The customer magazine of Andritz & Issue 1 – 2006

Independent and unique producer creates a “pearl” of an installation in Switzerland – 4 Pulp&Paper MAGAZINE

Global vote of confidence – thank you! Contents Start-up of Estonian Cell Greenfield BCTMP Mill There has been a good level of activity in global The global number of our customer partners in 3 Global vote of confidence (both for greenfield lines the pulp and paper business is truly astounding. Andritz supplied the major systems – and the modernization of existing lines). The Each of our divisions booked new and repeat 4 Upgrading the Swiss “pearl” woodyard, refining, bleaching, flash large investments continue to be focused in the orders in 2005 from customers that read like the drying, and bale handling – for this southern hemisphere and Asia. Who’s Who of the industry: Perlen Papier upgrades DIP line 140,000 t/a greenfield mill which is Pulp and paper pricing, in general, is improving. now being started up near Kunda, South America: Suzano Bahia Sul, Internation- 10 Better feed – better cook This, together with improved technology that al Paper do Brasil, VCP, and CENIBRA. Estonia. helps lower operating costs, creates a positive removes bottleneck at Norrsundet mill North America: Martco, Grant Forest Products, influence on our customers’ ROI calculations International Paper, Smurfit-Stone Container, and leads to more trust from the financial com- Orchid Paper Products, Weyerhaeuser, Procter 14 Investing for the future munity. & Gamble, and Katahdin Paper. China: Guangzhou Paper, Shandong Huatai, Mondi’s sustainable IMPULS upgrades Slovakian mill In the process of working on our increased order Guizhou Chitianhua Paper, Hengan Group, Nine backlog, we managed to improve the Sales of Dragon, Lee & Man, and Sun Paper. our pulp and paper business in 2005 by 16% 20 Top quality, top position in China Asia and Japan: United Fiber Systems, April compared to 2004 – exceeding € 1 billion. Hengan signs up for another new CrescentFormer at Weifang City Desa Pangkalan Kerinci, Indah Kiat, Tamil Nadu and , Malu Paper, Sirpur A notable start-up was the Veracel mill in Brazil Paper Mills, Chuetsu, Nippon Paper, An Binh (FiberSpectrum 2-2005). Other major start-ups 24 Clash-proof refining Paper, Tracodi, and Phuong Nam. included Finland’s M-real (fiber processing Digital system protects refiners at Saugbrugs equipment and flash drying systems for a new Australia-Oceania: Carter Holt Harvey and BCTMP mill), China’s Shandong Hengan Paper Australian Paper. 28 News from the world of Andritz (new 200-inch high speed CrescentFormer tis- Europe: Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik, Zellstoff sue machine), Portugal’s Portucel (new recovery Pöls, SCA, Perlen Papier, SCA, M-real, Stora boiler), and the “start-up” of our own Fiber Enso, UPM, UMKA AD Fabrika Kartona, Myl- Preparation Pilot Plant in Graz. In China, Jiang lykoski, Mayer-Melnhof, Norske Skog, and Lin (the world’s largest pulp drying line when it Polesine. was built) set a world record for pulp drying pro- Russia: JSC Arkhangelsk P&P, Ilim Group, FiberSpectrum is published by: duction – over 3500 t/d of finished bales into the JSC JTI Yelets, and Solikamsk. warehouse. Andritz also supplied the woodyard, Middle East: Middle East Paper and Yildiz Andritz AG which is also the world’s largest. Sunta MDF. Stattegger Strasse 18 Contributing Writers: A-8045 Graz, Austria Thomas Barbieri Some of the major orders we received were the This follows our vision and strategy to be a life Tel: +43 316 6902 0 Karl Jørgen Gurandsrud major process equipment for Botnia S.A.’s new cycle, full-line partner for high-tech production [email protected] Susanne Haase being built in Uruguay and an EPC Leif Lindberg systems, modernizations, and services for the Managing Editor: Robert Puhr fiberline and the chemical recovery systems for pulp and paper market segments we cover. We Gudrun Schaffer Martin Swayne Marusumi Paper’s Ohe mill in Japan.In the tis- truly appreciate this global “vote of confidence” [email protected] sue segment, Procter and will, as always, Contributing Photographers: & Gamble awarded work to maintain your Editor: Croce & Wir us with the order for a trust. Robert Puhr Riku Isohella complete TAD tissue [email protected] Michael Lucas machine in the USA. Timo Vesterinen Thank you! Editorial Team: Günter Köle Bjørn Hansen Trollbu Simo Leisti Katri Lindström Graphic Design: Olavi Pomoell Gudrun Schaffer Brigitte Poms [email protected] Eva Riegler Harri Soila Manuela Wagner Elisabeth Wolfond

Markku Hänninen Bernhard Rebernik You will see the use of both “tonnes” and “tons” in this publication: tonnes for metric units and tons for American units. Unless otherwise noted, metric units are used. Member of Executive Board Member of Executive Board Head of Pulp Mill Technologies Head of Technologies Copyright © Andritz AG 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the publisher. [email protected] [email protected]

 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum  Perlen Papier

Upgrading the Swiss “pearl”

To meet increased customer demand for its lightweight coated grades, Perlen Papier of Switzerland needed a 36% production increase from its deinked pulp line. Andritz provided the solution.

Perlen Papier’s mill lies in a pictur- esque valley on the River Reuss just north of Lucerne. The company, found- ed in 1872, produces about 300,000 t/a of newsprint and LWC paper on two paper machines. “The public is very well educated here about sorting, so the paper quality we PM4 (called the “Pioneer”) manufac- receive has improved.” (Michel) tures high-grade LWC offset papers. In May 2000, Perlen started up PM4 and broke new ground by having the paper produced, coated, calendered, and rolled into large reel-spools inline. Market forces increased the demand for its products, so the company chose No need to sort Michel, will not require Perlen to look to increase the production of LWC by outside their existing procurement 50,000 tonnes to 200,000 t/a during The majority (95%) of Perlen’s raw channels. 2006. To meet its new production tar- materials comes from Switzerland. The get, Perlen had to increase the output remaining proportion originates from of its plant. Germany, France, and Italy. Until 1999, Upgraded deinking Perlen used to sort its recovered paper, Andritz was selected to install the key but since then it has been in a position “In addition to the added capacity, equipment to raise production from 280 to accept unsorted paper. we also wanted to improve the qual- to 380 t/d. The investment was valued ity of the furnish for both our LWC and at SFr 21 million (€ 13.3 million). Perlen “We work closely with the local improved newsprint,” says Jörg Michel. utilizes mechanical, virgin, and recycled authorities who collect from households We wanted to keep our investment at a Perlen is a niche player in its markets and fiber in its products. Chips for the TMP and other sources,” says Jörg Michel, reasonable level and we only needed Switzerland's last independent producer of standard and improved newsprint. line come from local suppliers. The vir- Production and Technical Manager and an extra 100 tonnes per day,” Michel It is the country's only producer of LWC gin fiberline processes purchased pulp. a Member of the Board of Perlen Papier says. “So we chose to upgrade our papers. AG. “The public is very well educated existing facility rather than invest in a here about sorting, so the paper quality new plant. The minimum practical size we receive has improved. Individual for a new facility would be 600 tonnes households tie the recycled paper into per day, almost double our near-term bundles which go straight into the pulp- requirements. If we would ever choose ers.” to add another , then we would consider building a new deink The mill no longer accepts old maga- plant.” Jörg Michel (left), Production and zines unless there is a shortage of the Technical Manager and Member of the other recycled grades, which some- Perlen Papier has had good coop- Board of Perlen Papier AG, with times occurs in the summer months. eration with Andritz for a number of Hans Jörg Aregger, Manager of the DIP and TMP lines. The increase in capacity, according to years. In fact, the Andritz RTS™ refiner

 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum  At the existing plant level, a new by the SelectaFlot™ pre-flotation unit. 500 to 550 tonnes of recovered paper FibreSolve™ pulper doubles the pulp- This consists of six primary flotation that we feed through the process each ing capacity of the facility. cells and two secondary cells. day,” Michel says. “Without fractiona- tion, we would probably have not been This new pulper is the same size Inside the cells, the injectors are able to use our existing plant and would as the existing one. Both are fed by a situated along the center axis with foam have had to build a completely new new conveyor, which has a distribution weirs on either side. The rejects from system.” system between the two pulpers. the primary cells are fed back to the two secondary cells at the front end After fractionation, the short fibers Following the two pulpers, the exist- of the main unit. Aregger noted that, pass through a disc filter and then to ing detrasher is used. Rejects go to at the end of the six flotation cells, the a mixing tank prior to the post-flota- a reject drum, while accepts are fed stock has improved up to eleven points tion stage. Long fibers pass through through a high density cleaner via a of ISO brightness, which is a much low-consistency slotted screens, on to dump chest and medium-consistency higher gain compared to the existing a disc filter, and then to an Andritz twin screens to the pre-floatation cells. deinking system. Following the pre- wire press for dewatering. flotation cells, the stock passes through The existing screens were rebuilt to low-density cleaners to a fractionater. The long fibers are then heated and accommodate coarse and fine screen- A ModuScreen™ A has been installed dispersed in existing equipment. The ing and two new ModuScreen™ A units for this purpose, separating the long stock is diluted to medium consistency were added for fine screening to handle and short fibers. at the outlet of the disperser and then the additional capacity. pumped into the mixing tank. In this “The Andritz idea of fractionating tank, the long fibers are mixed with the In what is now the top floor of the recycled fibers made it possible for us short fiber accepts. building, the machine hall is dominated to significantly raise the capacity to the The SelectaFlot™ pre-flotation unit is the heart of the DIP process. It has six primary and two secondary cells.

for the production of high-quality TMP The Andritz solution installed in 1994 was a pre-condition for the installation of the new PM4 in 2000. Manager of the DIP and TMP lines, The refining process plays a crucial role Hans Jörg Aregger, proudly gives a in ensuring that PM4 produces paper of tour of the new installation. The project the high quality which Perlen’s custom- involved the rebuilding and extension of ers demand. the existing deinking unit, installation of post-refining for the stock on PM5, and “We consider Andritz to be the extension of the kraft line. most flexible and innovative supplier. ” Michel says. “Andritz has always been In addition to the equipment, Andritz prepared to take on a challenge. It is supplied basic and process engineer- an independent company, not linked to ing, services for control and measuring any other organization, and prepared equipment, electrical equipment, auto- to work in close cooperation with us in mation, and supervision of the instal- Efficient mixing at the post-bleaching stage is done by an Andritz high-consistency mixer. order to come up with the best way of lation. The project was completed and solving problems.” handed over to Perlen in March 2006. The new section was added on another floor above the existing plant.

Aregger notes that stock out of the SelectaFlot™ unit has improved up to 11 points ISO brightness over the existing ModuScreen™ A for both applications, deinking system. fractionation and fine screening

 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum  Post-flotation is next in the process. This existing flotation stage has two Perlen Papier lines, each with five primary cells and a secondary cell for rejects. Perlen Papier AG is a member of the Chemie & Papier Holding Group. Following a disc filter in the second loop, the stock to be bleached passes It is Switzerland’s last independent through a new Andritz screw press Early results Future plans producer of standard and improved and a high-consistency mixer where newsprint and the country’s only is added. Reten- “Things are going quite well,” Michel “Our main markets are in Central Eu- LWC manufacturer. tion time in the high-consistency says. “We are still optimizing the fiber rope,” Michel says. “We are moderately tower is about one hour. Andritz also yield, but all the main targets were met optimistic about future opportunities It has two paper machines. PM4, supplied the discharge system for the within two months of start-up.” in the improved grades. Expansion is the newest, is 5.36 m wide and bleach tower. possible, but the timing has to be right. produces 200,000 t/a of LWC. PM5 Prior to the upgrade, Perlen was is 5.4 m wide and produces 130,000 Near the HC bleach tower are reaching about 58% ISO brightness If we expand paper production, we t/a of newsprint. towers for holding the bleached and before bleaching. Now it routinely would definitely need to expand our DIP unbleached stock. These two towers achieves 61% ISO ±1 prior to bleach- capacity,” he continues. “We would look Managing Director Frank Ruepp deliver the furnish to the paper machine ing with peroxide. “Our pulp now goes again to Andritz as a potential partner. says, “We have always had a fam- approach system for PM4 and PM5. through the disperser without being We are always looking for innovation, ily-oriented culture. We are a small The deinking plant features a new bleached,” Aregger says. “On LWC and there are not that many companies producer in the market, a niche Andritz disc filter (DF57) with 10 discs, grades, we have achieved 70 to 71% with the sort of vision that we expect.” player. We have the reputation of each 5.7 m in diameter with poly- ISO brightness following peroxide being flexible and reliable. We aim propylene filter medium in the second bleaching at the end of the second to give value through our speed, in- loop. There is space inside the unit for loop.” Find out more at www.fiberspectrum.andritz.com novation, and close cooperation with two additional discs if additional capac- our customers.” ity is required. Ruepp believes that the company is In the post-treatment system, Andritz in a good position to expand. provided two Papillon™ refiners, one in “We plan to focus on our core busi- the DIP line and the other in the TMP ness of manufacturing paper for the

line. In the virgin fiberline Andritz up- Michel (left) and Aregger (right) enjoying the experience with Andritz equipment. mass markets of the sector graded the pulper with a FibreSolve™ and continue to grow organically. system and two additional Papillon™ This will involve internal develop- refiners. ment and investment in production processes to maintain the very latest “In total, we now have four technologies.” Papillon™ refiners,” Michel says. “We have two for the kraft pulp furnish on PM4, one for post-refining TMP, and one for post-refining DIP on PM5. The beating performance and improvement in quality and energy consumption Thickening in the second loop of the of the refiners, which were our main stock preparation system is accom- targets, is what we were expecting. We plished with an Andritz disc filter with are convinced there are further oppor- ten discs. The design allows for two additional discs to be added if additional tunities for optimizing the post-refining capacity is needed in the future. of our TMP and DIP furnishes.”

 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum  Stora Enso

Better feed – better cook

Two successful upgrades to the chip feeding line at Norrsundet have removed a costly bottleneck and now keep high-strength pulp flowing to Stora Enso Publication Paper’s nearby mills.

The chip bin was installed with the original continuous cooking system. The early design bin, which was state-of-the-art when installed in 1973, employs a “bin activator” that vibrates the mass of chips to keep them flow- ing. The vibrating motors are mounted around the circumference of the moving bin bottom. This design helps to move chips out of the bin bottom, but is a high maintenance solution, according to Ulf Lundström, Customer Service Manager for Andritz’s Pulp Mill Services Division in Sweden. Rolf Lundberg (left), Project Manager for Stora Enso’s Norrsundet mill, with Ulf Lundström of Andritz.

A new Andritz chip metering screw, in combination with the Diamondback® chip “The motors, hangars, and bottom diameter of the chip metering de- we were losing production,” says bin and an extended chip chute, have seal are subject to wear and require vice. Norrsundet’s chip bin problems Bernt Åkerdahl, cooking process Ulf Lundström, Customer Service Manager for Andritz’s Pulp Mill Services Division in eliminated Norrsundet’s chip feeding Sweden, checks the chip feeding mechanism on Cooking Line 4. problems. periodic replacement,” Lundström says. disappeared with the upgrade to the expert at Norrsundet. With a career “Also, the flexible rubber boot that seals Diamondback®. But no sooner were the spanning 35 years at Norrsundet, Åker- the bottom can tear and leak process chip feeding problems resolved when dahl has seen just about everything “I have to admit to being skeptical mills: Kvarnsveden in Sweden, Kabel gases. From a process perspective, a new bottleneck appeared – the old possible in a cooking process. “The when Andritz promised us 500 tonnes in Germany, and Corbehem in France. the steamed chips in the bin have a steaming vessel. question was whether we should order of chips a day after the upgrade to Operation of the Norrsundet mill was tendency to stick at constricted points a new steaming vessel or find another Cooking Line 4,” Rolf Lundberg says. combined with the nearby Stora Enso in the bin, causing uneven flow. The solution.” “But when the operators tell me we’re Skutskär mill last year. bin design is like a funnel, which can Less equipment and running 520 tonnes a day, I know I result in chips that are not adequately no compromise In early 2005, Åkerdahl asked the can believe them.” Lundberg is Project presteamed due to wide variations in process experts at Andritz to visit the Manager for Stora Enso’s Norrsundet, A two-stage upgrade residence time in the bin.” The old steaming vessel was in too mill and survey the situation. Andritz Sweden mill. Norrsundet is situated in bad a condition to repair, as both the presented an alternative to upgrade the a scenic setting on the Gulf of Botha- The cooperation between Norrsundet Andritz recommended, and screw and housing were damaged over process section with new technology. nia, 38 km north of Gävle. The mill was and Andritz started in 1998 when chip Norrsundet selected, an upgrade to the years, but the primary bottleneck Norrsundet’s success with the founded in 1923. feeding problems developed in one of the feed system with a new Andritz was the short chip chute. This left Diamondback® chip bin paved the way. the two cooking lines. The chip feeding Diamondback® chip bin. The Diamond- little “margin for error” if there was any Today, the mill is one of the most system for the mill’s Cooking Line 4 was back® has a unique geometry that disruption in chip flow. The process “If we had replaced the steaming ves- prominent producers of reinforcement performing poorly and required frequent moves chips without sticking or “bridg- control system stopped the chip chute sel only, we would not have seen any (softwood) pulp, with a capacity of maintenance. The mill experienced ing” – and has no moving parts. frequently due to high chip levels. improvements in overall production,” about 295,000 t/a, coming from two problems with hammering in the high- Åkerdahl says. “Thanks to a well continuous cooking lines. The output pressure feeder due to disruptions in The result is a smooth flow of chips ”It became evident that we had to do thought-out concept presented by is delivered to three Stora Enso paper the chip flow from the chip bin. from the conveyor to the reduced something with the steaming vessel as Andritz, we would actually be able to

10 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 11 increase our capacity and reduce the in early October 2005 and took six days This model is normally used for smaller amount of process equipment. Andritz to complete. According to Lundström of chip feed rates and where the inlet noz- Stora Enso ensured us that we would have a more Andritz, chip metering screws are rou- zle is small. Norrsundet stable process without making any tinely utilized in new cooking systems, compromises in our quality targets.” but are also valuable retrofits if there is a large offset in the chip bin or if a new Now and in the future Stora Enso is an integrated paper, chip bin is built next to an existing one. packaging, and forest products com- Andritz chip metering screw The steaming vessel was also re- pany with sales in excess of The Andritz chip metering screw is a moved as part of the second stage of €13 billion and 46,000 employees The second Andritz upgrade of Cook- horizontal screw feeder that measures the upgrade project. In the future, the in 40 countries. It is a global market ing Line 4 consisted of replacing the old and controls the volume of chips enter- Andritz design allows the mill to easily leader in publication and fine papers, steaming vessel and chip meter with ing the cooking system. Each revolution incorporate the TurboFeed® chip pump- packaging board, and wood prod- an Andritz chip metering screw and of the conveyor feeds the same volume ing system (which eliminates the High ucts. extended chip chute. The work began of chips. There are two basic models – Pressure Feeder) into the cooking line. single-screw and double-screw. Stora Enso’s production facilities “Following the start-up on October 8, have a total production capacity of Norrsundet installed the single-screw we have not encountered any produc- 16.9 million t/a of paper and board, model, which uses a single conveyor tion bottlenecks and the quality is just and 7.7 million cubic meters of sawn screw to meter the chip flow. right,” Lundberg says. wood products. Customers include publishers, printing houses, and Bernt Åkerdahl, cooking process expert at Norrsundet, discusses the successful chip merchants, as well as the packaging, feeding project. “We process more chips and maintain the same good quality.” joinery, and construction industries The chip metering screw precisely measures and controls the amount of chips – and are mainly concentrated in entering the continuous cooking system. Norrsundet installed the single-screw model Europe, North America, and Asia. on Cooking Line 4.

“The project went perfectly in every Andritz to process more chips in this As Stora Enso moves into the future, way. It was carried out with a spirit of relatively narrow screw than we could the Group is focusing on expanding great cooperation. I think the biggest before with a steaming vessel that was its operations in growing markets challenge for us was dismantling the three times bigger – while maintaining such as China, South America, and old equipment to make way for the new the same good quality. I am very happy Russia. Andritz technology within the planned to say that my initial skepticism about shutdown time.” achieving production over 500 tonnes a The Norrsundet pulp mill in Swe- day has completely disappeared.” den was founded in 1923. During Any plans for an upgrade to the its early years, the annual capacity second cooking line – or installing the of 15,000 tonnes made it one of TurboFeed® system? Find out more at www.fiberspectrum.andritz.com the largest and most modern pulp mills in Sweden. Today, Norrsundet ”It is always a matter of priorities,” is a well-known producer of long Åkerdahl says. “The same type upgrade fiber (reinforcement) pulp – adding that we did to Line 4 can, in principle, strength to various kinds of paper be done for our second cooking line. products. Today, the mill has an an- It certainly has potential. I feel that we nual production capacity of approxi- will do the upgrade; it’s just a matter of mately 295,000 tonnes. when.”

“The cost savings we have achieved and the more stable process are very important to us,” Lundberg says. “The technical accomplishment here is the ability of the upgraded technology from

12 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 13 Mondi Business Paper

Investing for the future

Ružomberok (known also as Rosenberg) is a town with approx. 35,000 inhabitants nestled in the mountainous Žilina Region along the Váh MBP River. With a history of dating back to the mid-17th century, Bratislava today MONDI BUSINESS PAPER (MBP) SCP is the largest fully integrated pulp and paper mill in Slovakia. The mill is also the principle employer in Ružomberok, thus MBP SCP is totally committed to corporate citizenship and the welfare of internal and external stakeholders.

“Ružomberok mill has been an inte- “In Ružomberok, the local management the cornerstones of this program. gral part of my life and I am proud to be team did an excellent job to develop “Sustainable management means Slovakia has mastered a part of the investment and moderni- the site to a first class central European investing in the future. This not only much of the difficult transition from zation programs for this world-class integrated mill. In many operational involves well managed forests and a centralized planning economy mill. We have competent and dedicated respects Ružomberok leads the MBP minimized emissions, but also social and has become a modern market employees and state-of-the-art equip- internal benchmark, which is the result responsibility. In addition, a unique MBP’s Ruzomberok mill, nestled in a mountainous region of northern Slovakia, economy. The government has priva- ment; that said, I firmly believe there is of highly motivated and skilled people Group-wide idea management system produces about 480,000 t/a of woodfree paper products. tized most businesses. The banking always room for improvement no matter and meaningful investment programs.” reinforces our commitment to innova- sector is mostly owned by banks of what we do,” says Vladimir Krajči, MBP is striving to become the bench- tion and better market knowledge. EU member countries. Furthermore, MBP SCP’s Head of Recovery Line and mark leader in business papers by the These, along with close customer A pressurized liquor handling system, after the rebuilt 470 t/h evaporation plant, the government has helped facili- delivers 76% dry solids black liquor to the Andritz . The higher dry third generation employee at the mill. end of 2006, with Operational Excel- relations, are the basis for supply chain tate a foreign investment boom with solids content of the black liquor helps lower the mill’s SO2 emissions. MBP’s CEO Günther Hassler explains: lence and Sustainable Development as leadership,” says Hassler. business-friendly policies. Economic growth continues to prosper, espe- cially in the automotive industry. Slo- Vladimir Krajči, Head of Recovery, with Ruzomberok’s new Andritz recovery boiler in Increasing capacity, vakia’s economic growth exceeded the background. decreasing environmental expectations in 2001-2005, despite impacts the general European slowdown.

In 2005, the mill produced more than Today Slovakia is a young, vibrant 400,000 tons of pulp and over 480,000 and independent nation, albeit, the tons of uncoated wood-free office Slovaks have existed as a unique papers. Most of the paper produced at entity for over 1500 years. Slovakia Ružomberok comes from hardwood joined both NATO and the EU in the and softwood pulp manufactured at the spring of 2004. pulp mill on the premises. Slovakia is landlocked and its terrain “A significant landmark occurred in is mountainous and rugged which 2002 with the implementation of a encompasses the Tatra Mountains € 240 million modernization program in the north. Austria, the Czech called the IMPULS project. Our PM18 Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the was rebuilt and the pulp plant was Ukraine surround Slovakia, which completely renovated. This increased is geographically considered to be mill capacity considerably and, more central Europe. importantly, dramatically improved our environmental performance,” says Krajči.

14 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 15 Air and water emissions - IMPULS Project Emissions Before After BAT (kg/ton pulp) IMPULS IMPULS TRS 0.66 0.04 0.2

SO2 3.8 0.8 0.8 COD 13.7 5.3 8-23

IMPULS = € 240 million investment program at Ruzomberok “I have heard no complaints from BAT = Best Available Technology my staff which means operations are running smoothly.” (Krajči)

An operator cleans a liquor gun port on the firing floor of the recovery boiler.

The IMPULS project yielded signifi- lations completed during the IMPULS cant improvements for the environment. project. “We researched several options High-efficiency electrostatic precipitators contribute to the low emissions of the Data shows that the modernization of for modernizing and making the mill A decade of partnership - 900 tds/d Andritz recovery boiler. the pulp mill has reduced emissions more efficient. Andritz was the most Andritz and Ružomberok mill significantly and the environmental per- suitable partner regarding equipment, formance of the mill has improved. cooperation, installation, price, and “I would like to highlight that emis- delivery. That said, we did put very 1994/95 Rebuild and extension of the recausticizing plant: sions have been significantly reduced high requirements on Andritz regard- new slaker, causticizer, Ecofilter, and CPR lime mud filter. through the use of the latest technology. ing guarantees, but they were, and still The complete elimination of sulfur has are, able to pull it off starting with, for 1998 Evaporator plant audit. Installation of smelt dissolving tank Modern natural gas load burner at the front wall of the recovery boiler. resulted in a reduction of more than example, the evaporator retrofit project. and scrubber.

90% in odors. And, SO2 emissions Over the years, Andritz has proven to Retrofit of recovery boiler, including air system modification. have been cut by around 64% and, be an excellent choice and partner,” therefore, meet all BAT – Best Available says Krajči. 2001 Installation of vacuum system for evaporation plant, Technology – standards. Furthermore, including control and manual valves. particulate emissions from the lime kiln The evaporator project was split into have fallen by more than 95%. These two phases, explains Andritz’s Henrik 2002 New recovery boiler. are significant changes which have a Eneberg, Sales Director, Recovery positive outcome for the local commu- Division. The first phase was the rebuild 2003 Installation of NCG SOG system and main components for nity,” notes Krajči. of the multi-effect evaporator and the Phase 1 evaporation plant extension. second phase was to install a new Installation of Phase 2 MVR pre-evaporation. Mechanical Vapor Recompression Installation of chip screen for woodyard. Ensuring long-term (MVR) pre-evaporator. “Evapora- competitiveness tion is done with electrical energy by 2005 Consignment inventory for refiner plates. compressing the vapor with a fan. We Headbox screening system for PM 16 and new cleaner plant. For a mill like MBP SPC to succeed closed the first phase in summer 2003 on all levels it is crucial that its sup- and the second phase was left as an pliers deliver superior and innovative option, and consequently ordered equipment. A profound understanding shortly thereafter in November 2003.” of operations is fundamental, coupled with undivided attention to detail, which Head of Andritz’s US sales team, is essential. Andritz has been a partner Liisa Simonen sold the recovery boiler with MBP SPC since 1995 with the which was delivered and installed at most significant deliveries and instal- Ružomberok mill in record time.

16 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 17 Mondi Business Paper

Pushing the limits

The globally active MBP is one of the market leaders in business paper. In addition to its pulp and paper production facilities in several countries, the Group also has for- estry operations in Hungary, Israel, Russia, and South Africa.

MBP is a 100% subsidiary of the MONDI Group, which encompasses The “penthouse” of the MBP SCP’s new boiler, which was delivered in only 18 months more than 130 subsidiary companies from contract signing to start-up. Shown are the main steam pipe and superheater in 46 countries and over 50,000 em- connection pipes. ployees. In 2005, MBP’s 15,000 em- ployees produced around 2.1 million tons of paper and 1.6 million tons of The operation was on a global scale “At the mill, we continuously seek ways The bottom line pulp, generating a total turnover of with a team working from Andritz’s to improve capacity and so there are € 1.8 billion. MBP serves its clients Atlanta office under the supervision of always several smaller jobs which we Competitors in this industry are al- on all five continents. Jarmo Orantie, Project Manger. have in the pipeline. We are fully aware ways watching and learning from each of what the various competitors have to other. This involves continuous com- MBP SCP is proactively involved “The project was superbly executed offer in terms of products and services. mitment in R&D, and, naturally, when with the local community. In 2002, from the signing of the contract to start- However, the synergy with Andritz has new and more efficient or innovative a four year general agreement was up in only 18 months. Albeit, we were always been very good and the technol- products become available, competitors signed with the city of Ružomberok somewhat concerned since it involved ogy offered is superior. Prior to making always try to improve upon the exist- obliging the company to invest ap- a team based in the US, production any type of investment, we assert a ing product. “What is fundamentally prox. € 1 million each year in the ar- in Finland, and several suppliers from pragmatic and realistic approach for important is that equipment ordered eas of sports, education, and health. various countries. This type of operation new equipment or upgrades. We seek exceeds expectations and, moreo- In addition to the funds donated naturally entails detailed coordination flexibility and solutions by listening to ver, there is continuous cooperation, within the framework of the general and communications. Again, we were our suppliers and in this regard Andritz dialog, and communications between agreement, MBP SCP supports extremely pleased with the end result. has done so in every phase of a project. all. Andritz has done well in this. Since charities, surrounding towns, NGO’s, The recovery boiler has exceeded our But note that the competitors also have the installation of Andritz’s equipment, I and cultural activities with more than expectations and emissions are at advanced technology, solutions, and have heard no complaints from my staff € 250,000 per year. almost zero level,” says Krajči. good prices and it is a very competitive which means operations are running Andritz also delivers after sales serv- market,” explains Krajči. smoothly,” says Krajči. ices and maintenance to Ružomberok.

Find out more at www.fiberspectrum.andritz.com

18 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 19 Hengan International Group

Top quality, top position in China

Active in 14 provinces, Hengan has risen to become the leading domestic corporation for family hygiene products in China. Building upon an eight-year relationship with Andritz, Hengan recently ordered another CrescentFormer tissue machine. In February 2006, a contract signing ceremony took place near the Weifang City mill in Shandong Province. Bernhard Rebernik, head of Paper Mill Technologies and a member of Andritz’s Executive Board, attended the ceremony.

“We are a young enterprise in the tis- “So, when we entered this market, we sue sector, and have not yet reached did not have experience in the produc- the status to be considered important.” tion of tissue. In 1996, Andritz held a seminar in China and those presenta- tions started our successful relationship Efficient sales network and close communication.” Following the Andritz seminar, Hui Lin Chit visited For Hui Lin Chit, Hengan’s main ad- a number of mills in Europe. vantage over its competitors is a highly effective sales and distribution network “That is where I saw finished prod- throughout China. “Before we focused ucts of extremely high quality,” he on expanding our production capacity, remembers. Before he traveled to we built up an extensive sales network,” Europe, he visited plants in Taiwan and The new PM5 at Weifang City will be a he says. A further decisive role in his other countries in Asia, but found that duplicate of the PM3 machine shown here. It will have the capacity to produce company’s success is played by And- the quality was not comparable. “I had Soon the skeptics would have to eat “In 2003, we decided to build two 60,000 t/a of high quality tissue, increas- ritz. “Ten years ago, high-quality tissue full confidence that we would soon lead ing Hengan’s overall capacity to over their words when the cooperation be- plants, each producing 120,000 tonnes was not readily available in China,” Hui the Chinese market, but no one else 240,000 t/a of tissue products. tween Hengan and Andritz turned out per year,” Hui Lin Chit says. Lin Chit says. seemed to believe that Hengan could to be extremely successful. be a serious competitor in the tissue “In China, almost 1000 companies Hui Lin Chit, Deputy Chairman and industry.” The first machine (PM1) was deliv- produce tissue,” explains Cao Zhen CEO of Hengan Cao Zhen Lei, President of the China ered to Hengan’s mill in Changde City Lei, President of the China National Bernhard Rebernik of Andritz (left) and Xu Wenmo, General Sales Manager for Hengan, National Household Paper Industry (Hunan Province) in 1998, followed Household Paper Industry Association at the signing ceremony for Hengan’s purchase of the latest Andritz tissue machine. Association. by PM2 in 2002. Each machine has a (CNHPIA). “Only about 30 of these Hengan’s decision to purchase working width of 3.65 m and produces companies produce more than 10,000 another new Andritz tissue machine re- 34,000 t/a. For Hui Lin Chit, these two tonnes per year, and only four produce flects a relationship that has prospered machines formed the first stage of over 100,000 tonnes.” over the past eight years. Hengan’s development in the tissue business. “During this period, we On the last day of August in 2005, the The contract ceremony, followed by focused on learning how to handle new PM3 from Andritz started produc- a banquet, was attended by about 100 the technology, training workers, and tion at Hengan’s new mill in Weifang important figures in the Chinese paper exploring the market,” he explains. City. The machine has a working width industry, as well as print and television By 2000, the tissue sector had become of 5.55 m at the reel and a design journalists. This underlines Hengan’s the major profit producer for the speed of 2000 m/min. standing among Chinese tissue produc- Hengan Group. The next stage began ers. Yet, Hui Lin Chit, Deputy Chairman when the company chose to buy a large The mill, 150 km from Qingdao, the and CEO of Hengan, is modest about machine instead of several smaller port for the 2008 Olympic water sports his company’s position − machines. events, employs 450 people.

20 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 21 The Hengan Group

Established in 1985, Hengan Group Hengan is China’s leading producer of sanitary napkins, and second in the production Company Ltd. was one of earliest of disposable baby diapers. Last year, China consumed 2.9 billion disposable diapers and the market is growing 8-10% per year. foreign investment enterprises enter- ing the sanitary napkins market in PM5, the newest Andritz machine, Many more opportunities the People’s Republic of China. will be identical to PM3 and is sched- uled to be completed by July 2007 at “We entered this industry in order to The Hengan Group has grown Weifang City. meet the demand for domestic prod- steadily to become the largest ucts,” Hui Lin Chit says. “We started by sanitary napkins manufacturer, the producing baby diapers, which was a second largest disposable baby dia- Each start-up is faster brand new product in China.” pers manufacturer, and a major sup- plier of personal hygiene products. Rongwang Ren, Deputy Chief The concept paid off. Baby diapers Hengan now employs 10,000 people Engineer in Weifang, can trace the turned out to be a very successful and has a nationwide distribution company’s experience in tissue produc- production. From 2003 to 2004, diaper network. tion to the time it takes to reach the consumption reached 2.9 billion units guaranteed production speed level for sold. CNHPIA estimates that the vol- In December 1998, Hengan stock each machine. “It took 36 months to ume increased 30% in 2005. was listed on the Union Stock Ex- reach maximum capacity with PM1, 24 change of Hong Kong, which was a months with the second machine, and Hengan is making every effort to Above and below: Operators of the great milestone in its short history. six months for the third,” Rongwang Andritz PM3 machine at Weifang City achieve design capacity of 180,000 Ren says. “I think the learning curve tonnes in 2006. “We will also conclude The latest for PM5 will be even shorter.” With the contracts with suppliers for an increase Andritz machine: PM5 tissue business currently growing from to 300,000 tonnes by 2010, and we 8-10% per year, Hengan can certainly want to increase annual production to Location: Weifang City benefit from a fast start-up. At the mo- 500,000 tonnes,” says Hui Lin Chit. (Shandong Province) ment, the company’s supplier of parent rolls for converting cannot keep up The Hengan Board of Directors Capacity: 60,000 t/a with the demand. The sooner Hengan chose two locations for further invest- Design speed: 2000 m/min achieves its goal of producing 120,000 ments, Zhejing and Guangxi. When Working width: 5550 mm t/a from PM3 and PM5, the better it will asked about the nature of these new be for the company. projects, Hui Lin Chit reveals, “We Headbox: Two-layer with want to improve our grades.” Hengan dilution control “Once PM5 is running, Weifang will is planning a pilot project to import Former: CrescentFormer be the biggest for us in terms of pro- TAD tissue from the United States to Yankee: 4572 mm diameter duction and sales,” says Hui Lin Chit. produce handkerchiefs for the Chinese Hood: EquiDryF hood and “We are benefiting from the long-stand- market. Would the next logical move circulation air system ing and good cooperation with Andritz. be to start production with TAD technol- Other: Felt run with We are very satisfied with the technical ogy? PrimePickup™ support and the service we get. We and suction press roll are pleased that Andritz is continu- “At the moment, it is difficult to envis- Advanced reel ously enhancing its technology. Each age when that will be,” Hui Lin Chit Dust removal system new machine has improved and offers says, “but I have confidence that the Mist extraction advanced features.” market will respond favorably to TAD paper.” Start-up: July 2007 Find out more at www.fiberspectrum.andritz.com

22 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 23 Norske Skog Industrier

Clash-proof refining

The gap between rapidly spinning plates in a refiner is very small (1 mm or less). Disruption to the chip feed, or a foreign object in the chips, can cause the refiner plates to clash against each other. Some- times clashes are quite violent – destroying the plates and bearings. A new digital Refiner Protection System (RPS) decreases clashes and increases production stability for ’s TMP mill in , .

A Refiner Protection System is noth- A plate clash can be a very disruptive ing new. Analog versions, designed to and violent event. Imagine the effect protect refiners from plate “clashes” and of two large masses of engineered other serious disturbances, have been metal, one stands still, the other one around for years. is spinning at 1500 rpm, being pushed together head-on inside the refiner. What is new, however, is the digital This can occur when there is a disrup- RPS developed by Andritz. The digital tion in the chip feeding system (causing system responds quicker, is more ac- the refiner to be fed with air instead of curate, and delivers diagnostic informa- chips) or when a foreign object (usu- tion to help determine the cause of the ally metal) enters the plate gap with the New refiner disc plate (above) clash. chips. and heavily damaged refiner disc (below) after a plate clash.

Karl Mosbye, Senior Research Engineer (left) and Kjell Ove Vegstein, Control Engineer (center) of Norske Skog, with Göran Sundkvist of Andritz AB. Norske Skog installed Refiner Protection Systems for their T-60 and S3000 refiners at the Saugbrugs mill. At best, the clash simply causes a and most modern production facilities First test at Follum When testing the digital RPS, Mos- production stop. At worst, the plates, for SC (550,000 t/a) in bye and Zeilinger analyzed the Fournier bearings, or casing are destroyed. the world. A prototype version of Andritz’s RPS diagrams on the system’s control panel When this happens, a mill is likely to was first tested at Norske Skog’s Follum while the refiner was online. lose at least a full shift of production as The old system “shut down the mill in 2003. NSI’s Senior Research the plates and bearings are replaced. refiner without any reason,” saysKjell Engineer, Karl Mosbye, followed the “From the diagrams, we could In the event of casing damage, down- Ove Vegstein, Control Engineer at project from Norske Skog’s side and determine the vibrational frequencies time could last several weeks. While the Saugbrugs mill. The sensors were took part in the evaluation. which were most dominant just before even a small clash will cause damage, not reliable and the unfiltered signals a clash,” Mosbye says. “There was a near-clash will not. A responsive and from the sensors were often disturbed. Gerald Zeilinger, Automation Engi- no way to do this with the old analog accurate RPS ensures that near-clash- “Sometimes it seemed that if you neer for Andritz’s Mechanical Pulping system.” es do not become actual clashes. kicked the refiner, the protection system Systems Division in Vienna was the would shut it down,” Vegstein says. project leader. ”We started by run- “Running a TMP line is extremely “After each shutdown, we would need ning an Andritz SB170 refiner towards demanding,” Mosbye says. “It is difficult Clashes at Saugbrugs a minimum of 15 to 20 minutes to get a controlled clash,” Mosbye says, to get stable and relevant measure- running again.” To compensate for the “and studying what happens inside ment results. The software with the The old analog protection system at analog system’s unreliablity, operators the refiner. The digital RPS was used digital RPS gives us new possibilities to Norske Skog Saugbrugs mill in Halden, would lower the protection system’s in parallel with the old one. The new optimize the refiner operation. The old Norway was installed in 1992. Though it setpoints, which, in turn, increased the system was not in closed loop with the system was more of a ‘black box’ which was initially state-of-the-art, it had, over risk for serious plate clashes, according process and, therefore, could not stop was also difficult to calibrate. Plus, the the years, become very temperamental. to Vegstein. the refiner. The data were relevant for replacement parts for the old system The Saugbrugs mill is one of the largest the next step.” were quite expensive.”

24 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 25 Clash-proofing Saugbrugs there are others within Norske Skog for The Andritz digital RPS is now which we will consider the RPS,” says shipped as the standard for all new Norske Skog Based upon the successful prototyp- Mosbye. “The decision will be made refiners sold and is offered as an up- Saugbrugs ing at Follum, economic analysis for based upon the stability of the process grade for existing refiners. “The price installing the new Andritz RPS at Saug- that each refiner is involved in.” compared to performance is very good,” brugs was conducted in 2004. Kure says. With mills in 15 countries, Norske Skogindustrier ASA supplies about “We performed the ROI calcula- Automation knowledge and 13% of the newsprint and 8% of the tions to make sure the project could be pulping knowledge Very good cooperation magazine papers produced in the economically justified,” saysKjell-Arve world. The company’s operating rev- Kure, Production Manager for Pulp & There are several machine protection “The cooperation between Norske enue is approximately € 3.2 billion. Energy at Saugbrugs. systems available on the market, but Skog and Andritz is very good,” Kure none are backed by the process exper- says. “Together, we can continue to de- Norske Skog Saugbrugs in Halden, The project was approved and the or- tise of Andritz. “There was never any velop the refining process at Saugbrugs Norway, was founded in 1859 by der placed with Andritz in March 2005. discussion about who would supply our and also the refiner protection system.” local owners. The first pro- The first RPS was installed during a system,” Kure says. “Andritz RPS is tai- duction of paper at the mill started in three-day period in autumn 2005 on an lor-made for Andritz refiners.” In reality, “We have carried out several differ- 1915. In 1937, the first SC maga- Andritz Twin 60 refiner line producing the Andritz RPS is easily installed on ent activities and changes to improve zine paper machine was started. 450 t/d. By November 2005, another any brand of refiner – not just Andritz. performance at the same time,” Kure The next two machines, PM4 (start- new digital RPS was installed on the In fact, since the system monitors sig- continues, “so it is difficult to isolate ed up in 1963) and PM5 (started up second refiner line during a two-day nals based upon frequency accelera- the effect of just the RPS. But we can in 1968) are operating today after shutdown. tion, it can be installed to monitor other trace improved refiner operations to several rebuilds. rotating equipment such as gearboxes. the installation of the Andritz RPS. The In total, Norske Skog Saugbrugs One RPS can monitor up to four number of refiner stoppages, for exam- In 1989, Saugbrugs became part of equipped six refiners – four T-60’s units – four refiners, four gearboxes, or ple, has decreased dramatically.” the Norske Skog group. and two S3000’s – with the new RPS. a combination of the two. An Andritz automation engineer was The newest paper machine, PM6 on-site for the start-up and tuning of with a trim of 8.6 m, started up in the system. Working together, Andritz 1993. Investments in the 1990’s, and mill personnel established the limit totaling over € 500 million, included values. When the refiner approaches a the new machine, a new boiler, and Kjell Ove Vegstein (left) and Kjell Arve Kure. critical limit, the RPS safely shuts down a major rebuild of PM5. There is no need anymore for operators to lower the protection setpoints with the new the refiner and broadcasts the alarm to digital RPS. the DCS in a time interval less than 30 Today the mill is one of the world’s milliseconds. leading and most modern produc- ers of SC magazine paper. Annual To enhance the basic operation, production capacity of the mill is Andritz personnel will add some fea- 550,000 tonnes. Saugbrugs has tures to the RPS at Saugbrugs. New adopted advanced production and condition monitoring software, including environmental technology in order diagnostics and graphic displays (RPS to effectively meet the challenges of Condition Monitoring Software) will be the future. added. The software works with operat- ing data stored in the RPS computer to help the mill get information about plate conditions and refiner performance for preventive maintenance planning.

”All refiners at Saugbrugs are now Roy Woldheim, Operator and Kjell Arve Kure, Production Manager running with the new digital system, but for Pulp & Energy at Saugbrugs.

26 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 27 New Orders

Wood Processing Guangxi Laibin Dongtang Group Key Equipment Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades & Modernizations SCA Hygiene Products Laibin, Guangxi Province, China Mannheim, Germany Complete Lines & Systems pulp screening system Leaf River PT. Indah Kiat Egger Holzwerkstoffe Papillon™ refiner for hygiene products New Augusta, Mississippi, USA Perawang, Indonesia Brilon, Germany Labe Papir Mitsubishi Paper Mills Methanol liquefaction plant Pulp machine rebuild Plug screw feeder, ribbon feeder and refiner for Lee & Man Paper Opatovice, Czech Republic Hachinohe, Japan MDF pressurized refining system (840 t/d) Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China Grinder charging and log sorting system Brownstock washing system with DD washer Cenibra ModuScreen™ HB headbox screens Upgrades & Modernizations Minas Gerais, Brazil Grupo Empresarial Ence Fläkt dryer coil replacement for DMs 1, 2 & 3 Fiber Preparation Jilin Chenming Paper Ortigueira, Spain Upgrades & Modernizations International Paper Jilin City, Jilin Province, China Woodyard Mogi-Guaçu, Brazil Zellstoff Celgar Complete Lines & Systems Virgin pulp pulper and TwinFlo™ refiner for RotaBarker™ barking line for eucalyptus Metsä-Botnia Recovery boiler upgrade Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada graphic paper Rauma, Finland Fläkt sheet dryer capacity increase Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Grupo Empresarial Ence Washing and bleaching modification Georgia-Pacific Ma’anshan, Anhui Province, China Smurfit Fracture Huelva, Spain Palatka, Florida, USA Complete deinking line, deinking components Fracture, France Barking line with RotaBarker™ and Nanning Phoenix Pulp & Paper Recovery boiler upgrade Mechanical Pulping and sludge dewatering system for standard TwinFlo™ refiner HHQ-Chipper™ Nanning, Guangxi Province, China newsprint Increased cooking and fiberline capacity Nanning Pulp Mill Complete Lines & Systems Iwaki Daio Paper Natron-Hayat Nanning, Guangxi Province, China Metso Paper for Labe Papir Iwaki, Japan Maglaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina CMPC Celulosa Evaporator upgrade TRACODI Opatovice, Stŕedočeský Kraj, Czech Republic ModuScreen™ HB headbox screen for Barking line with HHQ-Chipper™ Nacimiento, Chile Phuong Nam, Long An Province, Vietnam Deculator® and cleaner system newsprint Cooking plant modifications APM P-RC™ APMP market pulp system Second Andritz headbox screen in Japan Weyerhaeuser Maryvale, Australia Kenaf market pulp with capacity of 100,000 t/a Malu Paper Mills Columbus, Mississippi, USA International Paper Recovery boiler upgrade Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Daio Paper 3-length debarking/chipping line Courtland, Alabama, USA Petrozavodskmash Complete deinking line for newsprint, printing, Mishima, Japan 4th line in Weyerhaeuser organization Knotting system Votorantim Celulose e Papel Shklov, Belarus and writing paper FibreFlow® drum pulper, ModuScreen™ A, First Andritz knotting system sold to IP Jacareí, Brazil RTS™-TMP First FibreFlow® drum in India AhlCleaner™ TC and conveyors for Weyerhaeuser rejects are returned to the digester Evaporator upgrade LWC grades Port Wentworth, Georgia, USA feed system SOLIKAMSKBUMPROM Yanzhou Zhong Tian Paper (Sun Paper) 3-length debarking/chipping line, Smurfit-Stone Container Solikamsk, Russia Yanzhou City, Shandong Province, China Oji Paper incl. HQ Plus knife system Simpson Tacoma Kraft Stevenson, Alabama, USA TMP1 upgrade with S2070 reject refining Complete stock preparation system for graphic Matsumoto, Japan 5th line in Weyerhaeuser organization Tacoma, Washington, USA Upgrade of the Andritz NSSC chemical system paper UTM (under machine) pulper for linerboard Lo-Solids® cooking upgrade conversion system Repeat order First Andritz broke pulper in Japan SOLIKAMSKBUMPROM Key Equipment Georgia-Pacific Solikamsk, Russia Shandong Hengan Paper Abitibi Consolidated New Augusta, Mississippi, USA Chemical Systems S2070 GWD rejects refining system Weifang City, Shandong Province, China Snowflake, Arizona, USA Tolko Industries Cooking system flash tank upgrade Stock preparation system for PM5 (tissue) Paper machine approach and deinking line Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada Complete Lines & Systems Repeat order components for graphic paper 2 RotaBarker™ lines Mufindi Paper Mills Key Equipment Mufindi, Tanzania Bahia Pulp Thai Union Paper Georgia-Pacific Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper Screening room modification Camaçari, Brazil Norske Skog Bangkok, Thailand Rincon, Georgia, USA Kerinci, Buatan, Indonesia Complete plant Boyer, Australia Complete recycled fiber system for packaging 4 ModuScreen™ A screens and HD-cleaners Chipper feeding for acacia Chuetsu Paper & Paper Industries (recausticizing and lime kiln) Bleaching equipment grades and paper machine approach for tissue Nomachi, Japan Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Oxygen delignification system and ECF Confidential customer Daio Paper Kruger Wayagamack Perawang, Indonesia bleaching conversion Indonesia Mishima, Japan Key Equipment Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada Horizontal fed HHQ-Chipper™ 3rd Ahlstage™ acid treatment process in Japan Lime kiln TwinFlo™ 42/48, ModuScreen™ F50 TwinFlo™ refiner for graphic paper 4 chip thickness screens The world’s largest lime kiln Labe Papir Mitsubishi Paper Mills Opatovice, Stŕedočeský Kraj, Czech Republic Procter & Gamble Paper Products IP Svetogorsk Hachinohe, Japan Georgia-Pacific Upgrades & Modernizations 3 disc filters for thickening and fiber recovery, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Svetogorsk, Russia Digester capacity increase with TurboFeed™ Cedar Springs, Georgia, USA HydroDrain™, 3 MicraScreens™ (triple unit) ModuScreen™ HB headbox screens and fan Chipping equipment for TMP plant stystem and DFLS Lo-Solids® cooking Lime mud filter Papierfabrik Albbruck pumps for tissue 1st retrofit of digester with TurboFeed™ system Albbruck, Germany Norske Skog Bruck Bleach plant components Bruck/Mur, Austria Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades & Modernizations Papillon™ refiner for LWC grades Upgrades & Modernizations Recovery Australian Paper Metsä-Botnia Panelboard Kartonsan Karton Natron-Hayat Maglaj Maryvale, Australia Kemi, Finland Complete Lines & Systems Izmit-Kocaeli, Turkey Maglaj, Bosnia and Herzegowina White liquor plant upgrade Horizontal fed HHQ-Chipper™ and Complete Lines & Systems Low-consistency pulper for Rebuild of approach flow system for PM4 First LMD-Filter in Australia chipper infeed Smurfit-Stone Container (packaging paper) Florence, South Carolina, USA Yuncheng Xinyuan Junda Wood Industry Nordland Papier Evaporation plant Georgia-Pacific Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China (Member of the UPM-Kymmene Group) Nordland Papier Fiberline 7-effect with integrated stripper Cedar Springs, Georgia, USA Pressurized refining system for MDF with a Dörpen, Germany (Member of the UPM-Kymmene Group) Upgrade of the lime kiln feed end capacity of 312 t/d 2 ModuScreen™ protection screens for printing Dörpen, Germany Complete Lines & Systems SCA Packaging Obbola and copy paper Rebuild of Deculator® system Obbola, Sweden Neopan Bartar Bahia Sul Celulose Recovery boiler Pulp Drying & Finishing Mashad, Iran TRACODI Mucuri, Brazil High energy recovery boiler Pressurized refining system for MDF with a Phuong Nam, Long An Province, Vietnam Tissue Machines Complete Lines & Systems Washing, screening, oxygen delignification capacity of 336 t/d TwinFlo™ refiner, disc filter, virgin pulp pulper and bleaching Confidential customer for market pulp grades Complete Lines & Systems TRACODI Largest DD washers built by Andritz to date Indonesia Sita Rohstoffwirtschaft Greenfield kenaf market pulp mill Evaporation plant Phuong Nam, Long An Province, Vietnam Hochheim/Main, Germany Shandong Hengan Paper Flash drying system, slab press, and baling line Australian Paper CVP pilot plant with a capacity of 90 t/d Moritz J. Weig Weifang City, Shandong Province, China Maryvale, Australia Abitibi Consolidated New process for special raw material treatment Mayen, Germany Tissue machine, 5.55 m working width Marusumi Paper Cooking, brownstock screening and washing, Kenogami, Québec, Canada Sludge handling equipment 4th consecutive tissue machine delivery Kawanoe-Shi, Ehime-Ken, Japan oxygen delignification and bleaching TMP heat recovery system Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group Baling line Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China SOLIKAMSKBUMPROM Confidential Customer Pressurized refining system for MDF with a Solikamsk, Russia North America capacity of 288 t/d Disc filters for dewatering of softwood pulp Tissue machine Second order from customer

28 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 29 New Orders

Key Equipment Ventilation and Drying Procter & Gamble Paper Products Jiangxi Chenming Paper Key Equipment For Tissue and Paper/Board Machines Jackson, Missouri, USA Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China ICT Iberica Prime foil RT-RTS™ TMP system Pfleiderer Teisnach El Burgo de Ebro, Spain Key Equipment The first and largest RT-RTS™ TMP system Teisnach, Germany Tissue machine, 5.55 m working width at reel Scott Paper in China Low-consistency pulper for short fiber Repeat order Crescent Former Mayr-Melnhof Eerbeek Crabtree, Quebec, Canada (décor paper) First commercial installation of Papillon™ Eerbeek, Netherlands Scrubber for winder #24 converting Papierfabrik Albbruck refiners in a tissue plant MG-hood for board machine Albbruck, Germany M-real Stockstadt Confidential Customer Bleach plant rebuild Stockstadt am Main, Germany Upgrades & Modernizations USA Low-consistency pulper for eucalyptus Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades of Yankee hood and air system and Estonian Cell (magazine paper) and Papillon™ refiner for Shandong Hengan Paper TAD hood and air system; dust removal system Kunda, Estonia coated and copy paper Kimberly Clark Weifang City, Shandong Province, China P-RC™ APMP market pulp line Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom Hood, air system and dust removal system for Market pulp line based on aspen as raw mate- Papierfabrik Wattens Upgrade pope reel tissue machine rial with a capacity of 140,000 t/a Wattens, Austria Papillon™ refiner for cigarette paper Cartones y Papeles del Risaralda Paper & Board Machines Risaralda, Columbia Upgrades & Modernizations Stora Enso Kabel Heat recovery unit and humidity sensor Upgrades & Modernizations Hagen, Germany Norske Skog Golbey 2 Papillon™ refiners for SC grades and Procter & Gamble Paper Products Mayr-Melnhof Eerbeek Golbey, France magazine papers Oxnard, California, USA Extension of the TMP system Eerbeek, Netherlands Turbine exhaust Highest throughput of 450 t/d S3000 high- Papierfabrik Lenk Rebuild of section Prime foil speed refiner Kappelrodeck, Germany 3 Papillon™ refiners for primary and post- refining of sulphate and sulphite pulps Panelboard (bleached and unbleached) Recent Start-ups Complete Lines & Systems Nordland Papier (Member of the UPM-Kymmene Group) Hubei Baoyuan Group Dörpen, Germany Jinmen, Hubei Province, China 2 ModuScreen™ CR coarse screens for Pressurized refining system for MDF with a virgin fiber (PM4) Wood Processing Confidential Customer Chemical Systems capacity of 456 t/d Florida, USA Norske Skog Paper Mills Complete Lines & Systems Modernization of an existing fiberline with new Key Equipment Kronospan Lavington (Albury), Australia washing Egorievsk, Russia Main equipment for paper machine approach Estonian Cell First installation of a new VMax vacuum filter Sappi Fine Paper North America Pressurized refining system for MDF with a system Kunda, Estonia followed by a DD washer. Skowhegan, Maine, USA capacity of 576 t/d, Woodyard LMD-Filter™ incl. plug screw squeeze water handling First RotaBarker™ barking line in Europe Tissue Machines Recovery Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades & Modernizations Key Equipment Complete Lines & Systems UPM, Tervasaari paper mill Tervasaari, Finland Egger Holzwerkstoffe Wismar Kimberly-Clark Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills (APPM) Yingkou Paper Mill Lime kiln upgrade Wismar, Germany Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom Rajahmundry Mill, India Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China Plug screw feeder, ribbon feeder and refiner for Sheet transfer system and center wind reel Chip screen and rechipper 5-effect evaporation plant Stora Billerud MDF pressurized refining system (864 t/d) Skärblacka, Sweden Portucel Soporcel Group Lime kiln modernization Paper & Board Machines Fiberline Cacia, Portugal Fiber Preparation Recovery boiler Upgrades & Modernizations Upgrades & Modernizations Pulp Drying & Finishing Complete Lines & Systems UMKA Umka-Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro Ilim Pulp Enterprise Upgrades & Modernizations Complete Lines & Systems Shandong Huatai Paper Rebuild of folding boxboard machine Ust-Ilimsk, Russia Dongying City, Shandong Province, China Cooking plant modernization Weyerhaeuser Estonian Cell Pulping system incl. HD-cleaner and sludge Second Andritz digester rebuild in Russia Springfield, Oregon, USA Kunda, Estonia dewatering system for PM11, paper machine Recovery boiler upgrade Flash drying system, slab press, and baling approach system, thick stock screening, and Ventilation and Drying For Tissue and Paper/Board Machines VCP line disc filter Luiz Antonio, Brazil Weyerhaeuser Largest Andritz thick stock screening delivery Key Equipment Modernization of an existing cooking system: Flint River, Georgia, USA Increase of digester capacity and upgrade to Recovery boiler upgrade Mechanical Pulping Guangzhou Paper Holmen Paper Madrid Lo-Solids® Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China Fuenlabrada (Madrid), Spain ACE III Advanced Control Mondi Business Paper Complete Lines & Systems Pulping and sludge dewatering system for a Syktyvkar, Russia new newsprint PM PM hood and air system CMPC Celulosa Recovery boiler upgrade Jiaozuo Ruifeng, Forest & Paper Laja, Chile Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, China Holmen Paper Madrid Modernization of an existing fiberline with new Mondi Packaging Paper P-RC™ APMP system with Andritz S2070 Fuenlabrada (Madrid), Spain screening, washing, and oxygen delignification Swiecie, Poland refiner Paper machine approach system, FibreFlow® Evaporator upgrade Largest P-RC™ APMP system in China with a drum pulper, 4 pulp screw presses, 2 gravity Georgia-Pacific 80% dry solids capacity of 450 t/d tables, 2 sludge screw presses Palatka, Florida, USA Modernization of an existing fiberline with new Henan Puyang Longfeng Paper screening, washing, and oxygen delignification. Puyang, Henan Province, China Multiple lines of batch cooked pulp handled by P-RC™ APMP with Andritz S2070 refiner a flexible screening system.

30 FiberSpectrum Issue 1 — 2006 Issue 1 — 2006 FiberSpectrum 31 A ndrit z P ulp & P aper

Australia Finland Russia Tel: +61 38 795 9800 Tel: +358 20 450 5555 Tel: +7 812 332 5703 Fax: +61 39 799 4899 Fax: +358 20 450 5150 Fax: +7 812 332 5707 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Austria France South Africa Tel: +43 316 6902 0 Tel: +33 549 9393 81 Tel: +27 31 561 7271 Fax: +43 316 6902 415 Fax: +33 549 9393 80 Fax: +27 31 561 6265 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Brazil Germany Spain Tel: +55 41 2103 7611 Tel: +49 7021 50 74 0 Tel: +34 93 298 8598 Fax: +55 41 224 0014 Fax: +49 7021 50 7410 Fax: +34 93 432 5997 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Canada India Sweden Tel: +1 514 631 7700 Tel: +91 11 2905 2094/2883 Tel: +46 660 295 300 Fax: +1 514 631 3995 Fax: +91 11 2905 3227 Fax: +46 660 295 399 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Chile Indonesia Thailand Tel: +56 2 462 4600 Tel: +62 21 725 0137 Tel: +66 2264 0488 Fax: +56 2 462 4646 Fax: +62 21 571 0896 Fax: +66 2264 0499 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

China Japan USA Tel: +86 10 85 262720 Tel: +81 3 5634 3450 Tel: +1 770 640 2500 Fax: +86 10 6500 6415 Fax: +81 3 5634 3460 Fax: +1 770 640 9454 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Czech Republic Poland Tel: +420 495 518 220 Tel: +48 22 8739940 Fax: +420 495 272 423 Fax: +48 22 8739939 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Visit FiberSpectrum Online at: www.fiberspectrum.andritz.com or the main Andritz site at www.andritz.com

F.2.a.5.15000.e.06.06