June 21, 2010
Inauguration of the paper mill in King’s Lynn, UK
The opening of Palm Paper’s newest paper mill was celebrated on June 18th, 2010 in King’s Lynn. The paper mill houses the worlds most modern paper machine for newsprint, known as LYNN PM7. The machine width is 10.63 metres. PM7 has the capacity to produce 400,000 tonnes of high quality newsprint per annum from 100 % recycled fibres.
The inauguration held in the Corn Exchange in King’s Lynn, was attended by 470 guests from across Europe. During his speech Dr Palm thanked all who had contributed to the successful project and emphasized the enormous support from English customers and local authorities.
During the following mill tour all guests were able to get a personal impression of the enormous scale of the 400 million £ investment project.
26 February 2010
PALM TWIN
January 2010
Successful DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Palm Paper
3 December 2009
FSC Certification for our German production sites
21 August 2009
Successful Start-up of PM7 in King’s Lynn
21 August 2009
Successful quality management audit
March 2009
PM7 Installation progressing rapidly
11 December 2008
Lynn PM7 Topping Out Ceremony
December 2008
Dr. Wolfgang Palm new President of VDP
5 November 2008
New product names for newsprint
September 2008
Construction for the new PM7 newsprint machine is progressing at a rapid pace
26 July 2008
World record for newsprint - 2,000 threshold exceeded
22 July 2008
PM 6 in Wörth sets new speed record at 1,599 m/min
17 April 2008
Ground-breaking ceremony/Lynn PM 7
14 January 2008
New combined heat and power plant at Palm’s Eltmann mill
3 December 2007
Planning consent has been
granted for the paper factory
in King‘s Lynn
16 May 2007
New Newsprint plant in
England
14 September 2006
World speed record for the
PM 6 in Wörth
1 May 2006
Successful certification
in accordance with HACCP
hygiene management
in the Aalen plant
1 March 2006
Palm’s own sales office
in Italy