SKC - Smurfit Kappa Colômbia

With nearly 90 years of history, Smurfit Kappa Colombia began its activities in Ireland, manufacturing cardboard and packaging boxes.

Today, the company is a European leader in producing corrugated cardboard packaging, cartonboard, and bag-in-box, and is also an important producer in the Americas.

With the vision of being a globally admired company, Smurfit Kappa firmly believes in responsibility toward people, the environment, and the countries where it operates.

The company currently operates more than 355 production units across 35 countries, with 22 in Europe and 13 in the Americas.

This broad operational base enables the production of over 12 billion m² of packaging and 8.4 million tons of paper annually.

In 2022, aiming to expand the capacity of one of its plants in Colombia, Smurfit Kappa acquired a new HPB/B&W boiler, with a nominal production capacity of 120,000 kg/h of superheated steam at 410°C and a pressure of 47 kgf/cm²(g).

The equipment was designed to burn a variety of fuels, including wood residues, coal ash, sludge, sawdust, natural gas, and methanol.

These diverse options are made possible by the Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) combustion system, which allows operation with multiple fuel combinations, even with high moisture content.

This solution represents the state of the art in biomass combustion, delivering high overall boiler efficiency while contributing to greater operational availability and stability.

To meet strict emission limits, Smurfit Kappa chose to implement an Electrostatic Precipitator for flue gas treatment, ensuring high efficiency in particulate matter collection.

In addition to reducing environmental impact, the Babcock & Wilcox technology also helps reduce operating costs and increase plant availability.

The steam generation system supplied to Smurfit Kappa Colombia integrates HPB/B&W solutions from fuel feeding and combustion to gas treatment through the environmental control system.

By sharing the same technology, interfaces between different systems are eliminated, resulting in greater equipment availability and reliability.