Highly innovative solution for reducing paper waste and creating a positive environmental impact

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">SC Rom Paper SRL is a manufacturer of sanitary and household products for global market. The company plans to acquire a technical solution that is representing a top-of-the-line production methodology in the paper tissue manufacturing. The project will increase the company’s competitiveness by improving and extending its production capacity. The new production line will enable the company to produce tissues that would impact the environment less, by reducing the paper basis grammage of the final product which is not possible with the existing technology.<br> <br> The company has identified the necessity to adapt the business model to become greener and more innovative. With this project, the company will continue to focus on customer satisfaction and improve the quality standards in the production process. The machinery needed to reach this goal are automatic inter folding lines, automatic conveyor, vacuum system, and a press container. The 4 existing lines will be replaced with 2 production lines which have a higher performance and has lass maintenance problems. The 2 lines will also need fewer vacuum pumps which makes the process greener. The new production lines also do not require manual intervention. Key activities include:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Project management by internal team.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">External consultancy which includes financial audit.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Investment activity to acquire the production lines.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Project publicity to promote the project.</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The expected outcomes of the project include CO2 to annually decrease from 201,36 tonnes in 2019 to 181,16 tonnes in year end of 2024. For the same period, energy consumption is expected to decrease from 658,04 megawatt-hour to 592,04 megawatt-hour. Finally, the company estimates to annually collect 200 tonnes of paper waste at the end of 2024 for re-use or recycling.</span></span></p>