Nordic Paper Enters Into New Agreement to Boost Mill Productivity

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Nordic Paper has entered into a five-year contract with SKF, aimed at improving the company’s production, health and safety performance and sustainability features. The new contract will cover Nordic’s Saffle site which produces natural greaseproof paper.

The new fee-and performance-based agreement will result in increased automation and digitization of paper machine No.2 in Saffle plant. The work involving installation of 500 lubrication points and 230 condition monitoring points has already commenced this summer. All these works are connected to SKF's IMx monitoring system, which enables live monitoring and analysis of data from connected machinery at SKF’s Rotating Equipment Performance Center in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Peter Bergkvist, Mill Manager, Säffle stated that by working with SKF, the company has developed a better understanding of its machines. Further, it has helped in increasing the staff competence. The association with SKF is in line with the company’s ambitions to run its operations in a sustainable and responsible manner, he added.

Meantime, Janne Westerlund, Lubrication Sales Manager, SKF Sweden noted that the association, by combining products and knowledge, has been able to improve the performance and competitiveness of PM2 significantly, based on agreed parameters. The business model in based on customer’s needs and production targets, he said.