2021-01-18
Successful start-up of cutting-edge paper machine Grupo Gondi PM 7 in Mexico
- At the beginning of January 2021, the state-of-the-art PM 7 paper machine started up at the Mexican Papel y Empaques mill in Monterrey
- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was successfully completed
- Voith's sustainable and efficient technologies can further expand the market position of customer Grupo Gondi
Dr. Felix Rocha Echeverria, Business Group Director Paper of Grupo Gondi, adds: "It was a great pleasure to work with the Gondi Voith team. The success of the project would not have been possible without our experts from Grupo Gondi and the trusting partnership with Voith. We have now laid a good basis and look forward to the next steps."
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Voith was able to hand over the line to Grupo Gondi to its satisfaction. "We were only able to achieve this because of the successful cooperation of the entire team and the trusting partnership between Voith and Grupo Gondi," says Christian Deide, Project Manager Voith Paper. "With the PM 7, Voith contributes to Latin America's sustainable paper production."
As a full-line supplier, Voith supplied the entire production line, including the BlueLine stock preparation line, including the conveying and reject handling, the XcelLine paper machine, as well as the MCS, DCS and QCS automation solutions. The XcelLine paper machine, with a working width of 6,600 mm at the reel and a design speed of 1,200 m/min, produces testliner and corrugating medium with basis weights in the range of 90 to 250 g/m².
About Grupo Gondi
Grupo Gondi is a leading paper packaging company with 66 years of experience in the Mexican market. The company currently employs over 7,800 people. A total of 14 converting plants and 7 recycled paper machines are in operation. The company specializes in the production of recycled paper, corrugated boxes, pre-printed corrugated boxes and solid fiber containers, folding containers, micro-corrugated boxes and digital boxes, as well as services to support the production of these products. In total, Grupo Gondi produces more than 1.1 million tons of paper per year.
About the company
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its wide range of plants, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets for energy, oil and gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, Voith today has more than 20,000 employees and earns 4.2 billion euros in sales. It has locations in over 60 countries and is one of Europe’s larger family-owned companies.
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The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services, and products on the market, and offers paper manufacturers holistic solutions from a single source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and supports customers in significantly reducing their carbon footprint. With its comprehensive automation products and leading digitization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art, digital technologies to increase the availability and efficiency of their systems in all areas of the production process.