Hunan Tiger Forest & Paper Group Co., Ltd. of China selected Andritz to supply the main equipment for a greenfield pulp mill in Huaihua, Hunan Province. The new mill will produce 400,000 t/a of bleached kraft pulp. Andritz’s scope of supply includes wood handling, cooking, washing, screening, bleaching, pulp drying, bale handling, and chemical recovery (evaporation, recovery boiler, recausticizing, and lime reburning).
Sappi Saiccor (Pty.) Ltd. of South Africa, the world’s largest manufacturer of viscose pulp, selected Andritz to supply the systems for screening, oxygen delignification, bleaching, evaporation, and pulp drying for the Umkomaas mill near Durban. Capacity of the mill will be increased from 600,000 to approximately 800,000 t/a. Andritz will provide the basic and detail engineering, equipment, mechanical erection, supervision, start-up, and training.
Brazilian Klabin, one of the largest manufacturers of paper, board, and paper products in South America, awarded Andritz an order for the EPC supply of a complete CTMP (Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulping) plant for the new board production line at the Monte Alegre mill. The plant will also include an effluent evaporator to reuse the process water. Start-up of the plant, which is designed to produce 140,000 tons per year of unbleached eucalyptus pulp for the production of various board grades, is scheduled for September 2007. This new CTMP plant will be among the first in the world to use eucalyptus as the raw material. This order underlines Andritz’s dominant position in hardwood chemi-thermo mechanical production technology.
Andritz received an order from Aracruz Celulose S.A. of Brazil, for its expansion project 2330, which will increase the capacity of Fiberline C from 700,000 to 950,000 t/a. Fiberline C was delivered by Andritz in 2002. The expansion includes a new chipping line; the upgrade of washing, screening, and bleaching equipment, including three new Drum Displacer® (DD) washers; the rebuild of the drying machine; and a new StiroX™ system for white liquor oxidation. Andritz will also increase the capacity of an existing Andritz recovery boiler, which started up in 1997, by upgrading the combustion air system, superheater, and dissolving tank scrubber system. Aracruz also ordered a new bleaching stage from Andritz for Fiberline B at the same mill.
Andritz received an order to supply another PrimeLine tissue machine, including the complete stock preparation and approach system, to the Hengan Group, a leading manufacturer of high-quality tissue products in China. The start-up of the machine is planned for 2008. The new PM 7 will have an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons. With a speed of 2,000 m/min and a width of 5,55 m, the machine produces high-quality tissue products serving the increasing demand of the Chinese market. This order, once again, reflects the long-lasting and successful partnership of Hengan and Andritz. Including this latest order, Andritz will have nine tissue machines in operation in China, thus confirming its position as the leading supplier of high-tech tissue machines to the Chinese tissue paper industry.
In addition to these orders, the individual Divisions received orders as follows:
The Wood Processing Division received an order from Stora Enso to supply new equipment for a dual-line woodyard in Varkaus, Finland. This new woodyard represents the most modern and efficient wood processing technology available to minimize wood losses and produce quality chips. The same technology in a single-line configuration was selected by Price Maryvale Pty Ltd., Australia, and by Mondi Packaging Frantschach GmbH, Austria. The Division will deliver a complete woodroom to Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A., Spain. This woodroom will be the first installation of the new RotaBarker™ technology for eucalyptus debarking. The RotaBarker™ technology was also chosen by Tolko Industries Limited for the debarking process at its new greenfield Oriented Strand Board plant in Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada.
The Recovery Division received an order for a new high dry solids evaporation plant from UPM for the Kymi mill in Finland. SCA Packaging, Sweden ordered a MeOH liquefaction plant for its Obbola mill. In North America, Weyerhaeuser selected the Division to supply a new high pressure and high temperature recovery boiler for its Campti, LA mill. Abitibi Consolidated, Canada ordered a new TMP heat recovery system for its Kenogami mill. Upgrades of note include evaporation modernizations for Nanning Pulp Mill, China; Papelera Guipuzcoana de Zicunaga, Spain; Smurfit Kappa’s Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik, Austria; Svilocell, Bulgaria; and Mufindi Paper, Tanzania. The orders from Svilocell and Mufindi also include upgrades of the recovery boilers.
The Chemical Systems Division will supply a complete white liquor plant featuring the most advanced technology for UPM’s Kymi Paper mill in Finland. Also in Finland, the Division was awarded orders from UPM for a StiroX™ system at the Tervasaari mill and from Metsä-Botnia for a green liquor clarifier as part of a modernization project at the Äänekoski mill. A major order was awarded by Bahia Pulp S.A. for a complete white liquor plant to be built in the state of Camacari, Brazil. The Division was also chosen to upgrade the white liquor plant for Australian Paper’s Maryvale pulp mill. An Indonesian customer selected the Division to supply a new LMD lime kiln. With a capacity of 1,000 t/d and a length of 140 m, the lime kiln will be the largest Andritz has ever delivered. This customer also placed a further order for a new white liquor plant with two lime kilns.
The Fiberline Division will supply a DD washer for brownstock washing and a digester upgrade for Mitsubishi Paper’s Hachinohe mill in Japan. In Finland, Metsä-Botnia ordered modifications to the washing, screening and bleaching systems at the Rauma mill and UPM ordered systems for screening, brownstock washing, oxygen delignification, and bleaching for the Tervasaari mill. UPM ordered the Diamondback® chip bin and TurboFeed® chip feeding system for its softwood digester at the Kuusanniemi mill. Earlier, Andritz delivered a complete new hardwood digester for the same mill. In the USA, the Division was selected by International Paper to supply a knotting system for the Courtland, AL mill. Also, Simpson Tacoma Kraft ordered a Lo-Solids® cooking upgrade for its Tacoma, WA mill. SFK Pulp ordered a blowline pressure diffuser system for its St-Felicien, Quebec mill. In China, Nanning Phoenix Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. selected the Division to provide a cooking and fiberline capacity increase for the mill. Sichuan Yong Feng Paper, Inc. ordered screening and MC components for its new Bamboo fiberline in Muchuan, China.
The Pulp Mill Services Division was very active in providing upgrades, rebuilds, and maintenance contracts to all the industry’s major producers. New maintenance agreements were signed and existing agreements were extended. UPM’s Wisaforest mill, Metsä-Botnia’s Kaskinen and Joutseno mills, Stora Enso’s Tainiokoski mill and ENCE of Spain ordered HQ-Plus™ chipper service programs. Upgrade activities in Europe included a project to modernize the recovery boiler and evaporation plants for UPM’s Kaukas mill, and Natron-Hayat Maglaj of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s project to upgrade the cooking, evaporation, and white liquor plants at its mill. Natron-Hayat Maglaj also selected Andritz to provide start-up services for their recovery boiler. In South Africa, Mondi Paper ordered a rebuild of the digester at its Piet Retief mill. Upgrade activity in North America was considerable. Georgia-Pacific ordered upgrades including a lime mud filter, a kiln shell replacement, and a recovery boiler modernization. Smurfit-Stone Container selected Andritz to upgrade a boiler scrubber system. Fiberline and cooking upgrades were performed for International Paper Co.
The Pulp and Paper Machines Division received an order from Fripa Papierfabrik KG of Miltenberg, Germany for the first new PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine soon after the concept was introduced to the market. The machine will produce 30,000 t/a of supersoft tissue. The Division also booked orders for two tissue machines for Shandong Hengang Paper Co. Ltd., China. ICT of Poland, Swedish Tissue and SCA Tissue in the USA ordered one tissue machine each. A confidential customer placed an order for a wide TAD machine. The Division was also selected to rebuild a pulp drying line for ENCE, Pontevedra in Spain. An Indonesian customer ordered a complete 6.7 m wide pulp drying plant. The Division received orders from Natron-Hayat Maglaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina for a sack kraft machine rebuild.
The Fiber Preparation Systems Division received an order from Georgia-Pacific in the USA for a new FibreFlow™ drum pulper. In China, Zhejiang Jingxing Paper ordered the main equipment for an approach system for their board machine, and Stora Enso Huatai ordered a complete deinking line and paper machine approach system. Also included in the order are the systems for sludge dewatering, chemical preparation, and water treatment. Anhui Shanying Paper ordered a complete 600 t/d deinking line, including sludge dewatering, for standard newsprint. JTI Yelets of Russia ordered stock refining equipment and Durango of Mexico selected Andritz to upgrade its existing deinking lines. Natron-Hayat Maglaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina ordered an approach system for a rebuild of a board machine. Thai Union Paper, Thailand ordered equipment for its recycled fiberline for packaging grades. ICT Poland gave Andritz a repeat order for a complete stock preparation and approach system.
The Mechanical Pulping Systems Division was awarded large orders from a renowned Asian customer to supply two complete chemi-mechanical pulping lines based on P-RC™ APMP technology to China. The integrated systems will use various hardwood raw materials (eucalyptus, poplar, etc.) and are designed to produce chemi-mechanical pulp for printing and writing paper, as well as board grades. Both lines include chip washing and impregnation, mainline refining, heat recovery, reject refining, screening, cleaning, thickening, pulp washing, and a final storage tower. They will be connected to zero-effluent systems where all pulp mill effluents are recovered, cleaned, and re-used in the process. The decision in Andritz’s favor was made due to its leading process technologies which provide the highest pulp quality at the lowest possible energy and operational costs. The start-up for both lines is scheduled for late 2007. In addition, two P-RC™ APMP lines will be delivered to China – one to Nanning Jinlang Pulp Co. Ltd. and the other one to Yanzhou Heli Paper Industry (Sun Paper). The start-up of these hardwood-based integrated systems is scheduled for 2008. Further, Holmen Paper, Hallstavik, Sweden, placed an order for three TwinFlo™ low-consistency refiners and a pressure screen to upgrade the existing Andritz RTS™-TMP system to further reduce specific energy consumption.
In the Panelboardsegment, Fiberboard GmbH, a member of the German CLASSEN Group, ordered a chip washing and pressurized refining system for a new MDF mill in Baruth. Yangdong Luyuan Wood Based Panelboard, Ltd., China selected Andritz to supply a complete front end system (woodyard, chip washing, and pressurized refining) for a new MDF investment. This is the fifth Andritz system ordered by Yangdong Luyuan within five years.
The Division also received an order from Unopan Tableros de Fibras, S.A. of Spain to supply a woodyard (debarking, chipping, chip handling, storage, and screening), a chip cleaning system, and a pressurized refining system for its new MDF factory in Burgos. Bajaj Eco-tec Products, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s largest processor of sugar and ethanol, ordered two pressurized refining systems for new MDF plants. These are the first orders Andritz has received from India for processing bagasse as the raw material. Andritz will also supply MDF pressurized refining systems to Sichuan Shengda Forestry Industry Co., Ltd. and Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group, Co. Ltd of China.
In the Press and Calendering Division, German packaging specialist DELKESKAMP ordered a PrimePress X shoe press from Andritz Küsters to produce kraftliner substitute from 100% recycled paper. The X-Nip technology delivers product and efficiency gains while allowing higher production speeds. The Italian Marchi-Burgo Group ordered two new calenders to improve paper quality. Marchi-Burgo is the first customer to use the new Andritz Küsters sheet transfer system. In Japan, Nippon Paper ordered 11 Multi-HV axles with a working width of 8,850 mm for the multi-nip calender of its new paper machine at the Ishinomaki Mill.
The Paper Mill Services Division received several major orders for screen baskets including a contract from Nine Dragons in China to supply 80 baskets, and Aspex Paper of Indonesia to rebuild the coarse and fine screening lines. Contracts were signed with Mondi Swiecie, Poland for complete service and inventory management for baskets and refiner plates; with M-Real, Finland for maintenance planning and execution at the Joutseno and Kaskinen mills; and with Estonian Cell, Estonia for the establishment of a preventive maintenance system including quarterly inspections. Significant orders for dewatering and drying service products were received from Mondi Merebank, South Africa; Norske Skog, France; and Stora Enso, Sweden. Mechanical pulping services were focused on extending the lives of refiners that are no longer being actively developed. These products, which enable longer service intervals and higher refining precision, include guide systems, seals, and bearings. Orders for mechanical pulping services and automation systems came from Holmen Paper, Sweden; and Weyerhaeuser, Catalyst Paper, and Boise Cascade, all in North America.