Lucca Mill

Lucca Paper Mill

An Italian market leader in containerboard, Lucca Mill is the biggest mill of its kind in the country.

It is located in Tuscany, within the country’s most significant area for paper production. Lucca’s employees are proud of its wide range of products using recovered fibre, and of their long experience in the production of White Liner.

Products

  • White Liner C
  • Liner 1
  • Liner 4
  • Medium HP / Medium HP Plus
  • White Kraft Top

Machinery

PM1 Fourdinier

Grammage range: 115-200 g/m2
Production: 175,000 tonnes/year
Speed max:  750 m/min
Trim max:  4.64 m

PM2 Gapformer – Fourdrinier

Grammage range: 115-200 g/m2
Production: 235,000 tonnes/year
Speed max:  1,200 m/min
Trim max:  5.00 m

Milestones

1970

PM1 start-up

1975

PM2 start-up

1988

Acquisition by SCA

1994

Life award for environmental achievement

2001

New PM1 winder installed for superior finish & runability

2002

New ETP bio-gas cleaning: less environmental impact

2007

New top head box for better formation. New press section PM2: energy efficient for less environmental impact. New ETP anaerobic reactor: less environmental impact

2008

New automatic laboratory quality control for more reliable testing. New gapformer for better paper formation. New film press: improved strength performance. New winder for superior product & runability

2009

MBS Start-up: Production, Quality and Logistics are fully integrated in a new software. New customer-reel automatic conveyor system. Flotation cells unit for White Top production. New roof for both paper machines. Lean manufacturing transformation

2010 FSC® - Forest Certification - Chain of Custody
2012

Acquisition by DS Smith

 2014

DS Smith acquires the Power Plant from Edison - Biogas optimisation usage

 2015 New aero derivative Gas Turbine installed 
2016  New condensing steam turbine installed

Contact

DS Smith Paper Italia Srl
Lucca Mill
Via del Frizzone 
I-55016 Porcari (Lucca)
Italy
Tel: + 39 0583 29 61
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