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started operating in the city a century and a half ago, and the machine there that produced the best paper in the Russian Empire is still operating today. Although the general principle of paper production has not changed that much in that century and a half, state-of-the-art technology is able to significantly improve productivity and ensure the best- quality product. Investments in board production seem to be a very reasonable step for a country where 40 per cent of the territory


T January/February 2021


he small town of Dobrush in Belarus is best known for its paper. A paper mill


A modernised board machine has been commissioned at the Dobrush mill in Belarus. The two key figures behind the project are quizzed about the mill’s history and expectations, and why the team feels like Tony Stark


is covered by forests. Following the national modernisation programme for the pulp and paper sector, the Dobrush paper mill was selected as a facility to start new production of coated and non-coated board, providing annual estimated capacity of 200,000 tons. The negotiations between the customer and Andritz AG, assisted by its office in St Petersburg, which had started


more than a year ago for start-up of the new production line, finally led to a contract for the start-up services being signed. Today, Andritz has the opportunity to launch a line for the production of high-quality board in Belarus that is unique in the Russian-speaking countries. At the mill, we talk with Andritz AG’s project manager, Johann Oswald, as well as the general director of the mill in Belarus, Romas


The board machine at the Dobrush mill is about 240 metres long and 4.2 metres wide, with a capacity of more than 600 tons per day


Radevich, about the packaging market, the new mill, Andritz’s strategy and collaboration with the mill, and even about Tony Stark.


Q: There’s speculation that investing in paper in the 21st century, when everyone has smartphones and e-books and there are dramatic changes in demand for newsprint, is the same as investing in horses in the early 20th century. Why this is not the case?


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