Situated in a newly established industrial park south of Madrid, Holmen Paper Madrid includes a newsprint paper mill and two jointly owned subsidiaries that collect waste paper. Read more about the paper machines.

It is a new mill, having come on line in May 1998. The current mill replaces a smaller paper mill with a capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year that was situated in central Madrid. It was shut down when today's mill began operations. Holmen acquired the paper mill in year 2000. Read about Holmen Papers history.

Environmental activities
The Madrid mill will replace all fresh water by recycled municipal effluent with effect from 2010. The mill will be the first in Europe to manufacture

paper from 100 per cent recovered paper using 100 per cent recycled water. More environmental activities in Madrid

Brochure about Holmen Paper Madrid

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Madrid facts
Raw material: Recovered paper
Process: Production of DIP pulp and paper
Products: Newsprint, MF special and lightly coated magazine paper
Brand names: Holmen News, Holmen Plus, Holmen Bravo
Production capacity: 470 000 tonnes/year

Employees: approx. 370 people