30 PROJECTS & CONTRACTS
Pulp Paper & Logistics
ICT adds to its tissue capacity in Poland
Kostrzyn in Poland. The Advantage DCT 200HS tissue
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line is said to fit in with ICT’s objective to adopt state-of-the-art technology for its tissue production and is expected to be started up in the final quarter of 2015. Founded in 1957, ICT started making tissue in 1978 and now operates nine tissue lines in four European countries; five in Italy,
uropean tissue maker ICT has ordered a fourth production line from Valmet for its mill at
one in Spain, two in Poland and one in France. ICT’s global production capacity
totals about 470,000 tons per year of toilet, kitchen, facial and napkin tissue. The total investment in the latest line, which will add 70,000 tonnes of production capacity of high-quality toilet and towel grades for the European market using virgin fibre, was not revealed by ICT. Valmet has already delivered
three tissue lines to ICT mills in Italy and France, the latest, an
Advantage DCT 200+ line, started up at the Montargis mill, France, in July 2011. “Our team is very pleased and
eager to work with Valmet on our machine number three in ICT Poland. We look forward to a real success story from every point of view,” said Riccardo Baccelli, executive director at ICT. Jan Erikson, sales chief of
Valmet’s tissue mills business, said: “We have a long and fruitful relation with ICT and are happy to have been trusted to deliver
our fourth tissue line, this time to Poland. We are looking forward working together as a team to make this a successful project.” The order comprises a complete tissue production line including a stock preparation system and an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue machine with the latest technology for highest quality consumer tissue. Complete engineering, training,
start-up and commissioning are part of the delivery, which will also include an extensive automation package from Metso.
Winding machine upgrade for Stora Enso in Finland
Winding capacity and technology are expected to be increased on the BM5 board machine at Stora Enso’s Imatra Mills site at Tainionkoski in Finland when a new winder and auxiliaries are installed this year.
The rebuild by Valmet of
the line, which has capacity to produce 270,000 tonnes of packaging board grades a year, is expected to be completed during the last quarter of 2015. “This finishing area rebuild is a continuation of Valmet’s and
January/February 2015
Stora Enso’s cooperation and supports our strategy of offering competitive solutions to our customers that contributes both performance and sustainable operations in terms of safety,” said Jari Vähäpesola, president of paper business at Valmet. In addition to the new OptiWin Drum two-drum winder, Valmet will deliver a winder pulper, transfer rails, related dust control systems and core handling system. Installation supervision, commissioning, start-up and training services
are also included in the finishing area rebuild delivery. The new OptiWin Drum winder is said to combine high capacity with smooth and reliable operation and quick installation. The OptiWin Drum fully automated two-drum winder comprises parent roll transferring, core feeding, web splicing and tail end closing. “The investment is in line with
Stora Enso’s transformation into a customer focused renewable materials company. Selected winder technology
will enhance the quality and cost-competitiveness of our Tainionkoski unit in the global markets,” said Marko Pekkola, director of Imatra Mills at Stora Enso. Stora Enso’s annual production
capacity is 5.4 million tonnes of chemical pulp, 11.7 million tonnes of paper and board, 1.3 billion square metres of corrugated packaging and 5.6 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 2.9 million cubic metres of value- added products.
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