Displaying items by tag: lynn paper

Palm Paper King’s Lynn mill began production of newsprint grades in August 2009 and in July 2012 King’s Lynn PM7 machine produced the one millionth tonne. With production ahead of forecast levels Palm Paper seeks to reduce its dependency on the use of imported energy and has now committed to bringing further inward investment to the King’s Lynn area, through the development of a proposed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in an environmentally acceptable and sustainable manner.

Combined Heat and Power, is the process whereby a power generating plant supplies heat, in the form of steam or hot water to another user. A CHP plant achieves a higher overall thermal efficiency compared with power generation alone.

Palm Paper is in consultation with King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council regarding this installation and is awaiting a Scoping opinion from the Planning Inspectorate.

The proposed development is to construct and operate a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station to be known as Palm Paper 3 CCGT. The new CCGT will burn natural gas exclusively and with efficiency above 84%, it will be extremely energy efficient in providing electricity and steam for the paper mill.

The location of Palm Paper 3 CCGT will be within the boundary of Palm Paper King’s Lynn mill site. The fuel will be Natural Gas to generate 55 – 65 MW of Electricity and 100 tonnes of steam (high & low pressure) per hour.

The next steps are Palm Paper is due to receive a Scoping Opinion from the Planning Inspectorate by mid-October.

Consultation with the public could therefore start mid-October. At the same time, between mid-October and mid-November, consultation with Local Community and Authorities, Statutory Bodies will take place, these being King’s Lynn Borough Council, EA, Natural England, Regional Planning Bodies, Health and Safety Exec and other interested parties.

Based on the Scoping Opinion and results from the consultation, an Environmental Statement will be prepared in December.

On Friday 6th July, Palm Paper produced the one millionth tonne of newsprint on Lynn PM7. This is a remarkable achievement and a milestone that has been reached far earlier than was the expectation at the start-up of the machine on the 21st August 2009. To mark the occasion the rolls produced for pressrooms throughout the UK will be labelled with special gold one millionth tonne labels in recognition of this achievement.

Voith, the paper machine manufacturer of Lynn PM7, measures the respective learning curves of newsprint machines during the first two years of production and Lynn PM7 achieved the very best ever learning curve status in the world of newsprint.

Lynn PM7 has been running very stable at a constant speed of 1,875 metres per minute (equivalent to 75 mph) which is only 25 metres per minute behind the most efficient newsprint machine in the world!

In addition to the standard newsprint grades Palm Paper supplies to all national and most regional publishers, Palm Paper has been developing a new grade which is marketed under the trade name of Palm Top. The product is being supplied to the heatset and gravure printing sectors and is used for the printing of magazines and commercial fliers and brochures.

To accomplish the current level of performance Palm employs a production team that performs at the highest possible level due to the substantial commitment Palm makes in training all employees to be motivated and strive for excellence. Currently Palm has 21 full time or part time apprentices. They will be fully qualified and able to assume paper making roles within the mill by the time the two millionth tonne on Lynn PM7 finds it way to the winders.

Palm Paper is a division within the Papierfabrik Palm Group.