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Felix Schoeller

BRUSSELS, Jan. 18, 2017 (Press Release) -Sappi Europe and Felix Schoeller Group, Osnabrück, have entered into a collaboration agreement that includes the joint development of sustainable barrier paper solutions for flexible packaging applications. The two companies will be combining their unique competencies in their respective business fields in the future in order to provide brand owners with more sustainable and more efficient packaging solutions for their products.

Sappi Europe’s Packaging & Speciality Papers is a leading global manufacturer of speciality paper and carton board. The company has acquired comprehensive expertise in the packaging sector over several decades. In recent years, Sappi has evolved from a pure substrate supplier to a provider of complete paper and carton packaging solutions. Innovative products are designed to find intelligent answers to tomorrow’s questions and trends in the packaging market. “Felix Schoeller Group is the ideal partner to help us further enhance the functionality of our high-quality speciality papers,” explains Thomas Kratochwill, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Sappi Packaging and Speciality Papers. “Together, we will create innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to meet our customers’ demands.”

Global manufacturer Felix Schoeller Group produces high-quality papers for analogue and digital photographic and digital printing, nonwovens for the wallpaper industry as well as release liners and decor papers. In addition, the well-established company has been developing flexible food packaging for some years and has built particularly strong process technology expertise in the production of photographic and digital printing papers. “Our collaboration with Sappi creates many synergies. We will be integrating our specialist expertise to pursue the development of unique packaging solutions that will benefit the industry and the environment,” says Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, Chief Operating Officer at Felix Schoeller Group.

About Felix Schoeller Group

Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,390 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 302,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2015 and posted a total turnover of appr.725 million euros. The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, self-adhesive applications and for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industry.

In addition to its Osnabrück main site and headquarters, the Felix Schoeller Group has four other production facilities in Germany - in Weissenborn and Penig in Saxony, in Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Württemberg) and in Günzach (Bavaria). It also has production facilities in the USA and Canada and is involved in a joint venture in the Russian Federation. It has sales & service centres in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Prague.

The Felix Schoeller Group exemplifies uncompromising quality, unique flexibility and true partnership. The result: Best-Performing Papers - Worldwide. Since July 2013 the Felix Schoeller Group has been the official premium paper partner of the German Olympic team.

Sappi Europe and Felix Schoeller to jointly develop sustainable barrier paper solutions for flexible packaging applications

01/18/2017 - 22:43

BRUSSELS, Jan. 18, 2017 (Press Release) -Sappi Europe and Felix Schoeller Group, Osnabrück, have entered into a collaboration agreement that includes the joint development of sustainable barrier paper solutions for flexible packaging applications. The two companies will be combining their unique competencies in their respective business fields in the future in order to provide brand owners with more sustainable and more efficient packaging solutions for their products.

Sappi Europe’s Packaging & Speciality Papers is a leading global manufacturer of speciality paper and carton board. The company has acquired comprehensive expertise in the packaging sector over several decades. In recent years, Sappi has evolved from a pure substrate supplier to a provider of complete paper and carton packaging solutions. Innovative products are designed to find intelligent answers to tomorrow’s questions and trends in the packaging market. “Felix Schoeller Group is the ideal partner to help us further enhance the functionality of our high-quality speciality papers,” explains Thomas Kratochwill, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Sappi Packaging and Speciality Papers. “Together, we will create innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to meet our customers’ demands.”

Global manufacturer Felix Schoeller Group produces high-quality papers for analogue and digital photographic and digital printing, nonwovens for the wallpaper industry as well as release liners and decor papers. In addition, the well-established company has been developing flexible food packaging for some years and has built particularly strong process technology expertise in the production of photographic and digital printing papers. “Our collaboration with Sappi creates many synergies. We will be integrating our specialist expertise to pursue the development of unique packaging solutions that will benefit the industry and the environment,” says Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, Chief Operating Officer at Felix Schoeller Group.

About Felix Schoeller Group

Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,390 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 302,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2015 and posted a total turnover of appr.725 million euros. The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, self-adhesive applications and for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industry.

In addition to its Osnabrück main site and headquarters, the Felix Schoeller Group has four other production facilities in Germany - in Weissenborn and Penig in Saxony, in Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Württemberg) and in Günzach (Bavaria). It also has production facilities in the USA and Canada and is involved in a joint venture in the Russian Federation. It has sales & service centres in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Prague.

The Felix Schoeller Group exemplifies uncompromising quality, unique flexibility and true partnership. The result: Best-Performing Papers - Worldwide. Since July 2013 the Felix Schoeller Group has been the official premium paper partner of the German Olympic team.

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With the rebuild of paper machine PM 14 at its Günzach mill, which is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2015, the Osnabrück-based Felix Schoeller Group is taking another step forward in the strategic growth concept it has devised for its Technocell division: the creation of additional capacity for pre-impregnated products, a key growth segment. On 28 January 2015, it commissioned Bellmer with overall responsibility for implementing this investment.

Growth in growth markets and growth regions is the clear strategic goal of Technocell, a division of the Felix Schoeller Group. Pre-impregnated products, which are used in the wood-based products industry, are one of the key growth segments. The rebuild of PM14 is a response to rising demand and will create additional capacity for pre-impregnated products - which Technocell sells under the brand name PRIP®. To date they have been produced exclusively at the company's Neustadt mill.

The extensive rebuild of the paper machine is scheduled to take place in the 4th quarter of this year. It includes a new head box, an IR drier, a new calender and a "TURBOCombiSizer" - including the size mixing station that necessitates. The TURBOCombiSizer can be used with either a size press or film press. After the rebuild, the paper machine will produce not only pre-impregnated PRIP® products but also nonwoven papers coated on both sides for use in the wallpaper industry, for example. A total of 15 million euros have been earmarked for this investment project.

"With this investment in PM 14 we are not only creating the foundation needed for Technocell's continued growth but also strengthening our facility at Günzach in Allgäu. This mill has three paper machines and focuses clearly on specialties and small batch sizes. Furthermore, our Vlies business unit, which makes nonwovens, benefits from the possibilities offered by the TURBOCombiSizer," says Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, the company's Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "With Bellmer, we will have the support of a competent partner, a company that has already demonstrated its high-calibre performance in numerous joint projects," adds Kai Middeldorf, Senior Vice President of the Felix Schoeller Group's Engineering Competence Center.

"We are proud that the Felix Schoeller Group has chosen us to be its partner on this project. It adds a new dimension to the successful collaboration we have already enjoyed in the past," says Erich Kollmar, managing shareholder with Bellmer, describing the project's significance.

Background information on the Felix Schoeller Group

Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,340 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 310,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2014 and posted a total turnover of 720 million euros. The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, self-adhesive applications and for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industry.

In addition to its Osnabrück main site and headquarters, the Felix Schoeller Group has four other production facilities in Germany - in Weissenborn and Penig in Saxony, in Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Württemberg) and in Günzach (Bavaria). It also has production facilities in the USA and Canada and is involved in a joint venture in the Russian Federation. It has sales & service centres in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Prague.

The Felix Schoeller Group exemplifies uncompromising quality, unique flexibility and true partnership. The result: Best Performing Papers. Worldwide. Since July 2013 the Felix Schoeller Group has been the official premium paper partner of the German Olympic team.

 

Felix Schoeller commissions Bellmer for PM 14 rebuild

02/23/2015 - 18:50

With the rebuild of paper machine PM 14 at its Günzach mill, which is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2015, the Osnabrück-based Felix Schoeller Group is taking another step forward in the strategic growth concept it has devised for its Technocell division: the creation of additional capacity for pre-impregnated products, a key growth segment. On 28 January 2015, it commissioned Bellmer with overall responsibility for implementing this investment.

Growth in growth markets and growth regions is the clear strategic goal of Technocell, a division of the Felix Schoeller Group. Pre-impregnated products, which are used in the wood-based products industry, are one of the key growth segments. The rebuild of PM14 is a response to rising demand and will create additional capacity for pre-impregnated products - which Technocell sells under the brand name PRIP®. To date they have been produced exclusively at the company's Neustadt mill.

The extensive rebuild of the paper machine is scheduled to take place in the 4th quarter of this year. It includes a new head box, an IR drier, a new calender and a "TURBOCombiSizer" - including the size mixing station that necessitates. The TURBOCombiSizer can be used with either a size press or film press. After the rebuild, the paper machine will produce not only pre-impregnated PRIP® products but also nonwoven papers coated on both sides for use in the wallpaper industry, for example. A total of 15 million euros have been earmarked for this investment project.

"With this investment in PM 14 we are not only creating the foundation needed for Technocell's continued growth but also strengthening our facility at Günzach in Allgäu. This mill has three paper machines and focuses clearly on specialties and small batch sizes. Furthermore, our Vlies business unit, which makes nonwovens, benefits from the possibilities offered by the TURBOCombiSizer," says Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, the company's Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "With Bellmer, we will have the support of a competent partner, a company that has already demonstrated its high-calibre performance in numerous joint projects," adds Kai Middeldorf, Senior Vice President of the Felix Schoeller Group's Engineering Competence Center.

"We are proud that the Felix Schoeller Group has chosen us to be its partner on this project. It adds a new dimension to the successful collaboration we have already enjoyed in the past," says Erich Kollmar, managing shareholder with Bellmer, describing the project's significance.

Background information on the Felix Schoeller Group

Founded in 1895, the Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers. With around 2,340 employees, the renowned Osnabrück-based company produced and marketed almost 310,000 tonnes of specialty papers in 2014 and posted a total turnover of 720 million euros. The Felix Schoeller Group develops, produces and markets specialty papers for photographic applications, digital printing systems, the packaging market, self-adhesive applications and for the furniture, wood-based products and wallpaper industry.

In addition to its Osnabrück main site and headquarters, the Felix Schoeller Group has four other production facilities in Germany - in Weissenborn and Penig in Saxony, in Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Württemberg) and in Günzach (Bavaria). It also has production facilities in the USA and Canada and is involved in a joint venture in the Russian Federation. It has sales & service centres in Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Prague.

The Felix Schoeller Group exemplifies uncompromising quality, unique flexibility and true partnership. The result: Best Performing Papers. Worldwide. Since July 2013 the Felix Schoeller Group has been the official premium paper partner of the German Olympic team.

 

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OSNABRUCK, Germany, Oct. 8, 2014 (Press Release) -Growth in growth markets and regions is Technocell's clear strategic goal. The company set the course to achieve this goal in summer this year. With its proposed investments, Technocell is stressing its commitment to customers in its target markets, strengthening its technological competence, broadening its expertise, and increasing security of supply.

The decor paper market is a growth market, especially in North and South America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia and China. To capitalise on the opportunities arising in these regions and at the same time meet the changing demands of the markets and customers, Technocell, a division of the Osnabrück-based Felix Schoeller Group, is investing in strategic growth. The investment programme will focus on improving product quality and machine productivity. To this end, two paper machines in Osnabrück and one in Günzach will have new or modified head boxes.

To address continuing growth in the North American market and shore up the company's current market position, PM 19 in Drummondville, Canada, will also be fitted with a new head box at the end of 2015. At the same time, Technocell is exploring the options for expanding the paper machine's technical capabilities to produce 2 x 1.61 metre-wide print base papers. With these measures, Technocell is improving its quality standards for lightweight décor papers and creating the conditions needed for further growth.

Due to rising demand, there are also plans to create additional capacity by mid-2015 for the pre-impregnated products that Technocell Dekor markets under the brand name PRIP®. To date these pre-impregnated products have been produced at the Neustadt mill.

Decor and nonwoven papers for the Eastern European market

Although the wallpaper market is mostly stagnating, nonwoven wallpaper's share in that market is growing. This replacement process will continue in the coming years and will play an important role in the Eastern European markets, especially Russia. To meet the rising demand, modifications to PM 1 in Osnabrück have already been carried out, especially in the beater room, to enable it to produce not only decor papers but also nonwoven papers for the wallpaper market.

To supply the Eastern European markets, especially the Russian market, the decision was taken to build a new paper machine at Penza, Mayak-Technocell's production facility. It will produce both nonwoven wallpapers and decor papers. It will also be equipped with a film press to enable it to produce inline-coated nonwoven papers. Start-up is scheduled for the first half of 2017. It is set to have a capacity of 30 000 tonnes, which will take total capacity for Mayak-Technocell up to 58 000 tonnes.

The new paper machine will guarantee that Technocell has sufficient local capacity in the Russian growth market for a long time to come. Mayak-Technocell is already well established in the Russian decor paper market with PM 5 in Penza. With this investment in additional capacity, Mayak-Technocell is accommodating the needs of its Western European customers who are increasingly building production facilities in Russia and set great store by a local supply chain.

Self-sufficiency in energy supply is the company's long-term goal

The Felix Schoeller Group's long-term energy strategy includes the aim to achieve a high degree of self-sufficiency in energy supply in the future. An initial step towards this aim was taken at the Neustadt mill earlier in the year: a new gas-based CHP (combined heat and power) plant went online there last summer.

Another step in that direction was taken at the Penig mill in Saxony, where a new boiler with gas turbine is scheduled to be installed next year. This measure is intended to help strength the mill's competitiveness and make sure it is future-proof.

 

Felix Schoeller's Technocell to invest in strategic growth

10/27/2014 - 19:46

OSNABRUCK, Germany, Oct. 8, 2014 (Press Release) -Growth in growth markets and regions is Technocell's clear strategic goal. The company set the course to achieve this goal in summer this year. With its proposed investments, Technocell is stressing its commitment to customers in its target markets, strengthening its technological competence, broadening its expertise, and increasing security of supply.

The decor paper market is a growth market, especially in North and South America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia and China. To capitalise on the opportunities arising in these regions and at the same time meet the changing demands of the markets and customers, Technocell, a division of the Osnabrück-based Felix Schoeller Group, is investing in strategic growth. The investment programme will focus on improving product quality and machine productivity. To this end, two paper machines in Osnabrück and one in Günzach will have new or modified head boxes.

To address continuing growth in the North American market and shore up the company's current market position, PM 19 in Drummondville, Canada, will also be fitted with a new head box at the end of 2015. At the same time, Technocell is exploring the options for expanding the paper machine's technical capabilities to produce 2 x 1.61 metre-wide print base papers. With these measures, Technocell is improving its quality standards for lightweight décor papers and creating the conditions needed for further growth.

Due to rising demand, there are also plans to create additional capacity by mid-2015 for the pre-impregnated products that Technocell Dekor markets under the brand name PRIP®. To date these pre-impregnated products have been produced at the Neustadt mill.

Decor and nonwoven papers for the Eastern European market

Although the wallpaper market is mostly stagnating, nonwoven wallpaper's share in that market is growing. This replacement process will continue in the coming years and will play an important role in the Eastern European markets, especially Russia. To meet the rising demand, modifications to PM 1 in Osnabrück have already been carried out, especially in the beater room, to enable it to produce not only decor papers but also nonwoven papers for the wallpaper market.

To supply the Eastern European markets, especially the Russian market, the decision was taken to build a new paper machine at Penza, Mayak-Technocell's production facility. It will produce both nonwoven wallpapers and decor papers. It will also be equipped with a film press to enable it to produce inline-coated nonwoven papers. Start-up is scheduled for the first half of 2017. It is set to have a capacity of 30 000 tonnes, which will take total capacity for Mayak-Technocell up to 58 000 tonnes.

The new paper machine will guarantee that Technocell has sufficient local capacity in the Russian growth market for a long time to come. Mayak-Technocell is already well established in the Russian decor paper market with PM 5 in Penza. With this investment in additional capacity, Mayak-Technocell is accommodating the needs of its Western European customers who are increasingly building production facilities in Russia and set great store by a local supply chain.

Self-sufficiency in energy supply is the company's long-term goal

The Felix Schoeller Group's long-term energy strategy includes the aim to achieve a high degree of self-sufficiency in energy supply in the future. An initial step towards this aim was taken at the Neustadt mill earlier in the year: a new gas-based CHP (combined heat and power) plant went online there last summer.

Another step in that direction was taken at the Penig mill in Saxony, where a new boiler with gas turbine is scheduled to be installed next year. This measure is intended to help strength the mill's competitiveness and make sure it is future-proof.

 

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OSNABRUCK, Germany, April 7, 2013 (Press Release) - The demand for high street photo printing services is growing. At the same time, the range of printed photo products is also expanding, which in turn is increasing the range and volume of different papers in use. The Felix Schoeller division has been involved in developing, manufacturing and marketing high-quality papers for digital printing for many years now. The Weissenborn mill in Saxony offers its customers the entire spectrum of services in the value chain under one roof - from base paper production and conversion through to slitting, something that is unparalleled anywhere in the world. Our customers value the consistent quality, high flexibility, and short delivery times made possible by this one-stop solution, as well as the many years of experience we offer as a supplier, drawing on over 115 years of work in the field of developing and producing high-calibre substrates for conventional silver halide photography.

"Investing in a new slitter rewinder was the next logical step in the evolution of our Weissenborn site", says Volker Barth, manager of the Weissenborn mill and vice-president of Felix Schoeller. "After three years of analysing the market very intensively and then developing and building the machine, we are now delighted to be able to commission our new slitter rewinder."The new machine will be used to slit matt and glossy photo papers, fine art specialities such as baryta-coated papers and specialty papers with metallic or embossed finishes such as creative canvas. It can process papers of virtually any basis weight. The finished rolls are between 3.5 and 12 inches wide and 30 to 100 metres long. Roll-core diameters of two inches or more can be used. The investment volume totalled €1.3 million.

 

Felix Schoeller invests Euro 1.3 million in new slitter rewinder at its Weissenborn mill in Germany

04/06/2013 - 20:00

OSNABRUCK, Germany, April 7, 2013 (Press Release) - The demand for high street photo printing services is growing. At the same time, the range of printed photo products is also expanding, which in turn is increasing the range and volume of different papers in use. The Felix Schoeller division has been involved in developing, manufacturing and marketing high-quality papers for digital printing for many years now. The Weissenborn mill in Saxony offers its customers the entire spectrum of services in the value chain under one roof - from base paper production and conversion through to slitting, something that is unparalleled anywhere in the world. Our customers value the consistent quality, high flexibility, and short delivery times made possible by this one-stop solution, as well as the many years of experience we offer as a supplier, drawing on over 115 years of work in the field of developing and producing high-calibre substrates for conventional silver halide photography.

"Investing in a new slitter rewinder was the next logical step in the evolution of our Weissenborn site", says Volker Barth, manager of the Weissenborn mill and vice-president of Felix Schoeller. "After three years of analysing the market very intensively and then developing and building the machine, we are now delighted to be able to commission our new slitter rewinder."The new machine will be used to slit matt and glossy photo papers, fine art specialities such as baryta-coated papers and specialty papers with metallic or embossed finishes such as creative canvas. It can process papers of virtually any basis weight. The finished rolls are between 3.5 and 12 inches wide and 30 to 100 metres long. Roll-core diameters of two inches or more can be used. The investment volume totalled €1.3 million.

 

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