Braviken Paper Mill (or simply Braviken) is a

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located outside

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, in

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. It is owned by Holmen Paper, which in turn is a

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of Holmen. Since the name is derived from the location,

, and since the name of the paper mill was to be internationally read and spoken, the ring diacritic above the ''a'' was dropped. The current mill manager is Fredrik Hålgersson.

Introduction

Braviken mainly produces

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book A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, ...

and

newsprint Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper consisting mainly of wood pulp and most commonly used to print newspapers and other publications and advertising material. Invented in 1844 by Charles Fenerty of Nova Scotia, Canada, it usually has ...

paper, both white and colored. Three paper machines are located at the mill: * PM51, the oldest one, was built 1977 and production ended September 14, 2013. Produced mainly directory paper in different colors (white, yellow and pink). The width of the rolls leaving the paper machine was 8.50m. Produced 200.000 tons of paper per year. * PM52, built in 1986. Produces

and

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. Colors of the paper produced are white and what is referred to as baby pink, which is, as the name suggests, a variant of pink produced for

Sportbladet ''Sportbladet'' is a Swedish newspaper about sport, mainly Swedish sport. It is distributed together with ''Aftonbladet''. The color of the newspaper is a variant of pink, often referred to as "baby pink". Braviken Paper Mill, Sweden is one o ...

. The width of a roll is 8.55m. Produces 250.000 tons of paper per year. * PM53, the latest, and obviously most modern of the machines produces

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, at a rate of 300.000 tons per year. Each machine goes in a distinctive color: PM51 is completely green, PM52 is blue, while the PM53 is blue with a touch of violet. The name of the machines comes from the fact that the mill used to be the fifth when MoDo AB owned it. The company itself does ''not'' own fifty machines.

Technology

The mill has its own

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factory which produces the

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needed for the production.

History

The production began in central

during the 15th century. Since expansion was hindered by lack of area the production moved outside

. The construction began in 1977, and by 1986 the second machine was built. In 1986 the last machine in central

shut down, and all of the operations moved to the new location.

External links

Holmen Paper
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