As soon as the Fire Marshall authorized the release of the building, Voith Paper Rolls Dueren deployed a mounting crew to begin the clean-up and repair work from damages the fire had left behind. 120 guide rolls and all felt stretcher and felt guides.of the press and drying section had to be dismantled and repaired. In addition, it was necessary to grind the drying cylinders. Therefore, Voith Paper organized a multinational crew with 5 mobile grinders in a very short period of time to assist in the rebuild.

During the course of the renovations, it was determined that the drying cylinders were damaged from the intense heat from the fire and a large amount of the cylinders had leakages. Quickly it was decided to dismantle the drying cylinders and begin repairs. Due to the additional work it was necessary to add more people to the mounting crew, which was no problem for Voith Paper Rolls Dueren. Sealing, grinding and balancing of the cylinders was done in the Voith Paper Service Center Dueren.

Due to the extensive clean-up operations which were carried out in and at the building it was not possible to access the building. Nevertheless, all tasks were carried out on schedule, which was only possible due to the joint efforts of Voith Paper and Fritz Peters. Originally the start up target day was end of February, but the date was brought forward until February 13^th.

“Voith Paper is a competent and reliable partner. Without the worldwide network of Voith Paper and the readiness for action of Voith Paper Rolls Dueren it would have been impossible to cope this very tight time line in such a professional way”, says Huub Haas, plant manager of Fritz Peters, Gelsenkirchen.

Voith Paper is a division of Voith and is one of the leading partners to the paper industry. Voith Paper optimizes the paper production process through constant innovations. More than a third of worldwide paper production is produced on Voith Paper machines.

Voith sets standards in paper, energy, mobility and service markets. Founded on January 1, 1867, Voith has a current workforce of 37,000, sales of EUR 4 billion and over 270 locations worldwide. It is one of the largest family-owned enterprises in Europe.

Voith is an official partner to the initiative “Germany - Land of Ideas”.