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Shotmed Paper Industries (spi)
Company type Private
Industry Paper
Founded2005
Headquarters
6th of October City, Giza [1]
Website www.spi-egypt.com

Shotmed Paper Industries (spi) is one of the first privately established bond paper mills in Egypt. Shotmed Paper Industries is an industry of Shotmed Company. [2] Besides the Hadera Mill in Israel, it is the only paper mill in the Middle East that produces wood-free paper from wood pulp. [3]

History

Shotmed Paper Industries purchased two mills from an unnamed seller in the United States in 2005. [4] They transported them to 6th of October City, Egypt and Paper Machine 1 began production of salable paper by December 2007, producing 15,000 tons/year. Paper Machine 2 began production of 15,000 tons/year in April 2008. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Shotmed Paper Industries - History".
  2. ^ About spi
  3. ^ spi Starts Sales from PM 2 in Egypt RISI - 4 April 2008
  4. ^ spi STARTS SELLING UNCOATED FINE PAPER PPI - 1 February 2008
  5. ^ SPI Starts Sales from PM 2 2008

See also

List of paper mills

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