High Performance.
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper in Germany is part of the global success story that is the Mitsubishi Paper Group. Our location in Bielefeld in Westphalia enjoys a long papermaking tradition: in Bielefeld paper has been manufactured for more than two hundred years. We still produce our own base paper. This means the coatings and the base papers are quite literally made for each other. For the high-quality coating of our speciality papers, we have different coating technologies (curtain coater, blade coater, rod coater) at our disposal.
Paper has been manufactured at our Bielefeld mill close to the Teutoburg Forest in East Westphalia since 1799. At the end of the 1940’s the future potential of coating technology was recognised and this led to investments in large and above all high-performance systems. This was then followed by the construction of a multi-stage, mechanical-chemical-biological wastewater treatment plant and the on-site construction of an energy-efficient gas and turbine power plant (joint contraction with Stadtwerke Bielefeld). These decisions characterise the mill today. Responsibility and performance are our standard, now and in the future.
Facts
Facts
| Location: | Bielefeld |
| Mill area: | 418,000 m² |
| Capacity: | 145,000 tonnes p.a. |
| Workforce: | 516 (June 30, 2023) |
| Products: | thermoscript, jetscript, giroform, barricote |
Production
Production
- Paper machine 1
- Type: Fourdrinier paper machine
- Working width: 2.90 m
- On-line coater: film press
- Paper machine 3
- Type: twin-wire paper machine
- Working width: 5.80 m
- On-line coater: film press (for surface sizing and functional coating)
- Coating machine 1
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Coating machine 2
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Coating machine 21
- Working width: 2.90 m
- For multiple coating
- Coating machine 3
- Working width: 2.90 m
- Curtain coater
- For multiple coating
- Converting and packaging lines
- Multistage mechanical, chemical and biological water purification
- State-of-the-art gas and steam turbine power plant (combined heat and power generation)
Certifications and Memberships
Certifications and Memberships
- DIN EN ISO 9001
- DIN EN ISO 14001
- DIN EN ISO 50001
- DIN EN 15593
- DIN ISO 45001
- FSC® Chain-of-Custody
- PEFC Chain-of-Custody
- B.A.U.M.
- ChePap Rhein-Ruhr
- Modellfabrik Papier
- Ökoprofit® Klub OWL
- Two Sides
History
History
| 1799 | Paper mill founded |
| 1919 | Paper machine 1 (2.80 m) put into service |
| 1920 | Paper machine 2 (2.40 m) put into service |
| 1930 | Taken over by Feldmühle AG |
| 1949 | Four off-line coaters commissioned |
| 1957 | Four special coaters commissioned |
| High-gloss papers produced for first time | |
| 1961 | Wastewater treatment plant commissioned |
| 1968 | New coating line with double-sided preliminary and finish coat |
| 1979 | Production of carbonless papers started |
| 1987 | Paper machine 3 with on-line coater for carbonless papers put into service (5.80 m) |
| 1990 | Taken over by Stora Group |
| 1991 | ISO 9001 certification first obtained |
| 1993 | Stora Carbonless Paper GmbH founded |
| 1999 | Taken over by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. |
| Company name changed to Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld GmbH | |
| 2001 | High-performance coater 3 put into service |
| Production of thermal and inkjet papers started | |
| 2005 | Digital Imaging Application Centre Set up |
| New gas and steam turbine power plant | |
| 2006 | Rebuild of coating machine 21 for production of inkjet and thermal papers |
| 2007 | Foundation of MPB Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2010 | Merger with the Flensburg sister company |
| New company name: Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH | |
| 2015 | Production of barrier papers started |
| 2023 | Sale of the Flensburg plant |