Fiber Preparation Systems Division

Profile

The Fiber Preparation Systems Division is a global supplier of systems, equipment, and services for the provision of fiber for all papermaking processes such as recycled fiber processing, fiber stock preparation, paper machine approach systems, broke handling, sludge and reject handling, and internal water loop handling in the paper mill.

The Division has its headquarters in Kotka, Finland and Graz, Austria with significant operations in Glens Falls, NY, USA.

Business Development

The first turnkey deinking lines since Andritz introduced its new fiber preparation technologies in 2002, started up successfully and on time for Vipap Videm Krško Proizvodnja Papirja in Celuloze d.d., in Slovenia and for Mayr-Melnhof’s FS Karton in Germany.  Andritz supplied many new products for the line including SelectaFlot™ flotation deinking technology and the CompaDis™ dispersion system.

In November, UPM-Kymmene Ltd, Shotton Paper, in the United Kingdom successfully started up the largest single-line deinking installation in the world.  The Andritz scope includes the FibreFlow^® concept (the second ordered for the mill) and the world’s largest pulp screw press in combination with the Andritz CompaDis™ dispersion system.

Major Orders

• Andritz was awarded orders for three deinking lines in a row in China by Nanping Paper (300 t/d), Heilongjiang Black Dragon (500 t/d) and Jiangxi Chenming Paper (400 t/d).  This underlines the strong position of Andritz's deinking technology in China.

• FS-Karton, a member of the Mayr-Melnhof Group, ordered a new 200 t/d deinking line for the top-layer of their existing board production in Neuss, Germany.  The main reasons cited for placing the order with Andritz were higher yield and lower energy demand compared to other systems.

• Yanzhou Tian Yuan Paper Industry Co. Ltd (Sun Paper), Shandong Province, China, ordered a complete stock preparation system for their new copy paper machine.  This is the first complete stock preparation delivery since Andritz introduced its new fiber preparation technologies in 2002.

Other Important Orders

Customer, Country	Products/systems ordered
Hebei Pan Asia Long-Teng Paper, China	Components for 1,200 t/d DIP line for newsprint
Stora Enso, Hylte, Sweden	FibreFlow® concept
UPM-Kymmene (Changshu) Paper Industry, China	Components for stock preparation system, broke handling, and paper machine approach system

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Research and Development

The target for all product development is to increase pulp quality, improve operating efficiency, and reduce energy input in all pulping applications.

R&D activities during 2003 were committed to the optimization of newly developed products such as SelectaFlot™ flotation, CompaDis™ disperger, and Papillon™ low-consistency refiner. For screening, the ModuScreen™ A with flow optimized housing and parabolic rotor was introduced and has already been sold many times. It has also been used in the chemical pulping Fiberline Division.