ENKA is currently working on the Shotton Paper Mill Project for Shotton Mill Limited, which is owned by Modern Karton/EREN Holding, one of the industry’s biggest producers of paper, cardboard, and corrugated packaging products. Situated at the Deeside Industrial Estate in Flintshire, North Wales, the project consists of engineering (design work), procurement, and construction activities.
The site will be converted from producing paper to producing cardboard, corrugated packaging, and tissue paper as a result of the conversion project. A new cardboard factory, comprising a new paper mill, warehouse and dispatch area, chemical (Starch) building, combined heat and power (CHP) building, effluent treatment plant (ETP), and old corrugated containers (OCC), is being built as part of Phase 1 of the project activities. Key features of the project’s progress include:
- Approximately 400,000 person-hours and 430 days have been completed by the end of December 2023.
- Every work activity is subject to routine quality audits conducted in compliance with the Project Quality Plan.
- Engineering works are currently in progress.
- Subcontractors were mobilized to the site to perform earthworks, piling, pile breaking, reinforced concrete, precast concrete and structural steel.
- Fabrication work on the steel structure, roof and facade cladding is
- Works package for the supply and installation of process tanks has recently been awarded.
- Procurement is currently underway for the architectural works, building MEP, and process MEP packages.
- The driven piles in the Paper Machine Building and CHP Building have been
- About 31,000 m3 of concrete have been poured in total. The RC foundation works for the Paper Machine Building have been completed.
- The progress of precast concrete works is 25%.
- Structural steel works have been commenced.
With ENKA’s enduring dedication to quality, safety, and sustainability across all projects, we are dedicated to completing this significant project on schedule and to the highest standards.