On the site of a former thermal power plant on the outskirts of Giurgiu, Super Kraft Paper SRL has built one of Romania’s largest recent industrial investments: a €75 million kraft paper manufacturing facility designed to produce up to 120,000 tonnes of sustainable paper packaging per year. The factory will serve the retail and e-commerce sectors across Romania and wider Europe, helping replace single-use plastics with recyclable paper alternatives and feeding a growing circular economy.
How to protect the building envelope from fire?
In an industrial manufacturing environment, fire safety is paramount. A facility processing raw materials at scale and operating around the clock need an envelope that actively resists the spread of fire, givingtime for response and evacuation.
The project team made this a primary criterion from the outset. The selection process focused specifically on the quality and consistency of the stone wool core: consistent distribution of the wool throughout the full thickness of the panel. This is critical as it enables the core to hold its structure under sustained thermal stress, maintaining both integrity and insulation properties even as
temperatures rise.
The Metigla PFV MW 100 is a visible-joint wall panel with a Spanrock® core and metal faces, 100 mm in thickness. It achieves a reaction to fire classification of A2-s1, d0 under EN 13501-1 and a fire resistance rating of EI 180 for spans up to 4,000 mm, and EI 120 for spans up to 7,500 mm under EN 13501-2. That means the wall system maintains its integrity, insulation, and load-bearing capacity for up to 180 minutes under fire conditions.
When immediate intervention is not always possible due to the size or accessibility of a plant, this level of performance is necessary.
