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The Paper Chain

01 Oct 2005

Stora Enso, producer of pulp, paper, packaging and forest products, hopes to realise significant cost savings with its new North European Transport Supply System (NETSS), as David Foxwell reports.

Stora Enso hopes to realise significant cost savings with its new North European Transport Supply System
Stora Enso hopes to realise significant cost savings with its new North European Transport Supply System

With numerous paper mills across Finland and Sweden producing pulp, paper, packaging boards and wood products, the logistical demands on Stora Enso's transportation and distribution division are gargantuan. Stig Wiklund, project manager for NETSS explains the requirement for the reorganisation of the company's distribution arose in 1998 when Stora and Enso merged.

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Stora Enso hopes to realise significant cost savings with its new North European Transport Supply System
TOR SELANDIA made her maiden call into the new Tilbury paper storage facility in July unloading 28 SECUs containing 2,240 tons of reeled paper
A tugmaster pulls a SECU, which can be cross-docked from rail to ship in the new NETSS transportation strategy

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