High Performance.
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper in Germany is part of the global success story that is the Mitsubishi Paper Group. Our two locations, Bielefeld in Westphalia and Flensburg in Schleswig Holstein, both enjoy a long papermaking tradition: in Bielefeld paper has been manufactured for more than two hundred years and in Flensburg the roots of our mill can be traced back over three centuries. We still produce our own base paper at both mills, and we use 6 different coating technologies for single, double-sided and multiple coating.
Paper has been manufactured at our Bielefeld mill close to the Teutoburg Forest in East Westphalia since 1799. At the end of the 1940’s the future potential of coating technology was recognised and this led to investments in large and above all high-performance systems. This was then followed by the construction of a multi-stage, mechanical-chemical-biological wastewater treatment plant and the on-site construction of an energy-efficient gas and turbine power plant (joint contraction with Stadtwerke Bielefeld). These decisions characterise the mill today. Responsibility and performance are our standard, now and in the future.
Facts
Facts
| Location: | Bielefeld |
| Mill area: | 418,000 m² |
| Capacity: | 150,000 tonnes p.a. |
| Workforce: | 550 |
| Products: | thermoscript, jetscript, giroform, supercote, barricote |
Production
Production
- Paper machine 1
- Type: Fourdrinier paper machine
- Working width: 2.90 m
- On-line coater: film press
- Paper machine 3
- Type: twin-wire paper machine
- Working width: 5.80 m
- On-line coater: film press (for surface sizing and functional coating)
- Coating machine 1
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Coating machine 2
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Coating machine 21
- Working width: 2.90 m
- For multiple coating
- Coating machine 3
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Curtain coater
- For multiple coating
- Coating machine 9
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Cast coater
- Converting and packaging lines
- Multistage mechanical, chemical and biological water purification
- State-of-the-art gas and steam turbine power plant (combined heat and power generation)
Certifications and Memberships
Certifications and Memberships
- DIN EN ISO 9001
- DIN EN ISO 14001
- DIN EN ISO 50001
- DIN EN 15593
- DIN ISO 45001
- FSC® Chain-of-Custody
- PEFC™ Chain-of-Custody
- B.A.U.M.
- ChePap Rhein-Ruhr
- Ökoprofit® Klub OWL
- Two Sides
- Wirtschaft pro Klima
History
History
| 1799 | Paper mill founded |
| 1919 | Paper machine 1 (2.80 m) put into service |
| 1920 | Paper machine 2 (2.40 m) put into service |
| 1930 | Taken over by Feldmühle AG |
| 1949 | Four off-line coaters commissioned |
| 1957 | Four special coaters commissioned |
| High-gloss papers produced for first time | |
| 1961 | Wastewater treatment plant commissioned |
| 1968 | New coating line with double-sided preliminary and finish coat |
| 1979 | Production of carbonless papers started |
| 1987 | Paper machine 3 with on-line coater for carbonless papers put into service (5.80 m) |
| 1990 | Taken over by Stora Group |
| 1991 | ISO 9001 certification first obtained |
| 1993 | Stora Carbonless Paper GmbH founded |
| 1999 | Taken over by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. |
| Company name changed to Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld GmbH | |
| 2001 | High-performance coater 3 put into service |
| Production of thermal and inkjet papers started | |
| 2005 | Digital Imaging Application Centre Set up |
| New gas and steam turbine power plant | |
| 2006 | Rebuild of coating machine 21 for production of inkjet and thermal papers |
| 2007 | Foundation of MPB Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2010 | Merger with the Flensburg sister company |
| New company name: Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH | |
| 2015 | Production of barrier papers started |
Papermaking has a long tradition in Flensburg and the roots of our mill can be traced back to the 17th century. Industrialization came early here. The first paper machine was built in 1848, and about 120 years later, the production of carbonless papers began in Flensburg. The production of thermal papers followed at the end of the 1980s. Something which has been preserved to this day in Flensburg is our strength to meet special customer demands through flexibility and individuality.
Facts
Facts
| Location: | Flensburg |
| Mill area: | 106,000m² |
| Capacity: | 35,000 tonnes p.a. |
| Workforce: | 182 |
| Products: | thermoscript, jetscript, barricote |
Production
Production
- Paper machine
- Type: Fourdrinier paper machine
- Working width: 2.30m
- On-line coater
- Coating machine 1
- Working width: 2.30m
- Off-line super-calender for special applications
- Coating machine 2
- Working width: 2.30m
- For multiple coating
- On-line calender
- Converting and packaging lines
- Multistage mechanical, chemical and biological water purification
- State-of-the-art gas and turbine power plant (combined heat and power generation)
Certifications and Memberships
Certifications and Memberships
- DIN EN ISO 9001
- DIN EN ISO 14001
- DIN EN ISO 50001
- DIN EN 15593
- DIN ISO 45001
- FSC® Chain-of-Custody
- PEFC™ Chain-of-Custody
- B.A.U.M.
- Klimapakt Flensburg
- Two Sides
- Wirtschaft pro Klima
History
History
| 1696 | Hinrich Gultzau builds the paper mill in Mühlenstromtal |
| 1848 | The first paper machine |
| 1929 | Taken over by Feldmühle AG |
| 1954 | New paper machine for sanitary paper |
| 1970 | Production of carbonless papers begins |
| 1988 | Licensed by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. to make thermal papers |
| 1990 | Business taken over by STORA Group |
| Thermal paper produced for first time | |
| 1992 | STORA Feldmühle Spezialpapiere GmbH founded |
| 1996 | Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation become shareholders |
| 1998 | Inkjet paper produced for first time |
| 1999 | Taken over by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. |
| Company name changed to Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Flensburg GmbH | |
| 2003 | Coater 2 converted for production of multiple coats |
| 2004 | Biological wastewater purification put into operation |
| 2007 | Conversion of coater 1 |
| 2008 | Commissioning of the new power plant |
| 2010 | Merger with the Bielefeld sister company |
| New company name: Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH | |
| 2018 | Barrier paper produced for first time |