The board of management of the Holmen Group has given the go-ahead for a € 238 million investment for a new recovery boiler at Iggesund Mill which will considerably strengthen its flagship product Invercote. In addition to the recovery boiler the investment package also includes a new turbine plus equipment for capturing and incinerating weak, sulphur-containing gases – something that will further reduce the mill's airborne emissions.
For Iggesund Mill, the new investment is a key step towards realising the mill’s long-term development plan. Fundamental to this plan is to have a production process that uses renewable raw materials and a product – in Iggesund’s case Invercote paperboard – that can be recycled both as a material and as energy. The plan also states that emissions to air and water should be global leaders in terms of purity, and that the mill should be self-sufficient in electricity and operate 100 percent on biofuel.
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