Germany’s UPM awarded by ERPC

Archiv – The first annual European Paper Recycling Award by the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) have been given to the project in the industry category called “Automated Entry Inspection of Recovered paper’ . The research project ‘€’selected out of the six entries- has been carried by UPM Augsburg Research Center from Augsburg, Germany in partnership with Papiertechnische Stiftung from Munich, Germany and Carinthian Tech Research from Villach, Austria.Germany | The first annual European Paper Recycling Award by the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) has been given to the project (in the industry category) called “Automated Entry Inspection of Recovered paper’ . The research project ‘€’selected out of the six entries- has been carried by UPM Augsburg Research Center from Augsburg, Germany in partnership with Papiertechnische Stiftung from Munich, Germany and Carinthian Tech Research from Villach, Austria.
Paper manufacturer UPM has managed to overcome the difficulty of maintaining high quality paper sources whilst increasing the collection rate of recovered paper. This is possible by using Near infra-red (NRI) technology to distinguish different types of paper and impurities.
’UPM is one of the biggest users of recovered paper in printing papers and our aim is to increase its use. Developing and implementing new methods is important to maintain the high quality and purity of the material,’ says Mr Peter Engert, Senior Manager of Augsburg Research Center.
By initiating the award ERPC aims to identify projects, initiatives and/or campaigns that contribute to Europe’s sustainability through activities focusing on paper recycling.