Shotmed Paper Industries

Shotmed Paper Industries (spi)
Private
Industry Paper
Founded 2005
Headquarters 6th of October City, Giza [1]
Website www.spi-egypt.com

Shotmed Paper Industries (spi) is one of the first privately established bond paper mills in Egypt. Shotmed Paper Industries is an industry of Shotmed Group.[2] Besides the Hadera Mill in Israel, it is the only paper mill in the Middle East that produces wood-free paper from wood pulp.[3]

History

Shotmed Paper Industries purchased two mills from an unnamed seller in the United States in 2005.[4] They transported them to 6th of October City, Egypt and Paper Machine 1 began production of salable paper by December 2007, producing 15,000 tons/year. Paper Machine 2 began production of 15,000 tons/year in April 2008.[5]

References

See also

List of paper mills

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