Welcome to Viana Paper Mill

Products

• PortoPAC
• VianaPAC

Machinery

PM TWO-LAYER MACHINE 

• 1974
  The mill was founded with a capacity of 136,000 tonnes per year.
• 1987
  New capacity – 220,000 tonnes per year following modernisation of the paper mill press section.
• 1987
  Start-up of a new Recycled Fibre Plant (RFP).
• 1997
  New capacity – 270,000 tonnes per year following new approach screens, 2 new hydraulic headboxes, a new top mini-fourdrinier, extension of the bottom fourdrinier, new reel, modification of the steam section and condensate system, and a new wood chip thickness screen.
• 2002
  Installation of a new steam turbine.
• 2003
  New Twin-Roll Press for Virgin Fibre.
• 2005
  New Gas Turbine.
• 2006
  New Biomass Boiler.

• 2007
  New capacity – 311,000 tonnes per year.
• 2006-2009
  Continuous paper mill modification with a new hardnip calendar, complete rebuild of the drying section, rope-less tail threading system, new top-former on bottom fourdrinier, hood ventilation update, automatic reel spool handling system, and a new finishing line for paper rolls with a width of 3.5m.
• 2009
  New hardwood debarking line.
• 2010
  New gas turbine and a new steam turbine.
• 2015-2017
  Stabilization of the web and closing the open draws on press section. Installation of TwinRun Stabilizers and 3 OptiCleaners.
• 2016-2017 
  Complete replacement of 11 vacuum pumps.
• 2017
  New Capacity – 395,000 tonnes per year achieved by a major rebuild of the press section.
• 2023
  New press section on paper machine and refurbishment of the OCC plant. Paper machine 4 is refurbished, increasing production capacity to 440,000 tonnes p/a.