Bolton, Lancashire, England 31 March 2014 -- PMT Italia has been charged to carry out the necessary modifications of the Cartiera dell’Adda PM1 with the goal of production increase and paper sheet strength properties improvement.

PM1 produces multilayer board in the grammage range of 180 to 1,000 g/m2 at a maximum operating speed of 450 m/min., with a variable sheet trim at reel of 4,000 to 4,500 mm.

The upgrade of the machine, forecast for the summer of 2014, will consist of a new Press Section framework suitable for the repositioning of the existing Jumbo Press as well as for the installation of a Shoe Press with its deflection controlled Counter Roll. An upgrade of the machine Drive System and a rearrangement of the transfer fabric run into dryer section will complete the scope of work.

The project represents for PMT a further occasion to technologically prove itself in the environment of packaging papers and also the beginning of a new partnership with a leading Italian entity of the sector.