# VPK completes PM6 paper machine upgrade in Oudegem, Belgium

VPK Packaging Group completed an upgrade of paper machine 6 at its Oudegem, Belgium mill, including new stock preparation, a faster drying section and a new winder, with a target capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-02
- Where: Oudegem, Belgium
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 200,000 tonnes per year target (from approximately 180,000 tonnes)
- Products: fluting, test liner
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [VPK](https://endata.com/companies/344.md)

## Sources

- [pulpandpapercanada.com](https://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/significant-benefits-at-vpk-mill-after-pm6-upgrade-1100000735/), 2017-08-02: "total capacity expansion of 10 per cent; and general improvement of quality, including quality of winding."

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