Presona balers hard at work in Moscow

With 15,000 tonnes of recovered paper being collected and baled every month, Lublinskoe LLC in Moscow is one of the biggest companies of its kind in Russia. The job of baling its considerable volume of material has been entrusted to three LP 140 CH1 balers made by Sweden-based Presona AB. The company says the most recent installation took place in the summer of 2016.

Lublinskoe collects recovered paper, predominantly old corrugated containers (OCC), but also books, newspapers and magazines, in and around the Moscow area. The material is brought to the facility, where it is baled and then shipped by train or truck to its buyers. Most buyers are containerboard manufacturers and cellulose companies in Russia, but Lublinskoe also supplies recovered paper to companies in the EU, Central Asia and in the EU.

“We needed to replace an old Presona baler, and since we are very happy with the Presona equipment, we decided to buy another one, says Leonid Ageev, Technical Manager of the 25,000-square-metre recovered paper facility. “We didn’t even look at balers from other manufacturers,” he adds.

Many of Lublinskoe’s bales are transported from the facility by train, and Presona says bale weight is a key success factor toward the firm’s profitable operation. At the Lublinskoe loading dock, up to 63 tonnes of OCC is loaded in the railway carriage, helping to keep transportation costs viable.

“Presona balers help us achieve bales with high weight while at the same time being fully automatic, easy to use and maintain and long lasting,” remarks Ageev. “That’s just what we are looking for in a baler.”

Presona LP Series models incorporate the company’s prepress technology. When compared to a shear baler, the prepress technology is designed to deliver a significant reduction in energy costs, as all the power is utilized for the compaction process. Presona’s baling technology delivers smooth operation and the balers suffer less wear and tear and emit less noise than many other balers, says the firm.