Andritz in 2004
MARCH
Success in tissue
Andritz receives its third tissue machine order from Hengan, China. Also, Procter & Gamble, Germany, orders a tissue machine modernization at their Neuss mill.
Major supplier for market pulp mill
Andritz is selected as a main supplier for M-real’s new BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) market pulp mill to be built in Kaskinen, Finland. Scope of supply comprises equipment for chip handling and impregnation, bleaching/washing, drying, and auxiliary equipment.
APRIL
70th MDF refining system for China
Andritz receives an order from Shandong Chenming Group, China to supply a pressurized refining system for Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF). This is Andritz’s third delivery of an MDF refining system to Shandong Chenming, and its 70th to China.
Successful start-up
The single-line chemical recovery plant - one of the largest worldwide - supplied by Andritz to UPM-Kymmene’s Pietarsaari mill in Finland starts up precisely on schedule.
JUNE
Acquisition of NETZSCH Filtration
Andritz acquires NETZSCH’s Filtration business unit (a supplier of dewatering systems for industrial and municipal applications).
New joint venture
Andritz and German Rheinhold & Mahla AG form a 50:50 joint venture to provide comprehensive maintenance services to pulp, paper, and MDF mills in Europe. The new company is called European Mill Service GmbH (EMS) and is based in Graz, Austria.
Andritz to supply market pulp mill to Estonia
Andritz is selected to supply all major production systems - woodyard, chip handling, impregnation, refining, bleaching, dewatering, drying, and baling - for a new chemi-mechanical pulp mill to be built in Kunda, Estonia.
JULY/AUGUST
Andritz to build stainless steel mills in China
Andritz receives an order from the Taigang Group in China to supply the world’s largest annealing and pickling line for cold-rolled steel strip. Shanghai Krupp Stainless (SKS) orders a hot strip annealing and pickling line from Andritz for a new steel mill being constructed in Shanghai, China.
SEPTEMBER
Acquisition of VA TECH WABAG’s fluidized bed drying systems
Andritz acquires the fluidized bed drying systems Business Area of VA TECH WABAG, Germany, a global supplier of plants for granulation and drying of solutions, suspensions, and bulk materials. This acquisition further expands Andritz's dryer product range.
Large order from Chile
Andritz receives an order from CMPC to supply a complete fiberline, including pulp drying and baling, Recovery Boiler, and white liquor production plant for the new Santa Fe Line 2 Pulp Project in Chile. Total value of the order is approximately 320 MEUR.
Acquisition of Otto Kaiser
Andritz expands its product portfolio in the Rolling Mills and Strip Processing Lines Business Area by purchasing certain assets of Otto Kaiser GmbH, Germany, a manufacturer of high-performance mechanical presses for the processing of steel strip into stampings and drawing parts.
OCTOBER
Recovery boilers for Sweden and the USA
Swedish SCA and Weyerhaeuser of the USA order High Energy recovery boilers to maximize energy production and to further reduce emissions.
DECEMBER
New fiberline for APPM
The Andritz Group will deliver a new fiberline, recovery island, and woodroom upgrade to the Rajahmundry mill of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills (APPM) in India.
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