Partnership & Performance: High Speed, High Trust: Cristini Celebrates 600 Press Felts on Progroupโ€™s PM2

Written on 09/17/2026
Franรงois HENIN


๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ. ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜. ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ. 
A significant milestone for Cristini S.p.A.: our ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ has now been installed at ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐— ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐˜‚ฬˆ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜, ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†.
And this is certainly not just another paper machine. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿญ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, PM2 is one of ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ for lightweight recycled containerboard, designed to run at ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ/๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป. In 2024, it reached 1,801 m/min for more than 25 hours, producing ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐—ด๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

At these speeds, the press section is a true engineering challenge.

The positions supplied by Cristini are particularly critical for ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Stability, permeability, cleanliness, nip performance and moisture removal all become decisive when running at 1,800 m/min.
Being one of the key suppliers supporting such a machine makes us extremely proud.

But there is something else that makes this milestone special. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.
Two family businesses, driven by long-term thinking, technical excellence, continuous innovation and partnerships built on trust.

And what better place to put that philosophy into practice than on a 10+ metre-wide, 1,800 m/min monster machine producing lightweight paper from 100% recycled fibre?

600 press felts is a number. Behind it are years of collaboration, thousands of hours of operation, continuous technical development and, above all, trust.
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐— ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†.

Thank you to the entire Progroup Paper PM2 team for the trust and the partnership.
Hereโ€™s to the next 600. 

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