JIP - Papírny Větřní

JIP - Papírny Větřní

Papírenská 2 382 11 Větřní Czech Republic

AboutJIP - Papírny Větřní

One of the largest Bohemia paper-mill is only 5 km away from the Český Krumlov Castle. The first written notice about its history is in 1867. The tradition of paper manufacturing in Český Krumlov started four centuries before. The history of the Větřní papermill had been preceded by Ignac Spiro , a paper-processing businessman, who came to Český Krumlov and bought the local second papermill, established in 1792, from Theodor Pachner in 1861.

Due to the production extent Spiro was forced to buy The Pečkovský mill near Větřní in 1867. First intended as a pulp mill for the Český Krumlov papermill. Nine years later there were already three paper-processing machines. The plant was the bearer of the progress in paper-processing technology all over Austria-Hugary, and later in the independent state as well. In 1883 a sulphate wood pulp machine was launched. In 1911 the world largest paper-processing machine to manufacture rotary print paper was constructed. In 1926 the Spiros family, as the first in republic, introduced the production of sulphate cellulose. A hydroelectric power station from 1903 in Vyšší Brod belongs to Spiro´s interesting achievements of technology. Its power at the voltage of 15,000V was supplied to the paper-mill and adjacent parts of South Bohemia.Spiro´s factory in Větřní located the later established national enterprise Jihočeské papírny.

1572
The beginning and early development of the first Český Krumlov paper-mill, Vít Kašpar was its possessor.

1792
The second paper-mill was established in the town of Český Krumlov , namely the place where Ignac Spiro was in business in subsequent years.