Krasnoiarsk Pulp and Paper Combine

a major enterprise of the Soviet pulp and paper industry, in the city of Krasnoiarsk. Bleached market pulp and semifinished products for paper-making are produced at a bisulfite pulp mill. Newsprint, typographic paper, notebook paper, and wrapping paper are manufactured on paper machines at a paper mill. Boxboard and roofing felt are produced on a cardboard-making machine. A bleached products section manufactures student notebooks. These production processes were inititated in the 1960’s. Between 1969 and 1971 operations were expanded for the production of container board made from bisulfite semichemical pulp. A corrugated-container section manufactures cardboard boxes.

The Krasnoiarsk Pulp and Paper Combine is equipped with automatic production-process control instruments and equipment. The combine’s waste water is subjected to mechanical and biological treatment. Between 1965 and 1971 pulp production doubled, paperboard manufacturing increased eightfold, the production of paper rose by 15 percent, and the manufacture of student notebooks increased by 40.5 percent.