12 ANDRITZ
Taking control of pulp
Hymac 20-year-old technology was
installed into the latest ANDRITZ P-RC APMP system for Henan Tianbang
B
eing a renowned specialist producer of fine paper products demands the strictest
controls over the quality of raw materials. It also demands that costs be managed in the most effective way possible to ensure market position is maintained and advanced. China’s Henan Tianbang Paper Company is one of those specialist producers that has carved a niche for itself in supplying paper for printing, note books, and superior quality writing paper both in China and around the world. Even in an environment where the iPad and other electronic devices are the fashion, Henan Tianbang is growing and gaining more market share with its
March/April 2019
China’s Henan Tianbang Group Paper Company takes enormous pride in the quality of its fine paper products. When the paper maker decided to produce its own mechanical pulp, Andritz was the first to be called. PPL reports
dedicated products. Since the company’s formation in 2008 outside the town of Huixian in Henan province, it has been expanding and updating all areas of the mill, including installing a recycled fibre plant (DIP), supplied by Andritz in 2011. The mill has also recently installed a new power boiler and effluent- treatment plant to keep up with China’s increasingly stringent environmental regulations. Fan Naiwang, Henan Tianbang’s
owner, describes the move into producing its own mechanical pulp: “We operate two paper machines at the mill with a capacity of 150,000 tonnes a year in total and we were totally dependent on outside suppliers for our mechanical pulp, which came from some 70 kilometres away. “This meant that we didn’t have
any control over the quality of the pulp we were receiving, and crucially it also meant that we had
to pay the market price, which became unmanageable as prices became so volatile. We had to make a move into producing our own pulp so we could have better control.” Fortunately, the area around Huixian is home to a number of northern Chinese poplar plantations so the availability of wood was not a problem. However, there was no history of expertise at the mill when it came to mechanical pulp production, so
Pulp Paper & Logistics
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