By 2025, the share of Ilim Group’s board supplies to the southwest of the People’s Republic of China will have increased three-fold from 5% to 16%, which is another 100 thousand tons of the finished products. Stepped-up deliveries will make the Company a key player on the pulp and paper market in the south-western China. […]
Tag Archives: KLB Mill
06
Jan
Jan
Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the Voith XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) at the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. A start-up of the KLB machine is scheduled for Q2 2023. According to Ilim, individual tests of its main equipment are underway. In December (2022), the KLB Mill […]
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Ilim Group completes successful test run of kraft linerboard machine at Ust-Ilimsk mill in Russia
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Dec
Dec
Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) – the key equipment of the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. A start-up of the KLB machine is scheduled for Q2 2023. Individual tests of its main equipment are underway. In December, the KLB Mill facilities were […]
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Aug
Aug
Ilim Group is finalizing the construction of the largest kraftliner mill (KLB Mill) in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. It is the first mill in the Russian pulp and paper industry to use a two-stage biological wastewater treatment system. The Ust-Ilimsk Mill will be the largest kraftliner production site in Russia with the output of 600 thousand tons of finished products […]
09
Apr
Apr
Ilim Group recently published a report on its performance in 2021. The company produced 3.64 million tons of finished products, and pulp continues to make-up the major share (2.16 million tons) of Ilim’s production volumes. Ilim continued to increase the share of packaging materials in its product portfolio. Last year this segment accounted for about […]
04
Jan
Jan
Ilim Group has completed testing of the Digital Twin technology at RB3 in Ust-Ilimsk. The technology implies creation of a digital copy of all processes and allows to determine an optimal equipment operating mode. Implementation of RB3 Digital Twin will allow Ilim to reduce its production costs by more than USD 400 thousand per year […]
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May
May
Ilim’s new KBL Mill in Ust-Ilimsk has become the largest greenfield project in the Russian pulp and paper industry over the past few years. Once fully ramped up, the KLB Mill will produce 600 thousand tons of containerboard per year. The new facility with a total installed cost exceeding USD 1 billion will create 850 […]