High Performance.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper in Germany is part of the global success story that is the Mitsubishi Paper Group. Our location in Bielefeld in Westphalia enjoys a long papermaking tradition: in Bielefeld paper has been manufactured for more than two hundred years. We still produce our own base paper. This means the coatings and the base papers are quite literally made for each other. For the high-quality coating of our speciality papers, we have different coating technologies (curtain coater, blade coater, rod coater) at our disposal.

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: 145,000 tonnes p.a.
Workforce: 516 (June 30, 2023)
Products: thermoscript, jetscript, giroform, 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

  • 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
  • Modellfabrik Papier
  • Ökoprofit® Klub OWL
  • Two Sides

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
2023 Sale of the Flensburg plant