Stora inaugurates PM2 at Port Hawkesbury

With the start-up of PM2 at its mill in Port Hawesbury, NS, Canada, Stora has brought the production of high-grade supercalendered (SC-A and SC-A+) paper to North America. The new machine, built by Valmet, is said to be the world's largest SC machine. It gives the mill, which also produces newsprint, and annual capacity of 350,000 metric tons of uncoated paper. This article describes the new installation and provides additional information about the mill.