Welcome to Zărnești Paper Mill

Take the Virtual Tour

Follow the papermaking process from our quality hub to dispatch, learn how all the machines work, and meet the people that make it all possible.

What you can see on the tour:

Raw materials Recycling quality hub – learn about our rigorous quality checks and standards when paper arrives at the mill
Stockyard - find out how we pick the perfect blend of fibres to make our high-quality papers
Pulper – this is where we process fibres ready for our papermaking machines
Paper machine – discover how pulp is turned into paper
Warehouse – see where we store our paper
Dispatch – Now our paper is ready to head off to our packaging plants all over Europe, ready to be turned back into new products

About Zărnești Paper Mill

Products

Liner 1
Liner 3
Wellenstoff
Wellenstoff HP

Machinery

PM1 TWO LAYER MACHINE

Grammage range:	80-175 g/m²
Production:	200,000 tonnes/year
Speed max:	1,150 m/min
Trim max:	5.39 m

Milestones

1852
The foundations of the paper mill were laid. Twelve types of paper were manufactured, including writing and printing paper, coloured paper, cigarette and wrapping paper.
1980
Capacity increased for the production of corrugated board to 40,000 tonnes/year, using wastepaper as the main raw material.
2001
Capacity increased for the production of corrugated board to 80,000 tonnes/year.
2002
The company is renamed S.C. Ecopaper S.A.
2018
The company is acquired by DS Smith.

2018
Paper Machine 1 installed.
2020
Paper Machine 1 upgraded, increasing speed and efficiency.
2020
Integrated quality management standards achieved, including ISO9001, ISO45001 and ISO50001.
2020
Rental AD reactor start up, reducing environmental risks.
2022
Two anaerobic reactors installed in WWTP, allowing us to increase our production capacity.

Read all our latest news articles

DS Smith Zarnesti paper mill inaugurates new Waste Water Treatment Plant as part of its existing 11-million-Euro investment plan

On this occasion, the mill also marks 5 years since acquisition by DS Smith and 170 years of papermaking tradition in Zărnești

Schools in Zărnești learn through the DS Smith environmental education programme

DS Smith has continued its environmental education project with schools in Zărnești in partnership with the Brașov County School Inspectorate. The educational project, launched last year, aims to familiarise school pupils with concepts such as recycling, environmental protection, and the importance of a circular economy.

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