MAJOR ORDERS
- The Business Area received an order from Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP), Brazil to deliver a complete fiberline, pulp drying/baling plant, and white liquor plant for the world’s largest pulp mill. The design capacity of this greenfield bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill is 1,250,000 t/a. The mill is located at Três Lagoas in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state. The Andritz fiberline includes a 4,180 t/d single-vessel continuous digester, washing, oxygen delignification, screening, and low-impact bleaching based upon the proven Andritz DD washer technology. The drying plant includes a 9,334 m pulp drying machine and three automated baling lines. The white liquor plant is designed to produce 12,100 m3/d of white liquor and features green liquor filtration based on X-Filter™ technology, a CD-Filter™ for white liquor filtration, an LMD-Filter™ for lime mud washing, and the largest lime kiln to be installed in South America. Andritz will also supply the basic and detailed engineering, electromechanical erection, erection supervision, start-up, and training.
- Australian Visy Industries, the world's largest privately owned packaging and recycling company, selected Andritz to supply technology and systems for the expansion of its Tumut mill in New South Wales, Australia. The order encompasses the upgrade of the existing fiberline and recausticizing plant, and the installation of a new recovery boiler, pre-evaporator, lime kiln, a 1,300 t/d OCC line, stock preparation, and approach flow systems. It is planned that the entire integrated mill will be operational during the first half of 2009.
In addition, the individual Divisions received orders as follows:
The Wood Processing Division will supply a complete chipping line to Sappi Saiccor Pty. Ltd., South Africa. Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Texas, USA placed an order for a turnkey tree-length debarking line, as well as a portal crane. The Division will also deliver a complete woodyard with chipper, chip screens, and chip handling for the new MDF plant of Duratex S.A., Brazil. In addition, there was a debarking line modernization order from Mondi Packaging Stambolijski EAD, Bulgaria and a PowerScrew™ reclaimer order from Tableros Talsa, S.L., Spain. Several clients in Australia, Japan, Indonesia, and Austria ordered key woodroom equipment.
The Fiberline Systems Division signed a contract with Stora Enso Fine Papers in Varkaus, Finland for modernization of the chip feeding system (Diamondback® chip bin, TurboFeed® system, and a vapor reboiler). The Division will also upgrade the softwood digester at Domtar Industries’ mill in Ashdown, Arkansas, USA with a TurboFeed® chip feeding system, Diamondback® chip bin, and RETRO-fit™ flash tank. In Canada, St-Féliciene Kraft Pulp ordered a new blowline Pressure Diffuser system for its northern softwood fiberline.
The Chemical Systems Division booked a repeat order from an Indonesian customer for a new sector cooler for an LMD lime kiln. To Cellulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A. in Portugal, a complete lime kiln will be supplied on an EPC basis. The Division was also chosen to deliver a recausticizing plant for West Coast Paper Mills, India, including an X-Filter™ for green liquor handling and a CD-Filter for white liquor filtration. Munksjö Paper will upgrade the lime kiln at its Aspabruk mill, Sweden with LMD technology from Andritz. Several StiroX™ systems for white liquor oxidation were ordered by customers worldwide.
The Recovery Systems Division was awarded a contract to deliver a new recovery boiler, power boiler, and evaporation plant for the Ence Group’s Navia Asturias mill, Spain as part of a program to increase pulp production at the mill. The new plants will also significantly increase the amount of energy generated from biomass. A new MVR evaporator for the Andritz mechanical pulping line was sold to Sun Paper’s Yangzhou mill in Shandong, China. Mondi Packaging ordered an evaporation plant upgrade for their Stambolijski mill, Bulgaria. In the USA, the Division will rebuild a recovery boiler for Weyerhaeuser in Columbus, Mississippi. In addition, the Division will supply an ash leaching chloride removal system to Lwarcel Celulose e Papel, Brazil. This will be the first chloride removal system based on leaching the ash from the electrostatic precipitator. The Division will also upgrade the evaporation plant at Zellstoff Pöls, Austria to increase capacity and the volume of reusable condensate for other processes in the mill. The upgrade includes a new sixth effect, surface condenser, and a condensate stripper.
The Pulp Drying Systems Division was selected to deliver a machine rebuild (wet end) to Pitkyaranta Pulp Works OAO, Russia The machine has a working width of 5.2 m and a production capacity of 255 t/d. The Division booked an order for a dryer upgrade from Jari Celulose S.A., Brazil. A market pulp drying line was ordered by Cellulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A. in Portugal. The pulp drying system will be based on the successful Andritz Twin Wire Forming Technology and have a design capacity of 1,815 t/d at a working width of 4.8 m.
The Pulp Engineered Services Division was awarded a contract to deliver evaporation replacement lamellas for UPM, Finland. A further project included supplies for three different Stora Enso mills in Finland (evaporation lamellas, recovery boiler economizer upgrade, debarking drum rebuild, and Downflow Lo-Solids® cooking upgrade). Also in Finland, the Division signed a multi-year maintenance contract (OPE™) for Botnia’s Joutseno mill and existing contracts at several mills were extended. In Sweden, the Division will rebuild a lime kiln for Billerud and a feeder for MoDo’s Husum mill. The Division also received a significant recovery boiler retrofit order from Sweden and an order to rebuild a wash press. The Division was selected to rebuild a drum for a competitor’s woodyard in France. In Indonesia, the Division will rebuild a recovery boiler originally delivered by a competitor. From Russia, equipment for a digester upgrade at JSC Bratsk Pulp and Board Mill and the upgrade of a lime kiln at International Paper’s Svetogorsk mill were ordered. In North America, upgrades of several recovery boilers will be performed for International Paper and Georgia-Pacific mills, as energy is a key focus. Also in the USA, the Division will rebuild two existing digesters for Red Shield Environmental and will supply equipment for the mill's cooking process to be used in the co-production of pulp and ethanol from wood cellulose. Smurfit Stone ordered a debarking drum replacement. In Brazil, Veracel S.A. chose Andritz to perform field services for part of the fiberline. Sindus Andritz in Brazil signed a multi-year contract with Klabin for complete electrical and instrumentation maintenance.
The Paper Machines Division will deliver a complete packaging paper machine to Hebei Yongxin Paper Co. Ltd., China including stock preparation plant, winder, and mill automation. The machine will have a wire width of 6.2 m, a design speed of 1,100 m/min and will produce over 400,000 tons of kraftliner and linerboard per year. Also in China, Zhangzhou Liansheng Paper Co. Ltd. selected Andritz to deliver headboxes. Swedish Tissue AB, Sweden ordered a new tissue machine, with a working width of 3,370 mm. The machine will incorporate the new PrimePress XT shoe press, enabling the customer to produce softer and bulkier tissue paper and reduce energy costs at the same time. Cartiere Miliani Fabriano, Italy awarded Andritz a contract to rebuild its PM3 horizontal reel with a reel spool magazine and unwinder. The rebuild will be suitable for a parent roll diameter of 3,200 mm. For SCA Tissue North America - one of the largest manufacturers of Away From Home tissue products in North America - a second CrescentFormer tissue machine will be installed at the Barton mill, Alabama, USA.
The Fiber Preparation Systems Division was selected to supply a 500 t/d deinking line, sludge handling, and stock preparation equipment to Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited, China. Also in China, Lee & Man Paper ordered a line for processing 250 t/d of mixed office waste, OCC processing equipment, and paper machine approach system components for three paper machines. Shandong International Paper & Sun Coated Paperboard selected the Division for new stock preparation and paper machine approach systems for coated board. Hebei Yongxin Paper bought a 1,350 t/d OCC line for kraft paper; and Anhui Shanying Paper placed an order for a 900 t/d OCC line and a paper machine approach system. Stock preparation equipment was ordered by Henan Yinge Industrial Investment Holding, Luoho City. Also in Asia, Joint Creation Limited, Can Tho, Vietnam signed a contract with the Division to supply a new OCC line and paper machine approach components for PM15. Daehan Paper, South Korea ordered a sludge handling system. In South Africa, a FibreFlow® drum pulper, coarse screening, and reject press were ordered by Mondi Packaging South Africa Pty Ltd., Felixton mill. In Europe, the Division will deliver a stock preparation system for the new Andritz tissue machine at Swedish Tissue AB, Kisa, Sweden. Stock preparation equipment was also ordered by Weidmann, Rapperswil, Switzerland, and Papierfabrik Palm, Germany ordered a sludge handling system for its Eltmann mill. In the USA, Andritz received orders for two new FibreFlow® drum pulpers: one for Abitibi-Consolidated’s Snowflake, Arizona mill and the other for Georgia-Pacific’s Muskogee, Oklahoma mill. SCA Tissue awarded the Division a contract to provide the complete stock preparation system for a new Andritz tissue machine. The Division also received an order from Georgia-Pacific, Green Bay, Wisconsin for deinking line equipment including a FibreFlow® drum pulper, RotoWash, SpeedWasher, screens, and cleaners. In South America, Papelsa, a subsidiary of the Smurfit Kappa Group, selected Andritz to provide a complete 350 t/d OCC line for its Barbosa plant, Colombia.
The Mechanical Pulping Systems Division will modernize the TMP system at Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill, Sweden. This rebuild will help the mill lower its energy costs. It includes systems for chip washing, RT Pre-treatment, and equipment for the rejects system. Also in Sweden, the Division has provided the detailed engineering, equipment, and erection work for the new peroxide high-consistency bleach plant for SC++ paper grades at Stora Enso’s Kvarnsveden mill. Nanning Jinlang Pulp Co. Ltd., China awarded Andritz a contract for a new P-RC™ APMP system. The mill plans to produce 200 t/d of market pulp for lightweight printing and writing grades. Also in China, the Division received a follow-up order for a control system from Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd. for its 260 t/d P-RC™ APMP system purchased from Andritz in late 2006. In South America, the delivery for the new TMP 3 line at Norske Skog’s mill in Pisa, Brazil included main process equipment, basic engineering, erection, and start-up services. TMP 3, which is equipped with the latest Twin Refiner technology, will supply up to 665 t/d of high-quality pulp from fast growing pinus taeda for the second newsprint machine at this location. In Europe, the Division received its fourth order from PF Louisenthal, Germany to supply a bleach plant for cotton combers-based pulp. PF Louisenthal operates Andritz bleach plants in its own mills and procures them for other bank note paper producers.
The Panelboard Department received four orders from Brazil for pressurized refining systems. Two will be delivered to new MDF plants for Indústria de Compensados Guararapes Ltda. and Indústria de Compensados Sudati Ltda. Duratex S.A. selected Andritz to provide a complete fiber preparation system for their third new MDF plant in Agudos. With a capacity of over 1,500 t/d, this will be the world’s largest single-stage pressurized refining system. In addition, Andritz will deliver another pressurized refining system to Satipel Industrial S.A. via Siempelkamp Ges.m.b.H. In China, Shangqiu Dingsheng Wood Industry Co. Ltd. and the Guandong Weihua Group ordered new pressurized refining systems. The system for the Guandong Weihua Group is the fourth Andritz unit ordered by this customer. It will be delivered to Liaoning Taian Weiliban Woodworking Industry Co. Ltd. Vezirkopru Orman Urunleri Ve Kagit San. A.S., Turkey also ordered new pressurized refining systems. Siam Fiberboard Co. Ltd., Malaysia placed a repeat order for a pressurized refining system. This is the third Andritz installation at the site and the fifth to be delivered to the Group. In Europe, Andritz booked an order from Dieffenbacher, Germany for the supply of a pressurized refining system for HDF/MDF for the Homanit Group’s project in Poland. The system is designed for a capacity of over 500 t/d. This will be the fourth system supplied to the Homanit Group by Andritz. In addition, Andritz received two orders from Pfleiderer AG. Andritz will supply a refining system to the Nidda MDF plant, replacing a competitor’s fiber preparation system. Pfleiderer also selected Andritz to deliver a turnkey woodyard and fiber preparation system (capacity 1,200 t/d) for a new investment in Novgorod, Russia. Andritz will also deliver a pressurized refining system for Abinsk MDF in Russia. The order was received via IMAL of Italy. Andritz Panelboard has sold the first pressurized refining system to Nigeria. The system was sold via Salzgitter Mannesmann International and will be installed at OMO Wood in 2008.
The Paper Finishing Division was awarded a contract to supply a soft-nip calender (PrimeCal Soft with MatOnLine technology) and a hard-nip calender (PrimeCal Hard) to two Chinese companies. Another hard-nip calender (PrimeCal Hard) will be delivered to Stora Enso’s Fors mill, Sweden. The order will include the new PrimeFeeder feeding system and the rebuild of the drying section. Start-up is planned for January 2009. Finally, the Division received orders for three shoe press modules. Two of the shoe presses are PrimePress X Twin models to be installed on new machines built by the Paper Machines Division. The third shoe press will be installed on a pulp machine in Portugal.
The Paper Engineered Services Division received orders for dewatering equipment rebuilds from Steyrermühl, Austria; Ence Pontevedra, Spain; Norske Skog Halden, Norway; Steti, Czech Republic; Rottneros, Sweden; Klabin, Brazil; and M-real Stockstadt, Germany. Andritz obtained the first repair order for a Thune screw press from Stadacona, Canada. Jiangxi and Yueyang, China, Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill, Sweden, Mondi Syktyvkar, Russia, and Stora Enso’s Varkaus mill, Finland placed major orders for mechanical pulping services. Among further significant contracts for the pulper business were orders from Mepco, Saudi Arabia and Dunapack, Hungary. Dewatering equipment will be supplied to NSI Golbey, France; Rhein Papier, Germany; KC-Aranguren, Spain; Hainan, China; Maruishi, Japan; and Sappi Umkomaas, South Africa. Service orders for mechanical pulping systems continued very well with orders from Yueyang, China and Klabin, Brazil. Automation orders were received from Mayr-Melnhof and Norske Skog, both Austria; Domtar and Georgia-Pacific, Leaf River, both USA; and Abitibi-Consolidated, Canada. Large spare parts orders for stock preparation equipment were received from China, India, and Turkey.
The Engineered Wear Products Division received significant orders for refiner plates from Solikamsk, Russia; UPM, Finland; and Stora Enso, Sweden. For the screening product line, major orders came from Cheng Loong, Taiwan; Nine Dragon, China; PT Lontar Papyrus, Indonesia; Paper Corea, Korea; and UPM, Finland. In North America, orders for Cleaner products were entered by Weyerhaeuser and Buckeye, and a disc filter sector exchange program was ordered by Smurfit Stone. In the PerfTec product line, German producers Linde, Krones, and Bühler all placed major orders.