Pulp Paper & Logistics
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Successful start up for Visy press after Toscotec upgrade
mill near Melbourne following a press section upgrade by Italy’s Toscotec.
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The machine produces coating base sheet and test liner for export, from recycled paper. Aim of the project was increase
test liner paper quality and the overall efficiency of the press section, reducing energy consumption. This was achieved by installing a new framing for the press section a state-of-the- art TT XPress shoe press as third nip, working with a maximum nip load of 1300kN/m at an operating speed of 1,000 m/min. The addition of a new TT SteelDryer- SD1500 at the beginning of the dryer section completed the upgrade.
ustralian paper maker Visy has successfully started up the PM5 machine at its Cooleroo
Toscotec’s upgrade of Visy’s PM5 at Melbourne has reduced energy consumption Visy Paper is one of the
world’s largest privately-owned paper, packaging and recycling companies. It was established
Kvarnsveden mill signs consumables deal
Sweden’s Stora Enso Kvarnsveden mill has signed a five-year agreement with Valmet for the supply of paper machine and fibre line consumables including clothing, doctor blades, refiner segments, winder consumables and selected roll covers. The agreement also includes local roll maintenance operations next to Kvarnsveden’s site at Borlänge. “With our advanced services
offering Valmet’s goal is to continuously simplify our customers’ daily operations,
reduce the consumption of consumables and find cost efficient solutions. I am convinced that we will exceed Kvarnsveden’s expectations of us,” says Per Holm, sales chief for Scandinavia at Valmet. Technical support for
maintenance and production is part of the agreement. The performance of consumables is optimised by taking advantage of remote analytics and the skills of Valmet’s technology experts. In addition, Valmet will keep a ready stock of consumables for Kvarnsveden.
in Melbourne in 1948 as a manufacturer of corrugated cardboard boxes, and today’s operational footprint extends over
120 sites across Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam with trading offices across Asia, Europe and the USA.
Huanggang will be world’s largest dissolving pulp producer
Chenming Pulp & Paper’s new pulp mill at Huanggang in Hubei province, China, will be supplied with key equipment by Valmet. Designed to be flexible to meet changing market demand, the line will be able to produce softwood kraft pulp and dissolving pulp when it starts up in 2017. “Huanggang will be our new business location, where we plan to have a three-phase investment. This pulp mill investment is the first phase. We have been cooperating
with Valmet close to 20 years. Our people trust Valmet’s know-how and its service spirit. We are happy to select Valmet as the main equipment supplier to this project,” says Chen Hongguo, chairman of Chenming Group. The Huanggang pulp mill will be the world’s largest dissolving pulp producer. Valmet will also be supplying a separate non- condensable gas incinerator for the Chenming Group’s Zhanjiang mill.
September/October 2015
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