Lothstr. 34
80323 München / Germany
Internet: Munich University of Applied Sciences [Department 05]

The Munich University of Applied Sciences, one of the biggest paper and packaging faculties in central Europe, has been educating paper engineers for over 60 years. Since 2007, the faculty of paper technology offers a bachelor degree in 7 semesters. Since 2004, it is possible to continue after the bachelor with the „Master of Engineering (MEng) in Paper Technology“ which takes 1-2 years. All lectures in the master's programme are held only in English, which makes this study course particularly interesting for international students. The excursion provides an overview of the study courses and educational programmes at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, and includes a guided tour around the modern laboratories of the university. The well equipped facilities include include a Siemens PC-S7 controlled pilot paper machine and several coating machines.

Programme

Travel time: approx. 20 – 30 minutes
Travel distance: 8 km

A bus to Munich Central Station and the airport (MUC) will depart at 3:00 pm from in front of the main entrance to The Westin Grand Munich Hotel.

Fabrikstraße 4
86833 Ettringen
Germany

Internet: UPM Ettringen

The city of Ettringen is located some 90 kilometers from Munich, Germany. The mill was founded in 1897 and employs 250 people. In 2011 UPM took over the mill Ettringen from Myllykoski, especially for the production of online calendered, highly DIP containing SC-paper grades that are used for magazines and for advertising supplements. Highest gloss and smoothness values can be created by producing SC-papers with the online Janus calender on the PM 5. The mill has a yearly production of around 300.000 tons.

Programme

Travel time: approx. 90 minutes
Distance: approx. 105 km

A bus to Munich Central Station and the airport (MUC) will depart at 15:00 from in front of the main entrance to The Westin Grand Munich Hotel.

Weidacher Str. 30
83620 Feldkirchen-Westerham
Germany
Internet: www.neenah-gessner.de

Paper production under the name Gessner can look back on a long history: As early as 1845, the first filter paper mill in Germany bears this name. In 1955, filter media for the automotive industry are produced for the first time at the Bruckmühl paper mill. A few years later, further paper machines are built for this purpose in neighbouring Feldkirchen-Westerham, which are soon supplemented by impregnation plants. The special know-how surrounding the impregnation process, both on a methanolic and on an aqueous basis, makes Gessner a leading manufacturer of special papers. In 1998, the company and its two sites are taken over by the American Fiber Mark Group. In 2006 the ownership changes to Neenah, and since 2023 the new owner is Mativ.

The Feldkirchen-Westerham site produces filter media for the automotive industry and industrial filtration, as well as other materials. The machinery equipment includes two inclined wire paper machines, three impregnation lines (Ex lines), three meltblown lines, one laminating line, one nanofibre line and six winders.
Direct competitors and suppliers to the speciality sector are requested to check in advance with the conference office and Neenah Gessner whether attendance is appropriate. Neenah Gessner reserves the right to give limited tours to individual visitors.

Programme

Travel time: approx. 45 – 60 Minutes
Travel distance: approx. 45 km

A bus to Munich Central Station and the airport (MUC) will depart at 3:00 pm from in front of the main entrance to The Westin Grand Munich Hotel.

Gewerbering 12
86926, Greifenberg
Germany
Internet: www.bvg-gr.de

BVG Bauer-Verfahrenstechnik-GmbH was founded in 1984 in Greifenberg am Ammersee by Dr. Jochen Bauer. The company’s aim is and has been to introduce new processes for the use of chemical additives in the paper industry. One focus is the so-called "in situ" process. It involves the manufacturing of products with processes that are applied on site in the paper mill. As a consequence, a part of the value chain can be shifted to the paper mill, as the commodities and products used for such BVG processes can be obtained less expensive as special products.
In addition to those cost savings, BVG technologies can also create special properties of chemical additives produced "in situ", which make it possible to influence certain quality parameters of the papers produced. This can even lead to unique selling propositions, as such chemical additives are usually not available as a commercial product.
Typical "in-situ" processes in paper production are, for example, dry and wet cationization of native (pearl) starch, enzymatic starch degradation for the production of surface and coating starch, dispersion and, if necessary, wet grinding of minerals and pigments, preparation of polymers, production of glues (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol-based), emulsification of ASA for glue production or saponification of fatty acid for soap production during deinking.
In addition to classic process engineering systems for the storage and dosage of all chemical additives required for the papermaking process in both solid and liquid form,
BVG has developed a large amount of innovative processes:
Most well-known to BVG are continuous processes. Where discontinuous processes were previously used, construction costs, raw material costs, material costs and energy costs can be saved by up to 90% by shifting to a continuous process.
The products processed in this way are characterized by maximum uniformity, more effective product performance and, above all, maximum product yield. This includes, for example, the first fully automatic coating kitchen developed and delivered by BVG.

BVG is managed by Tilman Bauer in its second generation and employs approx. 80 people at its headquarters in Greifenberg. Two subsidiaries in the USA and China ensure proximity to our customers in the American and Asian markets. The process engineering machines and plants, are mainly manufactured for the paper and corrugated board industry, but are also appreciated in mining, beverage, glass silk, food, starch, textile, and nonwovens industry.

In the paper industry, BVG is perceived as the world market leader, with currently more than 500 starch cookers delivered and more than 260 enzymatic starch degradation plants built.
The products manufactured are characterized by a high-quality standard (made in Germany), great innovative strength and state-of-the-art automation technology. In addition, BVG takes on contracts in the engineering sector, in the programming of DCS systems, and in the service as well as maintenance of processing and dosing plants.
Under the trade name "Superzyme", BVG also formulates and markets enzyme preparations that are tailor-made for starch degradation applications in the paper industry.
Since 2023, the headquarters have been relocated within Greifenberg and a new state-of-the-art building once again brings together all of BVG Germany's administrative and production sites on a total site area of 20,000 m².

Programme

Travel time: approx. 45 – 60 Minutes
Travel distance: approx. 45 km

A bus to Munich Central Station and the airport (MUC) will depart at 3:00 pm from in front of the main entrance to The Westin Grand Munich Hotel.