SPECTRUMNO. 30 / 2-2014 MAGAZINE OF &

GREENFIELD PULP MILL IN URUGUAY (Page 16)

THE LEE-WAY Lee & Man in China (Page 4) WIN-WIN-WIN SCA in Sweden (Page 12) BCTMP CONVERSION Pan Pac in New Zealand (Page 20) ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY Graphic Packaging in USA (Page 32) 2 Contents 3

16 24 First impressions. Joachim Schönbeck has joined ANDRITZ as a Member of the Executive Board. Among other responsibilities, he will be responsible for ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER’s capital business. We asked Mr. Schönbeck to write the Management Message for 04 this issue to introduce himself to SPECTRUM readers. 08 12 32 Dear Readers:

It is a pleasure to be part of the ANDRITZ Group and I look forward to meeting many of you personally. By way of introduction, I am an engineer by training and have spent my entire business life in companies such as Mannesmann, Siemens, and the SMS Group supplying capital equipment to a lot of different industries and customers.

My fi rst weeks at ANDRITZ are exciting for me – all fi lled with fi rst impressions as I trav- CONTENTS el around. My fi rst impression of ANDRITZ people is very positive. These people are extremely competent, customer-oriented, 03 Management Message 16 Uruguayan greenfi eld 30 Innovative shaft upgrade and experts in their areas. The need to lower investment and op- These, and the “universal” challenges (en- LEIPA Georg Leinfelder inaugurated erating costs. This is an opportunity for ergy costs, water consumption, waste re- Montes del Plata 04 The Lee-way of My fi rst impression of customer mills is also us to develop new and innovative prod- duction, etc.) require us at ANDRITZ to con- making business 32 Energy self-suffi ciency Graphic Packaging very positive. A mill’s goal is to produce a ucts and processes, and become more tinue to innovate. It has been said that “the Lee & Man 20 BCTMP conversion down under promised amount of product (or more) at effi cient in manufacturing. enemy of a good idea is the better idea,” 08 COMPACT steps; Pan Pac Forest Products 36 News a promised cost (or less) – and to do this meaning that we can never rest on our lau- higher goals safely, with concern for employees and en- Attrition of experienced staff. rels. We can always do better – and we will. Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity Co. 24 Dissolving pulp 38 Orders & Start-ups vironment. In a 24/7 operation every tonne As older and more experienced workers in Japan of production lost is a tonne that cannot retire, this is an opportunity for us to re- I will be reaching out to as many customers 12 A win-win-win proposition Oji Paper be recovered or replaced. As a supplier, we fi ne our technologies so they can be easily as I can to learn more about your business SCA Graphic must keep this in mind at all times. mastered by less experienced people – and how we can support you. and by building intelligence and diagnos- There is a high level of professionalism and tics into the base products. Sincerely, organization in our industry. The focus is on

On the cover: Pulp drying plant at Montes del Plata (page 16). quality, effi ciency, safety, and protecting the Expanding role of IT technology. environment, always while keeping costs in There is an opportunity for us to create check. While there are specifi cs of the pulp new IT-based tools to help mill people SPECTRUM is published by: Editorial Director: General information and Copyright: and paper industry that I need to learn, and identify situations before they become ANDRITZ AG Robert Puhr You will see the use of both “tonnes” Joachim Schönbeck Stattegger Strasse 18 [email protected] and “tons” in this publication: tonnes for am eager to learn, there are also many simi- problems – and then provide guidance Member of the Executive Board 8045 Graz, Austria Editorial Board: metric units and tons for American units. larities to the industries I know well: and diagnostics on the spot. ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER – Capital Systems Phone: +43 (316) 6902 0 Bjørn Hansen, Minna Heinonen, Pirjo Nousjoki, Robert Puhr, Ursula Suppanen, Spectrum is published in four languages; [email protected] Manuela Wagner, Carina Weissensteiner, Elisabeth Wolfond English, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese. Editor-in-Chief: Contributing Writers: Copyright© ANDRITZ AG 2014. All rights Bjørn Hansen Martin Koepenick, Liz Light, Robert Puhr, Gary Thomson reserved. No part of this publication may [email protected] Contributing Photographers: be reproduced without permission of the Project Director: Riku Isohella, Martin Koepenick, Liz Light, Robert Puhr, publisher. Pirjo Nousjoki Christopher Rausch, Thomas Wedderville [email protected] Layout & Design: INTOUCH Werbeagentur & Internetagentur, Austria spectrum.andritz.com Address Changes: [email protected] SPECTRUM NO.30 / 2-2014 SPECTRUM NO.30 / 2-2014 4 Lee & Man 5

ritics of the paper industry some- and the price was high. So we decided to times refer to it as a slow-moving make paper. That is how we got into the Ccar driven by stodgy old men. paper industry.” These critics have obviously not seen the man behind the wheel of the sleek race car Baptism by fire that is Lee & Man. “In 1998, when I was 18 years old, my father convinced me that packaging grades had Edmond Lee is neither stodgy nor old. The tremendous potential. I wanted to get some 34-year-old CEO is spurred on by youthful technical background, so I attended the energy, tempered with the intellect and ma- University of British Columbia in Canada. I turity implanted by his father, Patrick Lee, graduated in 2003 with an Applied Science who founded the company. in Chemical Engineering degree. At school, I was taught the basic theory, but not how If and when Edmond Lee sleeps is not to operate the equipment. readily apparent. He comes from a family of achievers (his older brother Raymond is My first job coming back to China was the Chairman). We caught up with him at his start-up of PM4. This was our first machine office in Dongguan. Stepping from behind purchased from Europe, and it was very his desk, he shakes hands with a smile, sophisticated. Nobody in China was run- motions us to sit, and talks openly about ning a shoe press or automatic tail thread- his business. Without checking his watch ing at that time. We had daily shutdowns or appearing impatient, he is gracious and until we learned how to control the machine. engaging. Our discussion covers a wide That is what I call on-the-job training! Step- range of topics. by-step, we raised the efficiency of the ma- chine from a low start to 95%+.” A fashionable start “Our company began as a manufacturer of A shifting landscape ladies’ handbags in the 1980’s. We’re still “We are a young company, founded in 1994, The Lee-way in that business today. We could not find yet today we are one of the largest con- enough boxes to package our products in, tainerboard producers in the world. At first, so we decided to start our own box plant. our business was driven by China’s ability By the mid-1990’s it was very difficult to to export, with packaging growth tracking of making import paper – the quality was not stable a healthy GDP growth of 7-8% each year.

business Everything that we can make ourselves, we save leeway (noun): the freedom to do something 20-30%. So, our strategy is to the way you want to do it. make as much as we can inside the company.”

The Lee-way (adjective): the speed with which a company Edmond Lee Chief Executive Officer transforms itself from a manufacturer of ladies’ handbags into Lee & Man one of the world’s largest containerboard producers.

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Data from the Chinese paper association Vertical integration Thomas Ferk, ANDRITZ Product Engineer (left), with Zhu for last year tells a different story – only a “Everything that we can make ourselves, we Zhipeng, ANDRITZ China Site 2% rise in packaging consumption. With save 20-30%. So, our strategy is to make Supervisor, in the OCC plant. a slower domestic growth, and with light as much as we can inside the company. A industry shifting to neighboring Southeast good example is our chemical plants – we Asian countries, we are investing overseas are producing chemicals for dry strength, to grow. We have to adapt. sizing, calcium carbonate (through a joint the performance of this technology. It saves venture with Omya), , and us about 0.4 tonnes of steam per tonne of I don’t see any new machines on the hori- we are exploring the possibility to make cat- paper. The energy savings are huge. And, zon. We produce about 5 million tonnes of ionic starch.” it improves strength because there is lower product per year, and I think that is the way moisture going into the drying section. it is going to remain for a while. We added Working with ANDRITZ duplex board and white-top to our mix, and “My first experience with ANDRITZ was in Upgrades and energy will probably look to tissue for some growth. 2003 with the PM4 project. We purchased “A lot of suppliers inside China are learning But packaging remains our main focus.” an Ahlstrom (now ANDRITZ) (or should I say copying?) the technology Billy Chan, General Manager of Lee & Man’s Chongqing mill, stands in front of the ANDRITZ approach system for the new machine. The of the major suppliers. That is a fact of life. Waste paper supply PrimePress X shoe press on PM16. system worked well. The first stock prep Since the Chinese market is no longer fo- “We purchase about 5.8 million tonnes of re- line we purchased from ANDRITZ was cused solely on new machines, the activity covered paper per year. About 30% comes Overview of the ANDRITZ OCC system which is part of for PM12 in 2006. Followed by PM15 in is in rebuilding and upgrading – something the new PM20 project at Chongqing. PM20 is produc- from China. Just because the waste paper ing testliner. ANDRITZ supplied a new design LC pulper, 2007, which included our first FibreFlow we have been doing since 2010. We are comes from China does not mean it is cheap- screens, cleaners, and refiners. ANDRITZ just recently drum pulper. The drum is operating well. is important because it helps them provide focused on efficiency and cost control. The received an order from Lee & Man to supply a 2-loop We are very happy with er. We have about 40 of our own collection ONP (Old ) line for paper machine PM13 in We also use a lot of ANDRITZ pumps and the PrimePress X shoe excellent technology at competitive costs. major suppliers must continue their R&D to centers, mostly in Central China because Chongqing, China. The scope of supply includes a agitators. They learn fast. It is apparent that they stay ahead – especially in the area of power system with drum pulping for a line capacity of there is a good supply and fewer mills.” 300 t/d. press. The energy savings are have put a lot of effort in their operations and steam savings. If you have anything huge.” in Foshan.” new to save energy, I will try it on one of my lines. If it is successful, I’ll put it on all my Edmond Lee PrimePress X shoe press machines.” Chief Executive Officer Lee & Man “We installed two ANDRITZ shoe press modules on our packaging grade ma- CONTACT Pulping & chines at Chongqing, and are replacing a [email protected] Since 2007 we have purchased several shoe press on PM16 with ANDRITZ tech- Paper & Board deinking systems. Our most recent invest- nology right now. We are very happy with [email protected] ments for deinking technology are ANDRITZ systems for PM13 and PM17, because I want to make white top liner on those machines.

The latest project is PM20, a new testliner machine at Chongqing that is just starting up and will produce 400,000 t/a. ANDRITZ provided the majority of the 1,000 t/d OCC processing line (including a new design Rotor inside the FibreSolve FSR low-consistency pulper, screens, cleaners, pulper with refiners, etc.) and delivered the complete 130 m³ vat. PM approach system.

ANDRITZ is certainly one of the major sup- pliers. They have shown a commitment to China – localizing manufacturing here and investing in technical resources. They have progressed the fastest, in my opinion. This

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COMPACT Baoding, where Hebei Yihoucheng is lo- cated, is designated a High-Tech Industry Development Zone. The mill certainly fits the profile with its modern production, convert- ing, and warehousing facilities. In addition steps to to feminine sanitary products, the plant now (Left to right): produces wet wipes, pet pads (nursing Bai Bingchen, ANDRITZ China pads), and tissue products. “We have in- General Manager vested in top-notch folding and packaging Sales for Tissue; reach higher Tian Yuwei, General machines,” Ms. Bai says. “We have become Manager for Hebei one of the largest wet wipe manufacturers Yihoucheng; and Günter Offenbacher, in North China.” ANDRITZ Director of Sales for Tissue and goals Drying; on the first Up until 2013, when you walked through PrimeLine COMPACT the mill, you would see converting lines tissue machine. Erection of a second processing parent rolls purchased from Hebei Yihoucheng was a pioneer in feminine prod- machine has begun. Chinese tissue producers. All that changed ucts in China, manufacturing women’s sanitary in August 2013, when the company signed napkins since 1998. Later, it began converting par- a contract with ANDRITZ to deliver two new ent rolls from Chinese tissue producers. Now it has tissue machines, with all the auxiliaries. TM1 was successfully started up in May 2014. taken the bold step of producing its own tissue with a PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine from ANDRITZ – the first in China. Erection of a “twin” Our people were able to start second machine is underway with start-up slated up and ramp up very fast with for 2015. ANDRITZ’s training and guidance.”

Tian Yuwei General Manager In tune with a growing market The company’s products are sold through Hebei Yihoucheng Hebei Yihoucheng was founded by Bai a wide distribution chain (700 distributors) Hongmin, who is the company’s President to major retail stores. “Today, supermar- and CEO. As Ms. Bai describes the com- kets dominate, offering a selection of tissue pany’s beginnings, “We started early pro- and hygiene products,” says Tian Yuwei, ducing feminine sanitary products because General Manager. “However, internet retail- we saw a need and an opportunity. The ing is seeing the most dynamic growth.” increased demand for these products has met our predictions.” High-tech zone At one time, this area of China was home to Thanks to its early start, Hebei Yihoucheng hundreds of small tissue mills. In an effort carved out an admirable niche for its “Lady to get control of energy consumption and Star” brand in the North China region where environmental impact, the Chinese govern- its manufacturing facility is located. Hebei ment is effecting the closure of many small Province is home to 72 million people and mills. The goal is to produce the tonnage this does not include the cities of Beijing and on larger, more modern, and more efficient Tianjin (32 million additional people) which machines. are surrounded by the Province.

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ized, modular approach of the COMPACT line,” says Günter Offenbacher, ANDRITZ Director of Sales for Tissue and Drying. “Our whole-plant solution from stock prep The fi rst of the twin PrimeLineCOMPACT to parent roll shortens the start-up curve machines at Hebei and has our customers making marketable Yihoucheng – TM1. Working width is tissue products in the shortest time. This 2.85 m and design accelerates the economic payback.” speed is 1,600 m/ min. “As a business owner, I was attracted to the COMPACT approach,” Ms. Bai says. “It ensures us a certain production quantity and quality. The delivery of the complete line from one supplier – stock preparation, machine approach, pumps, the machine,

A star tissue brand Overall site design will accommodate four drives, and automation – was a big plus.” ANDRITZ delivered the complete stock prep and machine approach system including pulping, thickening, pumps, and agitators. The process includes two FibreSolve pulpers Hebei Yihoucheng’s tissue is marketed as machines. “The fi rst two machines will be for incoming kraft pulp bales, refi ning, defl aking, disc fi lter, screens, and fan pump. the “Lady Star” brand. While the Chinese 2.85 m wide CrescentFormers, operating The company placed orders for “twin” market is strong by global standards (mainly at 1,600 m/min,” Mr. Tian says. “The next COMPACT machines. The fi rst started up aided by rising income levels and growing two are planned to be 5.6 m wide, 2,100 m/ in May of this year; the next follows in 2015. machine. “The performance of the Steel be selected. Hebei Yihoucheng uses pur- acceptance) the number of producers serv- min machines.” Work has begun on delivery of the second Yankee exceeds the performance of cast chased imported virgin fi ber for its furnish. ing this market has increased considerably. machine. iron,” he says. “It has a much higher evapo- The plan had always been to add parent roll A COMPACT beginning ration rate and improves drying with less ANDRITZ delivered the complete stock prep production to the company’s capabilities. It Hebei Yihoucheng chose the PrimeLine- Water and energy: critical factors energy consumption. The energy savings and machine approach system, including was just a matter of timing. “We produced COMPACT design for its fi rst two machines. The facility is the only tissue mill in China are quite noticeable.” pulping, thickening, pumps, and agitators. hygiene products for a long time,” says COMPACT machines are primarily narrow using natural gas boilers to create process The process includes two FibreSolve pulp- Ms. Bai. “Even though the tissue segment width with optimized stock preparation and steam. “While our energy production is In addition, the machine is equipped with ers for incoming kraft pulp bales, refi ning, is much more competitive today, we felt it a tailored automation system. “Since we are clean, it is also considerably more expen- a PrimeDry head insulation package. defl aking, disc fi lter, screens, and fan pump. was the right time to add our own tissue new to tissue production,” Mr. Tian says, sive than coal-fi red steam production,” Mr. Offenbacher explains, “Tissue machine production, which will secure our future by “we wanted to start simply. We need to see Tian says. “Energy savings are extremely Yankees often show signifi cant heat losses Absolutely the right decision controlling costs and quality.” what the market will accept before we make important to us, and the ANDRITZ technol- at the head. The savings in steam using “The COMPACT design has a modular de- our next investments.” ogy is helping us here.” head insulation is in the range of 2-5%.” sign that is suitable for virtually every tis- Carefully considered sue producer,” Offenbacher says. “It is part The selection of the right supplier, with the “Newcomers or mills who do not buy ma- Mr. Tian cites one example in the Steel The mill location is not near a river, so the of a complete portfolio of technologies we right technology, for this fi rst tissue ma- chines frequently appreciate the standard- Yankee delivered with his COMPACT conservation and reuse of water is critical. offer. For buyers who want proven quality chine was an important decision for Hebei “The ANDRITZ stock prep system, includ- in a streamlined, cost-effective package, Conservation and reuse of water is critical at this mill. The ANDRITZ stock preparation system, including the Yihoucheng. ing the disc fi lter, has helped us save fresh the COMPACT system is something to disc fi lter (above) helps save fresh water. The delivery of the water,” Mr. Tian says. Hebei Yihoucheng consider.” All of the major machine suppliers were, complete line from one also invested a considerable amount of of course, evaluated. “I knew of ANDRITZ, money to install modern effl uent treatment The COMPACT approach reduced the “Our decision to move into tissue produc- but was not that familiar with their specifi c supplier – stock preparation, systems. The effl uent meets the most strin- time it took to install and bring the machine tion is based on market demand and is a technologies,” Mr. Tian says. “Their expe- machine approach, pumps, gent Class A national standards. along the start-up curve. “Even though our natural evolution for our company,” Ms. Bai rience base in China was a key infl uence the machine, drives, and au- people are not veteran operators, they were says. “We did not consider it a risk, but a for us. We visited several locations in China tomation – was a big plus.” Perfectly matched fi ber preparation able to start up and ramp up very fast with matter of good economics. We absolutely with Bai Bingchen (ANDRITZ China General Other than cost, there are also some mea- ANDRITZ’s training and guidance,” says Mr. made the right decisions – to begin produc-

Manager Sales for Tissue) to check refer- Bai Hongmin surable advantages of the COMPACT con- Tian. “Within days we were producing ex- ing our own parent rolls and to partner with ences. Mr. Bai was able to demonstrate that President and CEO cept: ability to select capacity according to cellent paper. We started in the 15 to 17.5 ANDRITZ.” Hebei Yihoucheng ANDRITZ has the most advanced machine Tian Yuwei, General Manager at Hebei Yihoucheng need and plant-optimized stock preparation range and, based on early suc- technology, the best energy-saving solu- (left) inspects the quality of “Lady Star” tissue with in terms of sizing and layout. Stock prepara- cess, our operators are quite confi dent to CONTACT Günter Offenbacher, ANDRITZ Director of Sales for Bai Bingchen tions, and the best automation package.” Tissue and Drying. tion for either virgin or recycled fi bers can produce other grades.” [email protected]

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Life after publication papers tenance group for Ortviken and the nearby million (EUR 42 million) and Sundsvall Ortviken is the fi fth largest publication paper Östrand mill), explains. “There is pressure Energi invested SEK 100 million (EUR 11 mill in the world. As everyone knows, publi- here in Sweden for energy companies to re- million), mostly to extend district heating cation grades are under tremendous pres- duce fossil fuel use,” he says. “We mills feel pipelines to the two mills. sure these days. “We are convinced that we the same pressure. Mills can often obtain have a life beyond publication papers,” says very good economics by switching from oil BioCoop benefi ts Kristina Enander, Mill Manager. “Perhaps it to biomass, since biomass is a core material “We installed equipment at Östrand and will be in composites, bioplastics, packag- for us. That is, once we absorb the capital are now able to recover heat from six dif- ing papers, or liquid biofuels.” costs for making the conversion.” ferent points in the mill,” Asplund says. “At Ortviken, we installed a new facility for To stimulate thinking about future possibili- The capital cost for converting an oil boiler biomass receiving and powdering, and we ties, Ortviken hosted an internal competi- to biomass on the Sundsvall Energi side converted two boilers to burn the tion called “Race to Innovation.” Two teams was a staggering SEK 950 million (EUR 105 powder. We now deliver heat in the range of had 72 hours to brainstorm new ways to million) – a cost that would be borne by con- 80-120° C to Sundsvall Energi on demand.” use virgin wood fi ber. As they came up with sumers and taxpayers, since the company ideas, they rushed to a room where com- is owned by the municipality. These actions have the potential to bring pany engineers, R&D specialists, and pat- annual oil consumption down by 25,000 m3 ent lawyers stood at the ready to answer Seeing an opportunity for collaboration, and reduce carbon emissions by about questions and keep the ideas realistic. The SCA proposed that its two “local” mills 70,000 t/a. SCA’s total heat deliveries have Ortviken’s 250 m3 tower for wood powder storage. It 18 best innovations were displayed. The in- could increase their supply of energy to risen from 110 to almost 400 GWh. This includes special equipment and protective systems to conform to ATEX explosion risk directives. novations, while kept secret from outsiders, the Sundsvall district heating network. This generates additional revenue from recov- were inspirational to those who worked at would help Sundsvall Energi avoid a huge ered process heat and biomass-fi red steam Thanks to an interesting collaboration between two Pulverizing a boiler the mill. investment cost. In turn, Ortviken would heat, and avoids the higher cost of oil. pulp and paper mills and an energy company, a com- Swedish lesson for the day: this is a story have a sound fi nancial basis for converting about converting pannor (boilers) from olja Energy innovation two standby oil boilers into biomass boilers. Östrand as a reference munity in Sweden now has a more cost-effi cient source (oil) to träpulver (wood powder) at SCA’s While the “Race to Innovation” focused on Clearly a win-win for SCA and Sundsvall While the economics of substituting wood of district heating. The energy company avoided a huge Ortviken mill near Sundsvall. The conver- fi ber utilization, it also inspired innovation Energi. And a third “win” for the taxpayer/ powder for oil are attractive, there are investment and the mills have a new revenue stream. sion reduces dependence on fossil fuels about energy utilization. That is where the consumer. some complexities, according to Halvard The win-win-win for SCA, Sundsvall Energi, and local and cuts emissions, and it generates rev- collaboration between SCA and Sundsvall Sundström, ANDRITZ Service Manager enue from a new source. The results, as Energi (the power and heating company Sundsvall Energi and SCA signed a Bio- in Sweden and key sales contact for this residents is also a winning project for ANDRITZ. they say in Swedish, so far have been ut- owned by the municipality) comes in. Cooperation agreement (“BioCoop”) in project. “Wood powder is diffi cult to handle märkt (excellent). December 2012. SCA invested SEK 380 with conventional systems,” he says. “Our Per Asplund, Manager of Projects and There is also a “back-story” which makes Engineering for SCA Underhåll (SCA’s main- the project more interesting: involving a race to innovation, community collabora- tion, cost avoidance, and fast-track project management – all good things. We had to be ready for the winter sea- son. ANDRITZ had the ex-

Most of the wood pellets (left jar) are produced at perience to hit the ground SCA’s Härnösand plant about 40 km away. Two ham- mermills (capacity 12 t/h each) pulverize the pellets into running, which really was a powder (right jar). In the boilers, the powder/air mixture behaves very similarly to an oil/air mixture. big plus for us.”

Thomas Johansson BioCoop Project Manager SCA Underhåll

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Inside the plant: part of the distribution system for splitting ANDRITZ’s rebuild of the first boiler, which included the installation of four multi-fuel (Left to right): Halvard Sundström, ANDRITZ Service Manager in Sweden; Thomas the pulverzied wood powder between the two boilers. burners for oil or wood powder, started up before Midsummer. The second boiler, also a Johansson, SCA Project Manager; and Mattias Johansson, ANDRITZ Project Manager 100 MW unit, was rebuilt during August-September. ANDRITZ installed three new multi- fuel burners to accompany the one oil burner for bark. Connections and upgrades for the electrostatic precipitators were completed in November.

wood processing experts in Örnsköldsvik, budgets were met, and the mill was very ANDRITZ Project Manager, recalls going overall package. “When it came to project The second boiler (Boiler #3) was rebuilt about 40 km away. The increased demand Sweden have the engineering knowledge happy with the results. (See Spectrum No. through several iterations of equipment and execution,” Thomas Johansson says, “the during August-September. It is also a 100 from both Östrand and Ortviken evens out and process expertise to design and build 25, 2012) piping layouts to arrive at the best solution. engineering of the boiler rebuilds, which MW unit and is the mill’s primary bark boil- SCA BioNorr’s seasonal pellet business. the plant for converting pellets to pow- “It is a compact space,” he says, “and there was done by ANDRITZ’s Varkaus team, was er. ANDRITZ installed three new multi-fuel der and convey the powder, including the Get it done before winter are special considerations such as long- very important and well executed.” burners to accompany the one oil burner Two hammermills at Ortviken (capacity 12 special equipment and protective systems The project deadline was tight – less than radius bends with outside reinforcement, for bark. Connections and upgrades for the t/h each) pulverize the pellets into powder. needed to conform to ATEX directives (EU one year from decision to operating plant. redundancy for ease of maintenance, de- Rebuild of the first boiler (Boiler #2), a 100 electrostatic precipitators were completed Moisture content of the powder is about rules protecting employees from explosion “We had to have everything in place and sign of the pneumatic systems, and adding MW oil-fired unit, began in May 2013. In ad- in November. 6%. The wood powder is transported be- risks).” operating by December 2013 in order to be rupture disks in the storage tower in case dition to the rebuild, ANDRITZ installed four tween buildings via slightly over-pressure ready for the winter season,” Johansson of an explosion.” new multi-fuel burners to allow the boiler to “Östrand began delivering energy to the dis- pneumatics (20 m/s of air). In the boiler, the ANDRITZ’s scope for the Ortviken plant says. “With its experience at Östrand, fire either oil or wood powder. “We started trict heating network in November, and we powder/air mixture behaves very similarly to included an integrated solution for wood ANDRITZ had done considerable pre-en- ANDRITZ had relationships with good sub- up the boiler in June before Midsummer, followed in December – right on schedule,” an oil/air mixture. pellet receiving and storage as well as the gineering and was ready to hit the ground contractors (for example with the dosing which was our goal,” Thomas Johansson says Thomas Johansson. “On the coldest systems for milling pellets into powder, con- running as soon as we had Board approval, equipment) which ensured a very strong says. day, we used 500 t/d of wood powder. Our After the conversion, SCA will produce half veying, distributing, and dosing powder to which really was a big plus for us.” total consumption of pellets is planned for of Sundsvall’s district heating. “Our plan is the boilers. ANDRITZ also performed the about 35,000 t/a.” that Sundsvall Energi will obtain about 16 rebuild of the two boilers, including adding The critical path in the project was the civil Converting two boilers MW of recovered heat from Östrand and up new multi-fuel burners. engineering, which was handled by SCA. to biomass at Ortviken According to Mattias Johansson, “It was a to 40 MW of recovered heat from Ortviken’s “To get a flying start on the project, we be- makes good economic sense. tight schedule, but proceeded very smooth- flue gas condensers, and up to 80 MW of According to Thomas Johansson, Project gan the site preparation in advance of the ly. The SCA team including Thomas, Jan fresh steam produced by our boilers,” Engineer for SCA Underhåll and Project decision,” Johansson says. “We basically Plus, it has the potential to Persson (installation), Patrik Pettersson (au- Thomas Johansson says. “The upside for Manager for BioCoop, Ortviken selected copied the Östrand hammermill building lower the annual oil consump- tomation), and Thomas Mörtsjö (electrifica- us is, if we have a lot of bark, we can pro- ANDRITZ in good part because of its per- design so we could get started on pre-fab- tion in the Sundsvall area tion) were great to work with.” duce that steam using that waste fuel first, formance during a BioLoop 2011 project rication. This gave everyone a fixed target by 25,000 m3 and reduce then switch over to wood powder. Either at Östrand. ANDRITZ supplied a new lime for equipment layouts, construction, and Part of the business chain way, it is a new source of revenue for us.” kiln which could be fired by wood powder, erection.” carbon emissions by about “We have biomass within our own business multi-fuel burners for a biomass boiler to 70,000 t/a.” loop – giving us better control over supply, accommodate wood powder, and deliv- Two other structures were also built – one for quality, and costs,” Asplund says. Most of ered the plant for pellet receiving, powder powder storage (250 m3 capacity) and one Per Asplund the wood pellets fueling Ortviken’s boilers CONTACT Manager of Projects and Engineering Mattias Johansson preparation, storage, etc. Schedules and for the dosing system. Mattias Johansson, SCA Underhåll are produced at SCA’s Härnösand plant [email protected]

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Greenfield Montes del Plata mill inaugurated in Uruguay

Montes del Plata, the pulping company owned jointly by Stora Enso and Arauco, officially inaugurated its greenfield mill near Punta Pereira, Uruguay on September 8, 2014. The design capacity for the mill is 1.3 million tonnes of bleached pulp per year. ANDRITZ delivered key production lines for the mill as shown. ANDRITZ was also responsible for the civil construction, erection, commissioning, and start-up of these production lines.

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RECOVERY BOILER WHITE LIQUOR PLANT POWER BOILER Design capacity of the recovery boiler is The recausticizing plant (green liquor fi lters, The Bubbling Fluidized Bed power boiler 5,710 tds/d at 495° C and a pressure of white liquor fi lter, LimeDry, and dregs fi lter) from ANDRITZ burns bark, debarking wood 96.8 bar. is designed to product 13,370 m3/d of white losses, screening rejects, and odorous WOODYARD FIBERLINE liquor. The LimeKiln has a capacity of 1,100 gases. Steam fl ow on biomass is 65 t/h at ANDRITZ technology for log receiving, two chipping lines, bark The fiberline includes a DownFlow Lo-Solids digester with t/d of burnt lime. 455° C and a pressure of 94.8 bar. processing, chip storing and reclaiming (shown here), chip screen- TurboFeed chip feeding, brownstock washing, screening, post- ing, and chip conveying to the cooking plant. The total processed oxygen washing, and bleaching. In total, there are eight DD wash- wood amount is 4,800,000 m3 sub per year. ers in the fi berline. Daily design capacity is 4,090 admt/d at 92% ISO brightness. Shown here are the bleaching towers, high density pulp storage, and DD washers.

PULP DRYING PLANT AUTOMATED BALING LINES EVAPORATION PLANT The ANDRITZ pulp drying plant consists of Three automated lines produce baled, The seven-effect plant has an evaporation two parallel lines including pulp screening/ wrapped, and palletized units ready for capacity of 1,466 t/h. Integrated in the de- cleaning, TwinWire pulp machines, airborne shipment to Montes del Plata’s global sign are systems for stripping and methanol ACE OPTIMIZATION AND IDEAS SIMULATOR PROCESS PUMPS sheet dryers, and cutter/layboys. Shown customers. liquefaction, processing of bio-sludge and ANDRITZ was responsible for the automation, electrifi cation, and instrumentation in each ANDRITZ delivered all the centrifugal pro- here are the two airborne sheet driers which ClO2 plant brine, and removal of chlorine process area with the exception of the DCS. Included in the delivery were Advanced Control cess pumps including medium consis- each produce 2,170 t/d of dried pulp. and potassium from the . A Duct (ACE) optimization software, web-based training tools for operators and maintenance per- tency as well as fan pumps (shown here). Stripper is utilized to improve condensate sonnel, and the IDEAS Simulator for DCS checkout and operating “virtual” training. All pumps are latest generation ANDRITZ quality. technology with the highest effi ciencies.

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TMP pulp to high-grade BCTMP. The proj- limitations. Accommodating the seismic A local engineering company, LHT Design, ect included a two-stage alkaline peroxide design considerations was also part of the worked closely with ANDRITZ. Of special Quality under down bleaching facility from ANDRITZ and a new challenge. note are the two bleach towers – 25 m high effl uent plant with two stages of biological and weighing 650 tonnes each when full. conversion treatment. “ANDRITZ knew there would be stringent Pan Pac made a colossal underground design requirements when the contract concrete and reinforced steel raft for the Accommodating design was negotiated, but probably did not know tanks to stand on. ANDRITZ designed a As with other countries in the Pacifi c Rim, how diffi cult the design was going to be,” steel cradle on four legs to hold the tanks industrial design and construction in New Ayling, who managed the project for Pan in place. The legs were each bolted to the Zealand must take into account staunch Pac, says. “But their team quickly got their concrete raft with eight huge bolts (2 m long seismic building codes, according to Bruce heads around the seismic code complexi- and 90 mm in diameter), strong enough to Ayling, Pan Pac’s Manager of Engineering ties and came up with effective solutions. withstand horizontal pressures and long and Development. “For example, any tower We are very happy with the result.” enough to provide some fl exibility. or large tank is designed to withstand hori- zontal forces,” he says. “This is to reduce the potential for a tower tipping over if the earth moves underneath it, or a tank rup- turing because of unexpected horizontal pressures.”

Designing and installing bleach plants is part of ANDRITZ’s usual business, but this project was noteworthy because it was go- ing to be the largest two-stage peroxide bleaching line for long fi ber, and because it was an upgrade to an existing plant where there were extremely challenging space

To future-proof its markets, The city of Napier, on the east coast of the But Pan Pac and Oji realized that straight North Island, is famous for its Art Deco TMP production was not the direction for Pan Pac of New Zealand ANDRITZ designed a steel cradle on architecture. Napier was rebuilt after an the future. The rise of the internet and the four legs to hold the bleach tanks in decided to convert a large earthquake in 1931 when Art Deco was the slow demise of newspapers and Japanese place in case of a seismic event. part of its standard TMP pro- fashion. comic-style graphic novels signaled the de- duction to BCTMP. It chose cline of standard newsprint. Oji has a long- Blame the internet term view and was willing to invest substan- ANDRITZ to design, deliver, Pan Pac is a timber and pulp mill about 15 tially in an upgrade to BCTMP (Bleached and install the new line – km from Napier. It is owned by Oji Paper Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulp) to help which today has one of the of Japan. Pan Pac’s production includes future-proof the mill’s production and its largest two-stage peroxide solid lumber, wood chips, and 720 t/d of markets with improved pulp for higher val- mechanical pulp which has been feeding ue-added paper grades. bleach plants in the world. Oji’s newsprint machines in Japan since 1973. The fi ber source is primarily long fi - “Recognizing there would be a decline in ber (Pinus Radiata), sustainably managed in the demand for newsprint grade pulp, we wo tectonic plates meet underneath accordance with FSC certifi cation. started planning for this change,” says New Zealand. From time to time these Clifford. “Although the demand for TMP has Tplates move. Earthquakes don’t hap- Tony Clifford, Pan Pac’s General Manager, not declined at the speed we forecast, we pen often, but Kiwis (as New Zealand’s resi- Pulp Division, explains, “Basically we were need alternatives such as BCTMP.” dents are called) have adapted to the threat contract manufacturing for Oji in Japan. We of them. It is a small price to pay for the had two ships dedicated to moving TMP to In December 2010, the Board approved a pleasures of living in this exquisite country. Japan doing a roundtrip each month.” project to convert roughly two-thirds of the

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Big things in small spaces Keeping it running The bleach plant includes a two-stage Construction began in January 2011. The For the sake of peroxide system (medium consistency installation job was intense and involved a good cooperation and high consistency) which provides high number of different activities that needed to brightness with low chemical consump- be spliced together. To add to the challenge, tion. Included in the scope was a screen the existing pulp mill remained operational. On April 11, 2014, a magnifi cent cer- room (including reject refi ning), extraction emony to celebrate the expanded washing stages, and a chemical farm lo- “The existing TMP plant was in production pulp business was held at Pan Pac’s cated alongside the mill. The delivery was right through the construction period,” says facilities in New Zealand. Mr. Shinoda, performed turnkey by ANDRITZ. Our new BCTMP is a Ayling. “There was less than a week of to- Chairman of Oji Holdings, and Mr. super product of value to tal downtime to perform all the tie-ins and Yajima, President of Forest Resources and Environment Marketing Company According to Josef Liendl, Sales Manager our markets. Demand is ex- changeovers.” for ANDRITZ, there are several key products and the Chairman of Pan Pac, were in in the line. One of note for its uniqueness ceeding our ability to supply.” According to Ayling, organizing the logis- attendance. is the HC Mixer, which helps to achieve tics of this was challenging, with people Doug Ducker very high brightness with low chemical Managing Director and product coming from Austria, China, The team, left to right: In his speech, Mr. Shinoda highlighted Pan Pac Bruce Ayling, Manager of Engineering and Development, Pan Pac; Koji Aoyama, Technical Director, Pan Pac; the close relationship between Oji and consumption. “The mixer fl uffs the pulp to and Japan – as well as a large contingent Doug Ducker, Managing Director, Pan Pac; Josef Liendl, ANDRITZ Sales Manager; Tony Clifford, General Manager create more surface area without impact- us minimize piping and cable runs to keep of specialist local tradesmen. Pulp, Pan Pac; Danny Eagleton, Projects & Development Pulp, Pan Pac Pan Pac, the background for the invest- ing strength or other pulp characteristics,” our costs down.” ment in BCTMP production, and a com- Liendl says, “creating an ideal environment “On any large engineering job, little things mitment to further business expansion for thorough, intimate mixing.” Pan Pac prepared 3D layouts to evaluate that had not been anticipated create chal- Ayling says, “There was total commitment “Our objective has been to convert logs in New Zealand. clearances and space requirements. They lenges,” says Maurice Garvie, ANDRITZ to solve problems. The ANDRITZ team was from sustainable forests into wood prod- Pan Pac wanted their new plant to be lo- worked collaboratively with ANDRITZ to Project Director. “We had our challenges, great to work with. There was a lot of pres- ucts and fi ber utilizing New Zealand re- Steven Joyce, New Zealand’s Minister cated within an existing building as much make sure that equipment could be in- but there was an excellent spirit of coop- sure, but we also enjoyed it.” sources – electricity, technology, and the for Economic Development, acknowl- as possible. Equipment that would not stalled within the space limitations. eration. It is really a tribute to the people at skills of our people,” says Doug Ducker, edged Pan Pac’s contribution to the fi t in the building was to be close by and Pan Pac. They created a work environment At times there were several ANDRITZ peo- Managing Director. “Initially our products development of the country as a bridge compact. Ayling explains, “We wanted to “ANDRITZ was receptive and obliging and where cooperation and fairness came fi rst, ple with different areas of expertise at the were used solely in Japan, but now they between Japan and New Zealand. keep everything compact so our people can provided good support to ensure the pro- which was a sound basis for addressing mill. It did not appear to be diffi cult to get are being used on a more global level. We quickly and effi ciently get to all parts of the cess was kept as simple as possible within each challenge as it appeared during the people to head “down under,” especially have one of the world’s largest market me- A collaborative opening of a sake barrel mill from the control room. This also helped the space constraints,” Ayling says. project.” during the Austrian winter. Napier, besides chanical pulp mills in the world at a capacity – one of the highlights of the celebra- being quaintly Art Deco, is also famous for of around 280,000 t/a. Our new BCTMP is tion – was an excellent expression of its wine, sun, sailing, and fresh Southern a super product of value to our markets. the cross-cultural relationship between Ocean seafood. Demand is exceeding our ability to supply.” the companies and countries.

A new market The TMP still goes to Oji mills in Japan, but Six new ANDRITZ pulp screw presses are key to achieving the proper consistencies for bleaching and The BCTMP plant was running by April the BCTMP is sold on the open market. washing. 2012. According to Clifford, “At present, we About 80% is exported to China, with the are producing to demand – 160,000 tonnes balance to Indonesia. As Clifford says, “Our The unique HC Mixer helps to achieve very high brightness with low chemical consumption. BCTMP and 120,000 tonnes TMP annually. investment to produce BCTMP gives Pan We have fl exibility to change the production Pac access to new markets, establishes a ratios between TMP and BCTMP according new direction for us, and is the source of to market demand.” new vitality. And we increased pulp sales by 50,000 tonnes last year. We can sell every Since BCTMP is a higher quality and bright tonne of pulp that we produce.” pulp, it can be used to make fi ne white car- tonboard for packaging and is also food Sake barrel opening, left to right: Doug Ducker, Managing Director, Pan Pac; Steven Joyce, NZ safe. “Food-grade board must be 100% Minister for Economic Development; Craig Foss, virgin fi ber, which ours is, so there is a good CONTACT NZ Minister of Commerce; Yasuaki Nogawa, Josef Liendl Japanese Ambassador to New Zealand; Kazuhisa match there,” says Clifford. [email protected] Shinoda; Chairman of Oji Holdings

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Fiber for fabrics … Shinji Doigaki, Oji Yonago’s Pulp and the Section Manager he Yonago mill is located 200 km west of Kyoto, between the famous TDaisen Mountain to the east and the Hino River to the west. The fiberline at the future mill was retooled in late 2013 for continu- ous dissolving kraft pulp (DKP) production. Oji Paper is one of the leading paper “This smaller line was well suited for conver- company’s in Japan, and has considerable sion to DKP because our traditional prod- ucts are facing a declining market,” says global reach. Oji’s long tradition of innovation Shinji Doigaki, Pulp Section Manager. “Our in pulp and now includes a 1,200 t/d pulping line will continue to pro- quality alternative to for clothing – duce bleached pulp for coated base paper as before.” dissolving pulp for production. The Yonago mill began commercial production ANDRITZ assisted in modifying the original of dissolving pulp in early 2014 after ANDRITZ liquor-phase digester (ANDRITZ technology installed in the late 1990’s) to a vapor-phase technology was utilized for the conversion. design with a new TurboFeed chip feeding It is another step in securing the future and system and a Diamondback pre-steaming sustaining the economic momentum of the vessel. An ANDRITZ pre-hydrolysis ves- company. sel (PHV), necessary for the production of high-quality viscose pulp, was installed. The DKP is now fed to a new 2.4 meter wide ANDRITZ pulp drying plant, producing both rolls and sheets for Asian markets with a design capacity of 300 adt/d.

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“Wood pulp for is an important stra- tegic product for us,” says Masaki Chiba, who leads dissolving pulp development at Oji Paper. “Also, the conversion of hemi- , by-products from the pre-hy- drolysis process, into furfural (a high-value solvent) creates another revenue stream.” Wood pulp for textiles is an important Diversification yet with strategic product for us.” things in common Masaki Chiba Oji’s management and R&D team saw the Director, Dissolving Pulp Development potential for diversification from their pulp Oji Paper and paper base, but with much in common from a manufacturing standpoint. The new pulping process uses eucalyptus chips as the fiber source and centers on the addition of the PHV for high-purity pulp. Oji Paper top managers feel scarves with high rayon content in Ginza, Tokyo, where Oji Paper’s headquarters is located. Left to right: Taketo Okutani, Masaki Chiba, Chiaki Kawakami (ANDRITZ), Tsukasa Watanabe and Motohiro “Clothing is often made from a blend of Matsumura materials, such as cotton, rayon, and poly- ester,” Chiba explains. “Designers want a certain feel to the touch and a look to the Removing All that changed with the introduction of development of our chip feeding system eye. Our wood-based are ideal to the continuous way the PHV – the pre-hydrolysis vessel – a (Diamondback and TurboFeed) contributes help achieve the desired functionality – es- Dissolving pulp has high content new technology developed by ANDRITZ to stable operations.” pecially for coats and jackets which keep (> 92-97% compared to 85-90% for pa- for removal with continuous you warm, but are lighter weight.” per pulp). The pulp gets its name from the cooking. “ANDRITZ re-designed the cook- Adds Doigaki of Oji, “The PHV helps to fact that the is dissolved in a ing process to include auto-hydrolysis for provide a new future for the Yonago mill. Taketo Okutani, also part of the dissolving caustic solution to form viscose, which is efficient hemicellulose removal,” says Ryo With better selectivity of the hydrolysis re- pulp team with Oji Paper comments, “Textile extruded through spinners to form rayon Yoshida, ANDRITZ Project Leader. “With actions and a purer stream of hemicellulose consumption will grow as the population filaments. the PHV, the instability issues are gone by-products, we can make a higher quality increases. That’s why we have confidence and the operating costs are lower com- product.” in dissolving pulp as a strategic offering for The production processes for dissolving pared to the batch process. In addition, the the future.” pulp and paper pulp are quite similar as both use wood chips as the raw material. “When Oji Paper first called us to discuss But for the production of dissolving pulp, the production of dissolving pulp with our a pre-treatment step is added to remove

continuous cooking technology, they made most of the hemicelluloses in the wood to Left to right: us aware of the strategic importance that achieve extreme pulp purity. Otherwise, the Hidekazu Yamamoto, this conversion has for them,” says Chiaki hemicelluloses will precipitate during the ANDRITZ and Kawakami, President of ANDRITZ Japan. rayon production process, plugging up the Suguru Nakamura, Oji Yonago “They set high expectations for quality and filament spinners. efficiency right from the start. This is an im- The Diamondback vessel maintains a portant order for us and allows us to sup- ANDRITZ technology for the production of steady flow of pre- port Oji in their innovations. It is a great op- dissolving pulp is based on many years of steamed chips to the cooking system. The portunity for us and we enjoy the challenge experience with chemical pulp fiberlines efficient removal of of working with their team to meet the de- and intensive R&D in the area of hemicel- air around and within the chips enables manding requirements of their customers.” lulose removal. The key to dissolving pulp fast and efficient production is efficient removal and recov- impregnation. There are no moving parts ery of hemicelluloses from the fiber source. in the Diamondback In earlier systems, which were usually bin. batch-processed, it was difficult to achieve The pre-hydrolysis vessel (PHV) from ANDRITZ enables the production of high-purity pulp by isolating high efficiency, plus the ability to precipi- the hemicelluloses. These hemicellulose by-products tate the by-products from hydrolysis was serve as a new revenue stream as they are converted to furfural, an oil refining solvent, at the mill’s pilot plant. cumbersome.

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Oji’s Masao Fujiwara inspects a dried which is pioneering technology. This mill is Adds Yoshida of ANDRITZ, “There has been sheet of dissolving pulp. High-purity only the second in the world using continu- a steady fl ow of pulp into the drying ma- pulp is a must for yarn producers, whose processes are impacted by the slightest ous pre-hydrolysis with hardwood fi ber.” chine and the cutter. The dryer is equipped level of contaminants. Sight inspection with automatic tail feeding and sequencing and a series of lab test are conducted for all production. Pulp drying smooth from the start systems, so any downtime is minimized in As part of the conversion project at Yonago, case of a disturbance.” ANDRITZ delivered the pulp drying plant which includes a twin wire machine with Naoki Hasegawa, Pulp Department Manager two-nip heavy-duty presses, an airborne at Oji Yonago emphasizes Oji Paper’s com- sheet dryer, the cutter/layboy, a baling line, mitment. “These new capabilities reinforce and the reel and winder. Design capacity is our commitment to sustainability through 300 t/d. Trim width is 2.4 m. innovation, providing good jobs, and ensur- the top of the cooking reactor without the ing safe operations,” he says. “Sustainable need for a high-pressure feeder. A special One grade of the dissolving pulp is shipped and green manufacturing practices are key Katsuhisa Iizuka (left) and Shinji Doigaki from Oji Paper next to the new 300 t/d drying impeller arrangement inside the chip pump in bales, while the high-grade product is to the future.” This is an important machine for dissolving pulp. does not degrade the fi ber and preserves shipped in rolls. Of course, the Yonago mill’s order for us and strength. target is to produce as much high-grade allows us to support Oji in product as possible. their innovations.” Creating the hemicellulose The necessity for steady chip fl ow Says Oji’s Doigaki, “Simpler is almost al- value stream Oji Yonago chose the ANDRITZ Diamond- ways better. The ANDRITZ chip feeding has According to Katsuhisa Iizuka, Oji Chiaki Kawakami President The hemicelluloses in wood chips are de- back technology to closely control chip a simpler design. We have had some chal- Yonago’s Chief Engineer in the Engineering ANDRITZ Japan composed and isolated in the pre-hydro- retention time in the pre-steaming bin. lenges stabilizing the chip fl ow to the DKP Department, “There have been several lysis process. The chips in the PHV are There are no moving parts in the bin, mak- line, but we have good collaboration with challenges in starting up this line, but we CONTACT ANDRITZ Japan subjected to high heat and pressure. After ing it essentially maintenance-free. The ANDRITZ to arrive at solutions.” are working through them in a good way. [email protected] isolating the hemicelluloses, the wood fi ber Diamondback design effi ciently removes Oji and ANDRITZ are working cooperatively Dissolving pulp lines is made into pulp in traditional chemical air around and within the wood chips to Yoshida of ANDRITZ comments, “Oji to resolve the small issues. None of these [email protected] pulping equipment. The only difference is optimize the chip impregnation process. A Yonago has a great approach to problem issues affect the quality of our product. It is Pulp drying lines (Left to right): Katsuhisa Iizuka, Oji Yonago; that the dissolving pulp has extremely high simple yet effective TurboFeed chip pump- solving. They worked closely with us to fully good and getting better.” [email protected] Naoki Hasegawa, Oji Yonago; Ryo Yoshida, cellulose purity. ing system moves the impregnated chips to optimize the continuous pulping system, ANDRITZ; and Shinji Doigaki, Oji Yonago

The hemicellulose hydrosate isolated in pre- hydrolysis process undergoes further pro- cessing into furfural at a pilot plant in the mill, and can also be sold as an oil refi ning solvent. Oji has high expectations for this important potential value stream.

“We could burn the hemicelluloses in our recovery boiler,” Doigaki says, “but produc- ing furfural holds greater economic benefi ts for us.”

ANDRITZ delivered the entire pulp drying system, including a twin wire press, two-nip heavy duty presses, an airborne dryer, cutter layboy, baling line, and the reel and winder. Design production rate is 300 t/d. Trim width is 2.4 m. Either bales or rolls can be produced, based on customer needs.

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mill creates a pulp that dewaters well and is ideal for the upgrade. Plus, the hydraulic drive technology (two pumps with electro- mechanical drives) gives operators much more fl exibility in managing power fl ow.” Anna Mayer, ANDRITZ Global Product Manager LESS for Services, The LESS design can be used on all types and Ulf Scott, ANDRITZ Sales Manager for Paper of screw presses. “It is great for modern- Mill Services, discuss izations and rebuilds,” Mayer says. “Each the operation of the Low Energy Screw Shaft application should be evaluated on its own (LESS) with DIP plant merits, but 30% energy savings would be operators at LEIPA. is more a good number for evaluating payback. Savings up to 50% might be possible with would reduce the “roll-with” effect, increas- I was mainly concerned the right process parameters and when hy- ing the output consistency of the stock. with throughput and draulic drives are used.”

All of these ideas, the ANDRITZ team be- dryness. If we achieved some Safety and stability are another couple of lieved, would deliver some pretty impres- energy savings, that would be under-promised benefi ts that came along sive results by ensuring throughput and an added bonus.” as part of the ANDRITZ package. Stockfi sch dryness – at reduced power consumption. commented on the upgraded control sys- Sebastian Stockfi sch tem at the mill which is used for (among Head of the Wastepaper Preparation Plant A confi dent leap of faith LEIPA, Schwedt other things) power management of the At the time of the discussions with LEIPA, screw press. “There are safety interlocks these ideas were still on ANDRITZ’s drawing Low Energy Screw Shaft, ANDRITZ was built-in so that the screw does not get stuck board. “We were looking for a home for our conservative in its savings calculations, es- anymore,” he says. “System pressure was fi rst installation,” says Ulf Scott, ANDRITZ timating a possible 15% reduction in specifi c diffi cult to control with the previous system, Sales Manager for Paper Mill Services. energy consumption. In fact, the results ex- but is no longer a factor.” Sebastian Stockfi sch, Head of the Wastepaper Hubert Riemer, a Product Manager for ceeded expectations. The press, with a sin- When the time came to replace a worn screw press shaft Preparation Plant, in front of the upgraded screw at LEIPA Georg Leinfelder’s Schwedt mill in Germany, the press in the DIP #1 line. ANDRITZ at the time, planned the upgrade gle hydraulic drive, has been operating at full Summing up, Stockfi sch says, “This project project. capacity since July 2013 – and consuming was excellent. It is a relatively small item in target was mainly to maintain output volume and quality. had some new ideas on the drawing board 50% less power than before the upgrade! terms of the whole mill layout, but in today’s But, the new Low Energy Screw Shaft (LESS) did better – for the screw press shaft replacement. LEIPA agreed to take that leap of faith. paper market, it helps us PRESS another dramatically slashing energy consumption as well. According to Riemer, “LEIPA Schwedt Under-promise, over-deliver cost out of our mill.” LESS is impressive gave us the freedom to install and optimize ANDRITZ’s Anna Mayer, Global Product ANDRITZ engineers had a new concept in the design. They were mainly interested in Manager for Paper Mill Services, says (Probably no pun intended) t fi rst glance, the replacement of a magazine papers, 240,000 t/a of packag- mind for a Low Energy Screw Shaft (LESS). the dryness and throughput, and less con- that not all LESS installations will achieve shaft in a 20 year-old screw press ing papers. The shaft would deliver a new compression cerned about the energy savings.” this level of energy savings. “The LEIPA CONTACT Aseems straightforward. Some work curve, producing the desired throughput Schwedt project is a best-case scenario,” Ulf Scott was done on the press in 2009 to extend its The furnish is recycled fi ber. The ANDRITZ and dryness while turning more slowly. “We were open to experimenting and test- she says. “The mix of wastepaper at the [email protected] lifespan, but it was clear that major rework screw press was installed at LEIPA’s DIP #1 Same throughput at a lower speed equates ing if we could keep the quality and quan- was going to be necessary – sooner rather line, which supplies pulp for white-top liner to reduced power consumption. tity of pulp that we had before,” Stockfi sch than later. and LWC. explains. “I personally perceived the risk as To ensure both performance and reliability, low, because ANDRITZ is very experienced LEIPA had a history of good experience In today’s tough market, wastepaper pro- the shaft would be coated with a newly de- with screw presses. I was pretty confi dent with ANDRITZ, who was the manufactur- cessing and deinking must be as effi cient veloped Tefl on-based material applied to a that LESS would work. I wasn’t certain er of the press. After an evaluation of the as possible while still ensuring a high-qual- replaceable steel base layer. This combina- how much energy would be saved. If we options, ANDRITZ was awarded the con- ity product. It was important to Sebastian tion would reduce sticking/plugging, allow- achieved some savings, that would be an tract to supply the new shaft. So far, still Stockfi sch, who heads up Schwedt’s waste- ing the pulp to progress unimpeded along added bonus.” straightforward. paper preparation/deinking operations, that the screw shaft. the upgraded screw press would deliver at If only he had known. The goal: quantity and quality least the same quality and throughput as Another idea was conversion to a tangential LEIPA’s Schwedt mill produces about before. It is at this point where the story inlet to inject incoming stock in a direction Saving energy, helping the environment (Left to right): Anna Mayer, ANDRITZ; Thomas Erchen, LEIPA; Sebastian Stockfi sch, 500,000 t/a of lightweight coated (LWC) is less straightforward – because ANDRITZ counter to the screw’s revolutions. This Since this was a fi rst-ever installation of a LEIPA; and Ulf Scott, ANDRITZ

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The output of the ANDRITZ BFB boiler is 350,000 lb/hr (159 t/h) at 1275 psig (89 bar) and 900° F (482° C). The fuel is wood residuals. The boiler Tight. can also combust up to 7.5 t/h of clarifier sludge from the Right. paper mill. It was a fast-track project to deliver a new We purchased the biomass power boiler for Graphic Packaging best technology for International’s Macon, GA mill in the USA. It was our operations now and in also a challenge to design and erect the boiler the foreseeable future.” amidst existing structure in a working mill. Yet, Jim McGahee Director of Engineering & Boiler Project Manager the result is a boiler perfectly attuned to mill Graphic Packaging International, Division needs – and an excellent reference for ANDRITZ’s new power boiler design in North America.

he main driver for us was the eco- The Allman Brothers were hometown musi- The selection of ANDRITZ was a bit of a their design to our requirements. We all knew nomics of self-generating power cians. McGahee and his project team lead- “leap of faith” for Graphic Packaging since this was not going to be a typical installation.” Tfrom renewable biomass,” says ers Phil Hardin and Dan Ash do not claim this was the first power boiler for ANDRITZ’s Jim McGahee, Director of Engineering for to have musical skills. But they were able North American office, according to Aku Demolish in – build out Graphic Packaging’s Paperboard Division to orchestrate and self-manage a large and Rainio, ANDRITZ Product Manager. But A single large (800-ton) crane was the only and the Project Manager for the biomass complex project – which included a new ANDRITZ completed a very successful EPC option for the erection of the boiler mod- boiler. “We are a forest-based company that 40 MW turbine-generator and air pollution recovery boiler delivery at the Macon mill in ules and large equipment due to the limited fully utilizes and protects this sustainable re- control equipment – and keep everyone in 1993-94, and several other projects at the space at the mill. The decided course of source. This boiler is also a hedge against harmony. mill over the years. action was to “demo in, build out” accord- rising energy costs.” ing to Hardin. The only location to place the “Planning and coordination were criti- Jarmo Orantie, the Project Director for the crane was the spot where the new turbine- The Macon mill used to generate a little over cal,” says Hardin, who was Construction recovery boiler, was also Project Director for generator would be erected. “We had to 50% of its power, purchasing the rest from Manager. “It required full cooperation from the power boiler. “Working with Jarmo and rotate the boiler 180 degrees in order to the electric utility. Now, the mill is 100% self- the many contractors working in a limited his team, people who know us and our mill, place the steam drum where the crane sufficient electrically, with the ability to sell space. Working together, we were able to was a big plus for us,” Hardin says. could make the lift,” he says. excess power. The new boiler also allowed manage it quite well and meet the project Graphic Packaging to retire an old coal boil- schedule.” The team from Graphic Packaging checked The boiler was erected on top of some er and remove about 40 MW of coal-fired references at several European power boiler of the steel structure from the old re- emissions from the atmosphere. The need for speed installations of ANDRITZ (Estonia, Spain, covery boiler. A “hole” was created un- The timeline for the Macon project was and Portugal) before making a decision. der an existing pipe bridge – the only Music to the ears aggressive. “We had to put the project “We were impressed with what we saw,” space available to bring in trucks, peo- The town of Macon has a rich musical on a fast-track to meet the milestones,” McGahee says. “We were also impressed ple, and equipment. “It was kind of like (Left to right): Phil Hardin, Construction Manager, Graphic Packaging; Dan Ash, Senior Product Engineer for Utilities, Graphic Packaging; Timo Bungert, ANDRITZ Sales Manager; and Jim McGahee, Director of heritage. Little Richard, Otis Redding, and McGahee explains. that ANDRITZ was so flexible in tailoring building a ship in a bottle,” Hardin says. Engineering for Graphic Packaging’s Paperboard Division and Project Manager for the biomass boiler.

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Graphic Packaging gave ANDRITZ Plant “There was little laydown area at the erec- support for our stair tower to make access Design Engineer, Tapani Heikkilä*, the tion site, so each module was transported easier. It was this kind of innovative thinking weight and size limits for the lifting equip- by truck from a location on the other side of that permitted us to erect a boiler quickly ment and Heikkilä designed the modules to the mill and then lifted into position.” and save money in the process.” fit within those limits. “Tapani had the per- fect vision of how the boiler would come to- According to Hardin, “Normally, you would Regulations in flux gether,” says Timo Bungert, ANDRITZ Sales put the boiler bottom down, build the upper To add to the challenges, US environmen- Manager. “He made drawings to show how part of the furnace, and then lift the bottom tal regulations were being rewritten when each module could be lifted into place in a in place. Not here. We needed the space Macon’s power boiler was being designed. proper sequence.” under the boiler to allow access for stag- Different drafts of standards for the Boiler ing and lifting the fans, ducts, economiz- MACT (Maximum Achievable Control This sequencing was critical, according ers, and other components. So, the bottom Technology) had been sent out for com- to Jeff Brown, ANDRITZ Project Manager. was brought in last. We eliminated a corner ment by the government, but the final ver- sion had not been released. “Waiting for the Fuel feeding ports in final MACT standards was not a good op- the boiler tion for us,” McGahee says. “So we worked Single steam drum with ANDRITZ to design-in the flexibility to meet low numbers for mercury, or CO, or Our operators NOx, or particulate size, or whatever.” report that it is a sweet running unit.” Bubbling is best Graphic Packaging’s first biomass boiler Dan Ash (stoker fired) was installed in 1980. “Today, Senior Product Engineer, Utilities Graphic Packaging International the bubbling fluidized bed is the best tech- nology for our low-Btu, high-moisture fuel,” An ANDRITZ recovery boiler was delivered on an EPC basis in McGahee says. “We purchased the best 1993-94 and established a good reference for ANDRITZ at the mill. technology for our operations now and in the foreseeable future.” system also has the capability to combust Senior Product Engineer for Utilities at the ate electricity,” McGahee says. “This boiler up to 7.5 t/h of clarifier sludge from the pa- mill. “Our dream was that this boiler would gives us flexibility to even generate process The fuel is wood residuals that would nor- per mill. Natural gas is used as the start-up start up as easily as the recovery boiler. We steam if required. Being able to choose our mally have been left in the forest. The boiler fuel. About 23% of the total biomass used were not disappointed.” fuel, steam, and power source gives us at the mill comes from in-house wood pro- flexibility.” cessing for the pulp mill. The rest is pro- Short learning curve cured in the open market. In total, the two “The learning curve for the BFB is much McGahee, Hardin, and Ash say that by self- power boilers consume about 120 t/h of shorter than with the stoker boiler,” Ash managing the project, the economic return biomass. says. “This is partially due to the boiler’s has been substantial. “This project has a operating flexibility and level of automation. very low installed cost,” they say. “We put It was a snap It burns smoothly and we don’t have the this project up against any in the country in The ANDRITZ boiler passed its hydrostatic swings that we do with the stoker. Our op- terms of installed cost per MWh.” test the very first time. Only five steam blows erators report that it is a sweet running unit. were required to clean the steam piping to Even with the high-moisture fuel, it operates * Editor’s note: Tapani Heikkilä passed away the turbine. “This proves that the fabrica- better than the stoker unit.” in January 2014. He worked for ANDRITZ tion of the boiler in Europe, and the storage/ for many years and was a talented engineer transport was well managed,” McGahee This unit has very low emissions. “This was and a wonderful colleague. He is missed by says. “And that the erectors kept everything an important point in our selection of tech- all who knew him. very clean with excellent quality control.” nologies and vendors,” Ash says. Due to the tight location, the boiler was erected in a unique The Graphic Packaging project team. Kneeling (l to r): Louis Tanner, Maintenance way. A corner stair support was eliminated so that erectors Superintendent and Matt Brown, Senior Process Control Engineer. Standing (l to r): Frank Boiler start-up was in August 2013. “It start- Generating paper CONTACT could bring in the boiler bottom last after other modules were Huchison, Utilities Superintendent; Jim McGahee, Director of Engineering; P.K. Rao, Senior Timo Bungert lifted into place. Project Engineer; Dan Ash, Senior Product Engineer; and Phil Hardin, Construction Manager. ed up in a snap, really quick,” says Dan Ash, “Our priority is to generate paper, not gener- [email protected]

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Iggesund Paperboard wins PPI Bio Strategy Award Mill reduces fossil carbon dioxide emissions by more than NEWS 190,000 tonnes per year with biomass combined heat and power plant.

Following a series of investments to im- because it will give us more stable energy Eldorado sets prove energy solutions over the last four costs over time.” years, Iggesund Paperboard was awarded Bertil Stromberg, from ANDRITZ presented the the Bio Strategy of the Year prize at the At its Workington Mill in the UK, Iggesund award to Neal Haussel of Iggesund Paperboad. NEW WORLD RECORD 2014 PPI Awards dinner held October 8, implemented a dramatic shift from fossil 2014 in Boston, MA USA. The PPI Awards natural gas to biomass. A new biomass low level. Thermal output of the boiler is honor leadership, vision, innovation, and boiler was completed in the spring of 2013 150 MW. The turbine-generator produces for pulp production strategic accomplishments within the pulp and has led to a reduction of the fossil 50 MW of electricity. Steam from the turbine and paper industry. CO2 emissions from the mill by more than is extracted and reused to heat the drying 190,000 tonnes per annum, equal to tak- cylinders on the board machine. Aided by ANDRITZ production technology – 5,300 admt/d The Bio Strategy award was sponsored by ing more than 65,000 cars off the road. All

ANDRITZ. Other fi nalists in the category in- fossil CO2 emissions from production have A sub-project called “Grow Your Income” cluded Domsjö Fabriker, Domtar, Dravacel been eliminated, and excess green energy encourages local farmers to start growing Ltd., Fox River Fiber, and Smurfi t Kappa is delivered to the national grid. energy crops. Iggesund offers funding to After having set a world record for pulp production in March (5,156 throughput. In addition to production, the mill has achieved mile- Kraftliner Piteå. support the establishment, harvesting ex- t/d), Eldorado Brasil topped its own best by achieving a new record stones in the sustainable reduction of steam and electrical power in At the heart of the Workington Mill’s power pertise, transport to the mill, and indexed in August – 5,300 tonnes of dried pulp in a single day. the drying plant – as well as reductions in fi ber loss and fresh water “We’re very pleased with the award but plant is an ANDRITZ biomass boiler, state- long term contracts, thus providing a new consumption. even more with the major move we’ve of-the-art in design, and operating at high source of income for local farmers. The mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil, is currently the largest single line pulp made from fossil fuel to bioenergy,” said temperatures and pressure. Effi cient com- mill in the world. It was designed for 1.5 million tonnes per year, but ANDRITZ delivered the woodyard, fi berline, pulp drying/baling plant, Arvid Sundblad, Vice President Sales and bustion is a trademark of ANDRITZ’s bub- ANDRITZ also delivered a recovery boil- is already exceeding that rate of production. Estimates now are for and white liquor plant, as well as some automation and simulation Marketing for Iggesund. “Of course that’s bling fl uidized bed (BFB) technology. With er to the Iggesund mill in Sweden, 1.7 million tonnes. The new record translates to 400 t/d per meter tools. The bleached eucalyptus market pulp is exported to all re- because we’re assuming our own re- accompanying flue gas treatment, the which allowed the mill to be- of working width on the drying machines – certainly world-class gions of the world. sponsibility for the climate issue but also boiler restricts airborne emissions to a very come energy self-suffi cient.

The offi cial SKF audit was conducted in July Pell City 2014. In late August, 10 Pell City employees completed a week-long training session becomes with SKF that focused on mechanical is- sues related to bearings and seals. The Pell SKF Preferred City facility will implement electronic docu- mentation forms and advanced coordinate Service Partner measuring machines to improve inspection accuracy and scope.

Following an intensive on-site audit and ex- As Rob Forstrom, SKF Pulp & tensive employee training, ANDRITZ’s Pell Paper Strategy Manager, ex- City service facility in the USA was named plains, “ANDRITZ’s commitment an SKF Preferred Service Partner – Pulp and to excellence and continuous Paper. ANDRITZ is the fi rst service provider improvement is refreshing. It is a to earn partnership status in this SKF pilot pleasure to work with a company program, which was created to help cus- that is so dedicated to improving tomers identify shops that follow best-in- and is taking all the right steps class practices. to do so.”

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COMPLETE LINES KEY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADES, KEY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADES, COMPLETE LINES COMPLETE LINES KEY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADES, AND SYSTEMS AND MODERNIZATIONS AND MODERNIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS AND MODERNIZATIONS

Siam Cement Group, SCG Paper UPM Kymi mill Mondi Celulosa y Energia Punta Pereira Chongqing Lee & Man Klabin Wangsala, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Kouvola, Finland Świecie, Poland Colonia, Uruguay Chongqing, China Telêmaco Borba, Brazil Complete green liquor semi-chemical pulp Capacity increase and quality improvements Conversion of recovery boiler to state-of-the- Greenfield market pulp mill start-up with 1000 bdmt/d OCC line with FibreFlow drum Two lines of slasher decks for eucalyptus and fiberline including continuous digester and DD to cooking and brownstock handling (including art biomass boiler ANDRITZ delivering all major production pulper and approach system for board ma- pine (7.2 m log length) washer new DD washer) and pulp drying plant systems chine; plus stock preparation and approach Very short erection time (43 days) First installation of the ANDRITZ DD washer Weyerhaeuser systems for two tissue machines technology for SCG Paper, and the first DD Stora Enso Flint River, GA, USA E.ON Climate & Renewables Mondi washer in Thailand Varkaus, Finland Recovery boiler modernization Blackburn Meadows, UK Jiangsu Xinyuan Reconstituted Tobacco Ruzomberok, Slovakia Rebuild of fiberline, evaporation, recovery First ANDRITZ flue gas cooler in North America Waste wood-fired EcoFluid BFB boiler and Huaian, Jiangsu , China LimeKiln Stora Enso Packaging (Tiger project) boiler, recausticizing, and recycled fiber pro- related systems Complete stock preparation for tobacco line Guangxi, China cessing systems Zellstoff Pöls Stora Enso Complete wood handling line for a greenfield Pöls, Austria PMP IB (Changzhou) Machinery & Technology Siam Kraft Industry Oulu, Finland mechanical pulp plant and board machine Confidential Customer Complete refurbishment of the LK2 black liquor Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China Bangkok, Thailand Fiberline modernization including new pre- USA recovery boiler plant Stock preparation, paper machine approach, OCC line steaming chip silo and DD washer Riikinvoima New Lo-Solids continuous digester including and broke lines for tissue Leppävirta, Finland TurboFeed chip feeding system and fiberline Jyväskylän Energiantuotanto Chongqing Wellmind Paper Quesnel River Pulp Complete waste-to-energy power plant with modifications Jyväskylä, Finland Fujian Liansheng Paper Chongqing, China Quesnel, BC, Canada a circulating fluidized bed boiler, waste fuel Upgrade of 295 MW BFB boiler with new emis- Longhai, Fujian, China Stock preparation, white water system, and Low-consistency refining package treatment and flue gas cleaning systems, a Smurfit Kappa sions reduction system and heating surfaces Stock preparation lines – virgin, MOW/ONP, approach system for tissue machine Replacement of HC secondary and reject steam turbine, electrification, automation, and Piteå, Sweden New application of emissions reduction system MW, and ONP – for board and testliner; paper refining with TwinFlo LC refining auxiliary systems ANDRITZ Waplans debarking drum for a new for power plants machine approach; UTM pulping; sludge and Jiangmen Xinghui Paper woodroom reject handling Jiangmen, Guangdong, China Naberezhnye Chelny Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity Danalakshmi Paper Mills Largest project from ANDRITZ for Liansheng Fiber preparation lines – ONP/OMG, MW, and Tatarstan, Russia Baoding, Hebei, China OKI Pulp & Paper Mills Tamil Nadu, India BKP – for white-line chip board; approach Rebuild of PM K-28 paper machine PrimeLineCOMPACT II tissue machine with Indonesia DIP line upgrade incl. two SelectaFlot flotation Guangdong Guanhao Hi-Tech system; UTM pulper; broke handling including complete wet section with two steel Yankee, stock preparation, automation, Crushers for woodyard stages Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China new PrimeFlow headboxes, dilution control, and drives Stock preparation, paper machine approach, Mondi Štětí two new PrimeForm Fourdrinier formers, new Repeat order (TM1 has started-up) CELCACIA - Celulose de Cacia Zhejiang Chuancheng Paper and broke lines for special paper Štětí, Czech Republic PrimePress X shoe press, web stabilizers, Cacia, Portugal Zhejiang, China PM7 with a new PrimeFlow headbox, shoe QCS system, two new approach systems, Guangdong Shaoneng Group Cooking upgrade; systems for collecting and Dispersing, disc filters, and refiners for kraftliner Pindo Deli Paper Perawang Mills press module, PrimeUnit MC micro-creping broke pulper, and process pumps Shao Guan, Guangdong, China incinerating odorous gases; rebuild of pulp and corrugated medium production Riau, Indonesia unit, PrimeCal X shoe , rewinder, and Saleable paper was obtained on the second PrimeLineCOMPACT II tissue machine with drying plant Stock preparation, white water system, and hood for the drying section reel after start-up steel Yankee, stock preparation, automation, FIBRIA – Barra do Riacho paper machine approach system for two tissue and drives Moorim Pulp & Paper Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil machines Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity Partial use of mill’s own pulp Ulsan, South Korea Mechanical and civil maintenance contracts Includes ANDRITZ’s largest approach screen Baoding, Hebei, China Bleach plant upgrade Largest ANDRITZ service contracts in Brazil PrimeLineCOMPACT II tissue machine with Lee & Man Group Fuyang City Dongda Paper stock preparation, paper machine approach, Chongqing, China Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Suzano Fuyang, Zhejiang, China broke lines, and automation ONP line with capacity of 300 t/d Takaoka, Toyama, Japan Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil DIP line, OCC line, and paper machine approach First PrimeLineCOMPACT machine in China New LimeFree for white liquor plant Process optimization Sun Paper Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Shandong Sun Paper Yanzhou, Shandong, China Mondi Frantschach Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Yanzhou, Shandong, China Complete reject handling line for two paper St. Gertraud, Austria Two DIP lines PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machine PM27 with machines; two OCC processing lines; rebuild Cooking upgrade with Downflow Lo-Solids steel Yankee, ReEvaporation system, stock of stock preparation and machine approach system including TurboFeed chip feeding and preparation, paper machine approach, and systems Pressure Diffuser for brownstock washing broke lines Met very tight project schedule; high energy efficiency; follow-up order received for new machine

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