The Wood Processing Division is a global market leader for the supply of systems, equipment, and processes for all steps required in a woodyard — from receiving logs to their subsequent preparation into wood chips — for the production of chemical and mechanical pulps.
The Wood Processing Division is based in Hollola, Finland and also has operations in Brazil, Canada, Sweden, and the USA.
Business development
Business activities in the Wood Processing Division progressed favorably during 2004. The Division succeeded in maintaining its leading position in the major markets of Northern and Central Europe, South America, China, Canada, and the USA.
The woodyard at Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A.’s mill in Valdivia, Chile reached full production on schedule early in the year. A successful start-up was also conducted for the wood and chip processing plant at Hainan Island, China. In the USA, a tree-length debarking line was successfully started for Weyerhaeuser’s Valliant, Oklahoma mill; a stacker/reclaimer was started for Interstate Paper’s Riceboro, Georgia mill; and a circular crane and chipper modernization project was successfully completed for Weyerhaeuser’s Oglethorpe, Georgia mill. The first HHQ™ chipper in the USA was successfully started up for Sappi Fine Paper’s Cloquet, Minnesota mill.
- The Division booked an order for a complete wood and chip processing installation in Russia for SC Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill.
- The Division received a significant debarking and chipping order from Celulosa Arauco y Constitución’s Itata Mill in Chile.
- The Division will deliver TMP wood handling systems to three mills in China: Shangdong Huatai Paper Co., Henan Jiaozuo Ruifeng Forestry & Paper Co., and Shandong Zhongmao Shengyuan. Also, several Chinese MDF mills confirmed the Division’s expertise by ordering wood handling systems.
- The Division will deliver a wood handling system to Estonian Cell that will be integrated with mechanical pulping systems from other Andritz divisions.
- Portal crane and circular crane orders have been received in Canada from Slocan-LP OSB Corp. and in the USA from Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser also ordered tree-length debarking lines for two mills in the USA.
Joint R&D with customers is an essential step in product development when implementing new technologies and applications. During 2004, two major agreements were signed for the Division to conduct full-scale product tests at customer sites.
The first is a cooperation project with a customer in Northern Europe for chip sampling and analysis. Representative chip sampling and reliable analysis are critical elements in chip quality monitoring.
In Southern Europe, a project is underway to test the Division’s RotaBarker™ debarking technology on tropical hardwood.
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