Sappi Secures ABB Fiber Measurement Technologies to Advance Modernization at 175-Year-Old Netherlands Mill
Innovation | MarketScreener | February 17, 2026
MarketScreener (02/09/26)
Global paper producer Sappi recently commissioned ABB’s fiber measurement technologies to increase productivity and profitability at its Maastricht mill in the Netherlands, as well as enhance energy efficiency. ABB's L&W Fiber & Freeness Online is an industrial hardware solution that provides continuous fiber morphology measurement and freeness at the wet end of the paper production process. It's been deployed at the Dutch mill to stabilize pulp quality at the stock preparation, controlling and refining stage. Company officials say this will result in better runnability on paper, board or tissue machines.
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