Hamburg / Sheboygan, WI, USA / Bangkok, Thailand – Thai Union Paper Industrial Co., Ltd. (TUPI), the leading manufacturer and supplier of paper products in Thailand and ASEAN, ordered a folio-size sheeter from E.C.H. Will and Pemco for their site at Wangsala, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. TUPI is a company of the Siam Cement Group's paper division, which is managed by Mr. Wichan Charoenkitsupat. Its products include coated duplex board and plaster board liner in both domestic and international markets.
 
The FS 2000 PRO folio-size sheeter, a joint development of the two Körber PaperLink companies E.C.H. Will and Pemco, is a 2.000 mm wide sheeter. Equipped with the patented PRO technology for mark-free sheeting of sensitive paper and board grades, it ensures the highest level of productivity and end-product quality. Furthermore, automatic non-stop splicing and the non-stop pallet change systems both increase productivity by eliminating the need to stop the sheeter for reel or pallet changes respectively.
 
On their new sheeter #5, which will be delivered in October 2011, TUPI will cut coated Duplex board with grades from 170 gsm to 500 gsm. The FS 2000 PRO will add an additional capacity of 60,000 tons of coated board per year to TUPI's Wangsala mill. Production start is scheduled for June 2012.
 
"With the new FS 2000 PRO folio-size sheeter TUPI will be able to enhance their productivity and to satisfy the growing need for high-quality coated papers, thus it will help to strengthen TUPI's  market position in Thailand and Asia," says Lee Sleiter, President of Pemco Inc.
 
"The FS sheeter combines the best of the experience and know-how from both E.C.H. Will and Pemco – TUPI will profit from that," underlines Klaus Aarestrup, Chairman of the Management Board of E.C.H. Will.

E.C.H. Will GmbH and Pemco Inc.

E.C.H. Will, based in Hamburg, Germany, and Pemco, based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA are leading suppliers of machinery and system solutions for the paper manufacturing and converting industries.

Their product ranges include cut-size sheeters for the production of communication paper (2-16 pockets), cut-size paper wrapping and packaging machinery, folio-size sheeting machines for paper and board mills (FS brand) and for paper, board and other specialty materials converters (SHM brand) as well as folio-size paper, board and metal plate wrapping and cartoning machines (Wrapmatic brand).

Furthermore, converting lines for the production of ruled and unruled layers, exercise books and folded sheets in the entry-level, mid-range and high-end markets and specialty stationery envelope packaging machines complete the portfolio.

E.C.H. Will and Pemco are companies of Körber PaperLink, an international supplier of system solutions for the paper and tissue converting industries.