Voith drives operational stability at Green Bay Packaging with OnControl.Pulping Detrashing solution

Green Bay Packaging’s stock preparation upstream of PM 4

(IN BRIEF) Voith has helped Green Bay Packaging stabilize operations and improve detrashing throughput at its Green Bay, Wisconsin facility through the OnControl.Pulping Detrashing system, which has been running since March 2024. The smart automation solution adapts cycle timing based on real-time conditions, reducing variability, equipment plugging, and contaminants while ensuring cleaner rejects and greater fiber recovery. These improvements have allowed Green Bay Packaging to enhance mixed paper utilization and maintain high quality standards. William Cone, VP of Mill Operations, highlighted the system’s impact in maximizing efficiency and freeing staff for higher-value tasks. Voith’s solution can also be integrated with its MillOne ecosystem, supporting greater automation and advancing the concept of autonomous paper mills.

(PRESS RELEASE) HEIDENHEIM, 2-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Voith has enabled Green Bay Packaging to achieve significant gains in detrashing throughput and operational reliability at its Green Bay, Wisconsin facility through the deployment of its OnControl.Pulping Detrashing solution. In operation since March 4, 2024, the advanced smart control system has automated critical aspects of the detrashing process, resulting in steadier operations, reduced process variability, and more consistent performance compared with standard timed purges.

The implementation has led to several measurable benefits, including cleaner rejects, fewer equipment blockages, improved fiber recovery, and reduced contaminants in the accepts. By dynamically adapting cycle timing to real-time material conditions, OnControl.Pulping Detrashing ensures stability across shifts while allowing Green Bay Packaging to optimize its use of mixed paper without sacrificing the high quality expected by customers.

William Cone, Vice President of Mill Operations at Green Bay Packaging, praised the results: “Our goal was to maximize our pulping efficiency. OnControl.Pulping Detrashing has helped us achieve that by delivering reduced variability and freeing up our team to focus on higher-value tasks. We could not see operating without it anymore.”

The solution can be implemented as a stand-alone system or integrated into Voith’s MillOne digital ecosystem, enabling valuable connections to additional plant data and laying the groundwork for further automation in stock preparation and the advancement of autonomous paper mills.

The Voith Group, founded in 1867, is one of Europe’s largest family-owned technology companies, with approximately 22,000 employees, operations in more than 60 countries, and sales of €5.2 billion. Its Voith Paper division serves as a full-line supplier to the paper industry, offering the broadest portfolio of technologies, services, and digital solutions available. Through innovations in automation and digitalization, Voith supports customers worldwide in achieving resource-efficient production, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing plant performance.

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5.2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

About Voith Paper

The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services and products on the market and offers paper manufacturers holistic solutions from one source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and helps customers minimize their carbon footprint. With its leading automation products and digitalization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art digital technologies to improve plant availability and efficiency for all sections of the production process.

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SOURCE: Voith