St Regis is now producing K-light lightweight paper on its 260,000 tonne capacity high tech paper machine at Kemsley Mill. The company claims the arrival of this ’’light, strong and consistent paper gives customers a reliable, secure, UK based source of lighter weight flutings and liners, enabling them to lightweight board and boxes with confidence‘’.
Said to be 100 per cent recycled and recyclable, K-light can be used tomaintain the strength. Flutings are 90 g/m2 and liners 100 g/m2. Initial customer trials have gone very well, exceeding the best imported lightweight papers in terms of runnability and strength, it is claimed.
After a £37mn investment, the Kemsley Mill is now said to have one of the most technically advanced stock preparation plants in Europe. The 6.9 m wide paper machine was rebuilt and is now capable of producing just under a kilometre of high quality lightweight paper every minute.
