2026-07-29 Voith and Palm jointly implement conversion project in King's Lynn
- Palm is converting the PM 7 paper machine at its King's Lynn (United Kingdom) mill to produce corrugated base paper made from recycled paper.
- With this project, Palm is responding to the structural decline in demand for newsprint.
Aalen/Heidenheim, Germany, July 29, 2026. The Palm Group plans to convert the PM 7 paper machine at its King’s Lynn, UK, facility to produce corrugated base paper from recycled fiber. With this investment, Palm is aligning the facility with the changing demands of the European paper market.
The retrofit is taking place against the backdrop of a structural decline in the market for newsprint. In the future, the paper machine will produce corrugated medium base paper from recycled paper, thereby strengthening the company’s product portfolio in the packaging sector.
Palm and Voith have a long-standing partnership in the paper industry. Together, they have already implemented major investment and modernization projects, including the BlueLine OCC stock preparation system for PM 5 at the Palm Aalen site. The project in King’s Lynn builds on this long-standing partnership and underscores the shared goal of making paper production sites fit for the future.
The partners are managing the project in close coordination, thereby continuing their trusting collaboration. For further project details, visit https://www.palm.de/en/news/news-list/article/palm-converts-its-paper-mill-in-kings-lynn-uk-to-corrugated-case-material.html.
About the Palm Group
The Palm Group is one of the leading companies in the European paper industry. The family-owned company produces newsprint and corrugated base paper at five paper mills, as well as packaging solutions for a wide range of applications at 33 corrugated plants. Through its recycling operations in Germany and the United Kingdom, Palm ensures the recycling cycle and the supply of raw materials to its own paper mills. The group employs approximately 4,800 people and generated revenue of approximately 2.0 billion euros in 2025.
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The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport. Founded in 1867, Voith today has around 21,000 employees, sales of € 4.8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and thus is one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
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The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services and products on the market and offers paper manufacturers holistic solutions from one source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and helps customers minimize their carbon footprint. With its leading automation products and digitalization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art digital technologies to improve plant availability and efficiency for all sections of the production process.