# LEIPA converts Schwedt newsprint machine to packaging paper PM 5 with Voith

LEIPA Georg Leinfelder converted the former UPM newsprint machine PM 11 in Schwedt into packaging paper machine PM 5 for white top testliner, with Voith rebuilding the machine. LEIPA invested over 160 million euros, and the handover was signed on 19 April 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-04-19
- Where: Schwedt, Germany
- Value: $197.0M (160.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 450,000 metric tons per year
- Products: white top testliner, packaging paper

## Companies

- [LEIPA Georg Leinfelder](https://endata.com/companies/3216.md)
- [Voith](https://endata.com/companies/217.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [papnews.com](https://www.papnews.com/newsprint-packaging-paper-voith-leipa-set-new-benchmark-pm-5-schwedt/), 2018-04-27: "LEIPA invested over 160 million euros in the plant."

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