated environmental statement 2010. (PDF) Rhein Papier GmbH, March 29, 2011, accessed on October 25, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Telephone book Hürth and website at web links