Dörpen, Germany
Employees
1,500 (total on site)
Capacity
1.2 million tonnes per year
UPM Nordland Papier
UPM Nordland Papier is located in Dörpen in Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1967, the paper mill ranks today among the biggest fine and specialty paper producers in Europe.
Product types
Fine papers, office & postal papers
UPM Fine, UPM Finesse, UPM Office, UPM Office Recycled plus, UPM Office Recycled premium, UPM Mail, UPM Preprint, UPM PrePersonal
Digi papers
UPM Digi
Specialty papers
“I feel lucky to work for UPM. We have a strong emphasis on sustainable products and we manufacture our products with great energy efficiency."
Mill technology & Sustainability
0 %
Waste to landfills
> 89 %
Certified fibre
8 %
Specific power consumption reduction since 2010
Clean water
Nordland Papier has its own effluent treatment plant, where wastewater generated from the production processes is cleaned before it is discharged into the Ems river. Since 2018 an ultrafiltration plant for the recovery of wastewater is in operation, i. e. that a partial stream of the wastewater is reused in production to replace fresh water. Fresh water is drawn from deep wells, paying attention to sustainable groundwater regeneration. At the moment all of the electricity required by the mill is purchased from the grid. The steam required for paper drying is generated by combustion of natural gas in the mill’s own heating plant.
Energy
At the moment all of the electricity required by the mill is purchased from the grid. The steam required for paper drying is generated by combustion of natural gas in the mill’s own heating plant.
Combined-Heat-Power plant
The construction of a mill’s own Combined-Heat-Power (CHP) plant starts in Q3 2020 and is planned to go in operation from Q3 2022 onwards. The highly efficient 80 MW gas fired power plant improves the environmental performance and will cover most of the mill’s heat demand while enabling active participation in the increasingly volatile German electricity markets.
Certifications
- EMAS – EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
- ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System Standard
- ISO 9001 – Quality Management System Standard
- ISO 50001 – Energy Management System Standard
- ISO 22000 – Food Safety System Standard
- ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety System Standard
- PEFC-CH11/0831.00 (PEFC/02-31-80) Chain of Custody Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
- FSC-SGSCH-COC-002249 (FSC® C014719) Chain of Custody – Forest Stewardship Council®
All certificates can be found from UPM’s Certificate finder
Services
Two daughter companies of UPM-Kymmene Beteiligungsgesellschaft operate on the mill premises. The nortrans Speditionsgesellschaft mbH provides freight transport services for the paper mill. NorService GmbH specialises in custom paper finishing especially focused on DIGI and special cutsize products.
Contact us
UPM Nordland Papier
Nordlandallee 1
PO Box 1160
D-26888 Dörpen
Germany
tel: +49 4963 401 00
email: info.nordland(at)upm.com
www: www.upmpaper.com
On site: Paper world showroom
Take the opportunity to visit our “Paperworld”. In this showroom the visitors find extensive information on traditional and modern papermaking processes as well as on UPM and the products of the six business areas.
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