Smurfit Kappa Factory
Project information
Building: Smurfit Kappa cardboard factory
Location: Fishergate, UK
Contractor: GRS Mechanical
Project Completion: January 2016
Geberit Know-How
Project overview
Smurfit Kappa, the leading global packaging manufacturer, supplies a range of cardboard-based products, including packaging for the retail, food, postal and industrial sectors. Its factory in Fishersgate required new piping to transport liquid glue (a galvanised starch line), used to bond corrugated cardboard together; Smurfit Kappa’s primary product.
The replacement galvanised starch line needed air driven pumps, tappings and the ability to be cleaned with warm water after production so it remains functional. GRS Mechanical removed the majority of the existing 2” galvanised steel pipework, which had become clogged with glue, replacing it with 54mm Geberit Mapress Stainless Steel.