EKA Industrial Paper Production completes DIP revamp

By Michael Dixon, Editor, PPI This Week, RISI

BRUSSELS, Nov. 28, 2008 (RISI) - EKA Industrial Paper Production, formerly known as Aktif Kagit, has wrapped up the rebuild of its 2,000 tonne/month deinked pulp (DIP) line at its mill in Kosekoy, near Izmit, Turkey.

Kadant Lamort overhauled most of the stock preparation line. The project cost around $1 million. The line feeds the plant's PM 10, together with a virgin fiber line. The machine produces 22,000 tonnes/yr of machine-glazed kraft paper.

Meanwhile, EKA Industrial Paper Production has delayed plans to restart the mill's other machine, PM 6, due to the current poor market conditions.

The firm purchased the machine last year from the state-run mill SEKA Izmit. The unit was able to produce 70,000 tonnes/yr of schrenz and grayboard. EKA Industrial Paper Production has sold off the parts of the machine which enabled it to produce grayboard to an unnamed firm in Georgia. The company still needs to install a new reel on the unit and hopes to decide when to start up the machine next April.

The firm's plans to buy a 60,000 tonne/yr tissue PM for the Kosekoy plant have also been put on hold for the time being. The company will decide when and whether to buy a 1,500 m/min crescent former machine next April.