Pulp Paper & Logistics


PROJECTS & CONTRACTS 27


EPCM assignment at Star Project in Brazil awarded to Pöyry


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razil’s Bracell, which earlier this year rebranded the Bahia Specialty Cellulose


and Lwarcel Celulose businesses under its new name, has awarded the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management (EPCM) assignment to develop the balance of plant for its huge Star Project to Finland-based Pöyry.


The services include


interconnections between all process areas, turbo generators and steam distribution systems, the water cooling centre and other complementary systems. The Star Project at Lençóis


Paulista in São Paulo state, involves increasing current pulp production capacity from 250,000 tons to 1.5 million tons per year. The new mill will be a flexible line, designed primarily to produce dissolving pulp to supply internal integrated demand. Pöyry has been involved


with the Star Project since the beginning and was responsible for conceptual study, environmental licensing support, basic engineering, and detail engineering for the site infrastructure and access road duplication. Bracell announced the


rebranding shortly after it commenced work earlier this year on Project Star. “We are changing the face of the cellulose industry, so we will naturally evolve our brand,” said Marcelo Leite, managing director of Bracell Bahia Specialty Cellulose, who has managed the company’s operations in Bahia since 2016. “The Bracell operations in Bahia and São Paulo are at the heart of the cellulose chain, producing high quality raw materials which are the key ingredients used to create a range of items we use every day, around the world. Bracell’s materials are


used in a range of products, from textiles, baby wipes and eyeglass frames to soft ice- cream and pharmaceuticals, and industrial products such as high- performance tire cords.” By the time of its completion,


Project Star is expected to represent the largest private investment in the state of São Paulo in the last 20 years. Key features of the expansion


are: ● Over a two- to three-year period, Project Star will employ up to 7,500 workers during the peak of deployment with a fixed average of 3,500 workers; upon completion, the operation phase will employ up to 2,100 direct workers on a permanent basis in the mill and forestry; ● The investment will be concentrated in Lençóis Paulista and Macatuba; ● The expansion investment is expected to create employment opportunities in Lençóis Paulista


and Macatuba, and in nearby Agudos, Areiópolis Borebi, Bauru, Pederneiras, São Manuel, Barra Bonita, Jau and Igaraçu do Tietê, and throughout the state of São Paulo. ● The bio-refinery incorporates circular economy and closed loop approaches to production; this approach controls material inputs to maximise recycling and recovery of materials, minimise waste whilst greatly reducing the environmental footprint; specifically, this results in low water consumption, low emission and no fossil fuels. By the time Star Project is


completed in 2021, Bracell will have annual production capacity of 2.0 million tons of dissolving pulp, and will employ 7,300 direct and indirect employees. The value of the EPCM order


was not disclosed and will be booked in Pöyry’s Process Industries Division’s order stock for the third quarter of 2019.


Rebuild for the dryer section of PM1 at Gulf Paper


Gulf Paper Manufacturing has selected Toscotec for the rebuild of the dryer section of its PM1 at its Mina Abdullah paper mill in Kuwait. The paper machine has a reel trim of 2,550 mm and produces fluting, test liner and white top grades from 100 to 200 gsm using 100 per cent recycled fibres. Start-up is planned for the last quarter of 2019. Toscotec will supply 24 TT


SteelDryers, with a maximum operating steam pressure of 10 bar and a design speed of 800 mpm. The dryer section’s driving


system with obsolete gears will be replaced by a silent drive system. The scope also includes the lubrication unit for the new dryer section and it will be especially designed for the high-temperature working environment of the mill. The supply is on a turnkey basis, including the erection, commissioning and start-up. The target of the rebuild is to boost


the drying capacity, thanks to the TT SteelDryers. The dryer section’s length will remain unchanged. Enrico Fazio, Toscotec’s P&B Head of Sales, commented,


“This new project consolidates our presence in the Middle East region, where we have delivered over 100 TT SteelDryers since the mid-1990s. We are very happy to start this cooperation with Gulf Paper Manufacturing, who is a very well established producer and renowned company in the Middle East. I am confident that the rebuild will meet their production targets, thanks to TT SteelDryer’s advanced technology.” Gulf Paper’s manufacturing


projects & development manager Ghaleb Al-Hadhrami said: “We


had known each other for many years, but didn’t get the chance to cooperate. This is our first project together, and we hope it will be the first of many in the years to come. “We were impressed by the


remarkable reference list of TT SteelDryers and other equipment. We got to know the people and the company, including its ability to manage complex turnkey projects. This is why we decided to select Toscotec for this important rebuild, where we expect to exceed our targets.”


September/October 2019


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