Welcome to Rouen Paper Mill

Take the Virtual Tour

Follow the papermaking process from our quality hub to dispatch, learn how all the machines work, and meet the people that make it all possible.

What you can see on the tour:

Raw materials Recycling quality hub – learn about our rigorous quality checks and standards when paper arrives at the mill
Stockyard - find out how we pick the perfect blend of fibres to make our high-quality papers
Pulper – this is where we process fibres ready for our papermaking machines
Paper machine – discover how pulp is turned into paper
Warehouse – see where we store our paper
Dispatch – Now our paper is ready to head off to our packaging plants all over Europe, ready to be turned back into new products

About Rouen Paper Mill

Products

MediumPAC
LightPAC
MultiPAC

Machinery

PM5 SINGLE LAYER MACHINE

Grammage range:	85-130 g/m²
Production:	300,000 tonnes/year
Speed max:	1,100 m/min
Trim max:	6.90 m

Milestones

1928
The mill was founded, producing newsprint paper from mechanical pulp with two paper machines.
1936
Start-up of two new paper machines, both producing light weight coated paper.
1958
Start-up of current PM5. At the time Rouen was the biggest paper mill in Europe producing newspaper.
1998
Production of light weight recycled fluting.
2006
PM3 and PM4 are closed. Current PM5 specialises in low grammage grades. Production capacity was 220,000 tonnes per year.
2011
Installation of a shoe-press to achieve 270,000 tonnes per year production capacity.

2015
Installation of a new winder.
2019
Several investments to achieve 280,000 tonnes per year production capacity.
2020
First phase of investment for plastic reject treatment.
2021
Launched sustainability initiative to support bees and pollinators in urban environment.
2021
Start-up of our second methaniser and new aerobic tank to ensure higher quality plastic rejects.
2022
Second phase of investment for plastic reject treatment at Stock Prep.

Read all our latest news articles

Contributing to Lidl Sustainability Vision

For the past two years, we’ve helped Lidl in France close the loop on their carboard recycling and deliver on their commitments to recovering valuable resources and reducing their impact on the environment.

DS Smith thanks its customer L’Oréal for hand sanitiser gel donation

As a symbol of the two companies’ close partnership, L’Oréal has donated hand sanitiser gel to DS Smith employees in France.

Investing in greener energy and cleaner water

We have invested €7.5 million in our Rouen paper mill to convert more of our waste water into energy, improve the quality of discharged water, and take another step towards meeting our carbon reduction targets.

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Contact Us

DS Smith Paper Rouen
Rouen Paper Mill
Rue Désiré Granet
76808 St Etienne du Rouvray
France
Tel: (+33) 02 35 64 52 52