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Voith signed a contract with Turkish paper producer Aquakraft Kagit ve Ambalaj to comprehensively rebuild the paper machine and stock preparation at its PM 2 containerboard mill in Ferizli, about 170 km east of Istanbul. The rebuild is designed to raise production capacity by around 60 percent.

Hinojosa Packaging Group is rebuilding its PM 1 paper machine at Alquería, Spain with supplier Voith, raising containerboard output about 19% to 128,000 tons per year. The shutdown and restart are scheduled for Q1 2026.

Voith and Mehrer Compression signed a strategic partnership to develop, manufacture and market oil-free compressors for hydrogen applications. Voith will contribute scale-up and industrial manufacturing expertise.

Adami Group has commissioned Voith to build a complete OCC BlueLine stock preparation plant with 4.0 technology for its Santa Catarina mill in Brazil. Commissioning is scheduled for October 2025.

Adami Group ordered a complete OCC BlueLine stock preparation plant with 4.0 automation from Voith for its factory in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Commissioning is scheduled for October 2025.

Saudi Arabia's Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) commissioned Voith to build a complete recycled containerboard production line at its Jeddah mill, with annual output of up to 450,000 tons and start-up scheduled for Q4 2027.

Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) commissioned Voith to build a complete recycled containerboard production line (PM 5) at its Jeddah mill in Saudi Arabia. The line will produce up to 450,000 tons per year, with construction starting in Q3 2024 and start-up in Q4 2027.

Voith has started up the rebuilt PM 2 paper machine at Schumacher Packaging's Myszków mill in Poland, doubling lightweight containerboard capacity from 500 to 1,000 tons per day.

SCA's world's largest kraftliner machine entered service at its Obbola plant in Västerbotten, Sweden, as part of a SEK 7.5 billion expansion, with capacity rising from 450,000 to 725,000 tonnes a year. The machine was built by Voith.

Stora Enso has awarded Voith a contract to convert a former coated paper machine at its Oulu, Finland site into a board machine producing folding boxboard and coated kraft back with 750,000 tons per year capacity. Start-up is scheduled for early 2025.

Stora Enso has commissioned Voith to convert a former paper machine at its Oulu site in Finland into a board machine producing 750,000 tons per year of folding boxboard and coated kraft back. Start-up is scheduled for early 2025.

BillerudKorsnäs added the KM 7 board machine at its Gruvön mill in Värmland, Sweden, with an investment of SEK 5.7 billion, and shut down three older machines. The machine has a capacity of 550,000 tonnes per year and came online in October 2019.

Papresa completed the rebuild of paper machine PM5 at its Errenteria mill in Spain, which produced its first jumbo roll of recycled containerboard on 29 March 2022. The machine's capacity rises to 205,000 tpy of testliner and fluting from 135,000 tpy of newsprint.

Schumacher Packaging commissioned Voith to rebuild paper machine 2 at its Myszków, Poland containerboard mill, doubling capacity from 500 to 1,000 tons per day, with startup scheduled for mid-2023.

Schumacher Packaging has engaged Voith to expand paper machine 2 at its Myszków plant in Poland. From mid-2023 the machine will run at a doubled capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year of lightweight recycled corrugated case material.

Schumacher Packaging has commissioned Voith to rebuild paper machine PM 2 at its Myszków site in Poland, doubling light-weight containerboard output from 500 to 1000 tons per day, with restart scheduled for mid-2023.

Schumacher Packaging commissioned Voith to rebuild its PM 2 line at the Myszków site in Poland, doubling light-weight containerboard output from 500 to 1000 tons per day, with restart scheduled for mid-2023.

Norske Skog commissioned Voith to convert the PM 1 paper machine at its Golbey mill in France to produce recycled packaging paper, with a BlueLine stock preparation system and an XcelLine machine; output will be 550,000 tons per year and commissioning is scheduled for Q4 2023.

Voith Paper won an order from Modern Karton to build and deliver a complete high-speed PM 6 paper machine for recovered corrugated containerboard base paper in Turkey. The line will produce up to 640,000 metric tons per year.

Green Bay Packaging CEO Will Kress described plans for a new state-of-the-art paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to replace the original 1940s mill. The project has cost over $500 million and is the largest single development project in Brown County history.

Voith has been contracted by Domtar to deliver equipment and technical services for converting the paper machine at its Kingsport mill in Tennessee to recycled containerboard. The mill is expected to be complete in 2022 and will produce 600,000 tonnes of linerboard and corrugated medium per year.

Progroup will start up a new paper machine at its Sandersdorf-Brehna mill at the end of August 2020, on schedule. The mill investment totals EUR 465 million and raises containerboard capacity from 1.1 million to about 1.85 million tpy.

Voith won a contract for engineering, manufacturing, on-site installation and commissioning of six units at the Wu Dongde hydropower plant on the Jinsha River, China, as the first units began operation. The article is dated 2020-07-13 and gives no contract value.

Voith Group and Moog Inc. signed contracts on 29 April 2020 to form the joint venture HMS - Hybrid Motion Solutions GmbH in Rutesheim, focused on hydrostatic servo-hydraulic drives for industrial markets.

Moog and Voith Group are negotiating a joint venture based in Rutesheim, Germany, to expand hydrostatic servo-hydraulics business in industrial markets, pending approvals.

Hydro-Québec awarded Voith a major contract to replace turbines, generators and governors at the 1930s Rapide-Blanc station on the Saint-Maurice River. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Green Bay Packaging broke ground on a $500 million paper mill on North Quincy Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to replace its 71-year-old mill, with completion expected by spring 2021. Miron Construction is general contractor and Voith will supply the paper machine.

Green Bay Packaging awarded Voith a complete packaging production line for testliner, including a 7.62 m wide XcelLine paper machine, for its new PM 4 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Start-up is targeted for early 2021.

Copamex will switch production at its Anáhuac mill in Mexico from graphic paper to recycled containerboard, having ordered a modern stock preparation system from Voith.

Voith agreed a deal with Copamex of Monterrey, Mexico, to install a BlueLine stock preparation system at its Anáhuac mill, converting it to containerboard production of 260,000 tpa, with startup expected in early 2019.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. has selected Voith to supply a full process line, including a 300-inch paper machine, for its new mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The mill is due to be operational in 2021.

Voith Paper North America won a contract from Copamex to install its BlueLine stock preparation system at the Anahuac mill in Mexico, which is being converted to containerboard and packaging production. Start-up is planned for early 2019.

Green Bay Packaging awarded Voith Paper a complete production line order for a new testliner paper machine (PM 4) at its Green Bay, Wisconsin mill, with commercial production planned for early 2021.

Green Bay Packaging selected Voith as full-line supplier for its new recycled paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operational in 2021, with groundbreaking planned for early fall 2018.

Green Bay Packaging plans to build a new paper mill in Brown County, Wisconsin, replacing its 71-year-old mill, with an investment reported as over $580 million. The project is expected to retain about 600 jobs and create up to 200 more by 2022, with the new mill running by 2021.

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.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the first of three new units at the Tarbela hydropower plant on 2018-03-10. Voith supplies the electromechanical equipment, valued at around EUR 200 million, for the fourth expansion for WAPDA, which raises output to 4,888 MW.

Voith Hydro Shanghai signed a contract with Henan Tianchi Pumped Storage to supply four 300 MW Francis reversible pump turbines and generators for a 1,200 MW plant in Henan Province, China. The contract was signed in December 2017 and is scheduled for completion by December 2020.

Voith won a contract worth around EUR 40 million from ENGIE to refurbish the first two of four units at the Ffestiniog Power Station in North Wales, with an option for two more. Work is due to start in 2017 and be completed by early 2020.

Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH has contracted Voith to comprehensively rebuild its PM11 paper machine into PM5 at its Schwedt plant, plus a new OCC stock preparation system and a DIP facility extension. The rebuilt line will have 450,000 metric tons annual capacity for white top testliner.