FiberSpectrum Issue 15 - No.1/2007 The Magazine of Andritz Pulp&Paper “This money pipe was a present to us from the bank during our groundbreaking. It’s a reminder to keep on schedule so we could turn the valve and start the flow of money.” Riia Ratnik, CFO of Estonian Cell Winning the world’s respect at Estonian Cell – Page 4 FiberSpectrum A message from Andritz Pulp & Paper Management The Magazine of Andritz Pulp & Paper “Bernhard Rebernik − a visionary man helping ideas take shape” Contents On April 1, 2007, Bernhard Rebernik, who “vendor.” We know that every project in have more time to spend with family, use had been Member of the Managing Board every mill has its unique challenges. It is my season opera tickets, brush up my of Andritz since 1991, retired on reaching our job to understand what is important to Italian, and go on ski mountain tours. But, 3 Management message age 65. When he took over responsibility different customers in different regions. I do not plan on disappearing from Andritz for Andritz’s Pulp & Paper business completely. I have agreed to serve as a 25 years ago, the position of Andritz being This successful development of Andritz’s consultant to Andritz, working on certain 4 Winning the world’s respect a well-recognized global supplier of com- pulp and paper activities was to a great projects and staying in touch with certain Estonian Cell is showcase for latest BCTMP technology plete systems was only a vision. extent the result of Bernhard Rebernik’s customers and partners. steady efforts and ability to build a good When Bernhard became head of team. I would like to take this opportunity It gives me particular pleasure to see 10 A refined approach to rebuilds Pulp & Paper Technology, Andritz had to express my appreciation to him and for my younger colleagues develop and Rebuilds and upgrades keep productivity high at Augusta Newsprint very few products it could call its own. his achievements for Andritz. thrive. I congratulate Karl Hornhofer The majority were licensed, or purchased (Capital Equipment) and Humbert Köfler and resold. Our vision was to expand (Service) on their appointments as new 14 Upgrading a mill step-by-step globally by providing the best technology, board members responsible for the Pulp complete production lines, and compre- and Paper Business Area. Both were Carefully crafted master plan for eliminating bottlenecks at Zellstoff Pöls hensive services at a fair price. Products members of my team, and I hold them in had to be developed and capabilities very high esteem. Please extend the good 20 SC-A Plus puts Summa on top acquired to put all the pieces in place. cooperation and trust to our younger man- Wolfgang Leitner agement team. Competition fosters major grade change at Stora Enso’s Summa mill So Bernhard took our few “star” products (President & CEO) (twin wire press, etc.) into the global With many thanks and kind regards, market. Through acquisitions, we added “My first love was – and still is – 24 Being a good neighbor well-known names such as Sprout-Bauer, the excitement of learning.” Suzano’s location is driving force for odor reduction technology Kone Wood, Durametal, Hymac, Ahlstrom Machinery, ABB Fläkt Industries, Fiedler, With retiring comes a sense of ac- and Küsters. Step-by-step we were able complishment for all that our team Bernhard Rebernik 28 News from the world of Andritz to reach our vision of being a supplier has achieved together, and a sense of (Member of the Managing Board, retired) “from wood to paper.” gratitude for having met so many brilliant, committed, and fascinating people in the The acquisition of Ahlstrom Machinery global Pulp & Paper community. FiberSpectrum is published by: in 2000/2001 was an important step that added chemical pulping, and recycled I am grateful that through our many Andritz AG fiber capabilities. From then on, Bernhard customers/partners we have been able Stattegger Strasse 18 Contributing Writers: and Markku Hänninen expanded upon to develop technologies that achieve A-8045 Graz, Austria Jens Kellersmann Tel: +43 316 6902 0 Robert Puhr Andritz’s position as a reliable supplier of the highest capacities, fastest machine [email protected] complete production systems for all types speeds, lowest energy consumption, Contributing Photographers: of pulp and certain grades of paper. lowest chemical consumption, Managing Editor: Croce & Wir and most advanced automa- Gudrun Schaffer Dieter Brasch Several key orders confirmed our strategy tion in the industry. Many of [email protected] Riku Isohella was correct. The ones that come to mind you took the risks and the Robert Puhr Editor: are Aracruz Fiberline C, Veracel, CMPC, extra effort with us – helping Robert Puhr Graphic Design: Botnia in Uruguay, Estonian Cell, us push the envelope for the [email protected] Gudrun Schaffer Marusumi in Japan, TAD tissue machines entire industry. [email protected] in the USA, seven modern tissue ma- Editorial Team: chines in China, new deinking technology, The work years have Petra Binder Pirjo Nousjoki and the most energy-efficient mechanical passed quickly. It has been Bjørn Hansen Mia Passi Minna Heinonen Olavi Pomoell pulping systems in the world. These or- a pleasure to be part of this Alice Jeloschek Harri Soila ders showed that customers accepted our challenging industry. Thank Jens Kellersmann Manuela Wagner approach on a world-class level. you for so many years of Sara Koller good cooperation and excel- Today, Andritz can bring considerable lent personal relationships. You will see the use of both “tonnes” and “tons” in this publication: tonnes for metric units resources from under one roof to each and tons for American units. Unless otherwise noted, metric units are used. customer’s unique situation. This means I have now retired from day- Copyright © Andritz AG 2007. All rights reserved. it can be a “partner” instead of just a to-day management. Now I will No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the publisher. 2 AS Estonian Cell | FiberSpectrum 15 – 01/2007 ◄ The Andritz RotaBarker™ in the woodyard is a new innovation. It is especially suited for debarking frozen logs in a dry process without costly de-icing. No water is used in the process. the world’s respect Winning Wood losses are minimal. Though heavily forested, Estonia is not known as a producer of pulp and paper. The people at AS Estonian Cell wish to change all that. Their new BCTMP mill is a highlight of industrial development in Estonia. It is among the most modern in the world – showcasing several new innovations from Andritz – and holds itself to very high environmental standards. Remember the first time you ever set turn – an infectious gift from your host northeast Estonia, just a short distance foot inside a mill? Whether you were a and tour leader, Lauri Raid, Production from the Baltic Sea. youngster, or a young university gradu- Manager of AS Estonian Cell. ate, or an adult – you were no doubt fascinated by the sights. Perhaps There is no doubt that Raid loves what Major investment you were intimidated by the massive he does. “When I was studying pulp moving machinery, and in awe of the and paper at the university, I dreamt of The € 153 million investment by hard-working people who operated the a time when there might be a greenfield Austria’s Heinzel Holding, Norway’s complex equipment. There was so mill in Estonia,” Raid says. “I didn’t Larvik Cell, and the European Bank for much to learn, and so much to master! really think it would really happen, Reconstruction and Development is the though. You can imagine how happy second-largest direct foreign invest- Walking through this greenfield I was when this project was an- ment in Estonia. bleached chemi-thermo mechanical nounced!” pulp (BCTMP) mill in Kunda, Estonia The owners selected RWE Industrie- brings those same feelings to the sur- The “project” that Raid is referring to Lösungen of Germany, now a division face again – the newness and the ex- is the Estonian Cell mill designed to of MAN Ferrostaal, as the turnkey citement are reflected in the eyes of the produce 140,000 t/a of hardwood mar- contractor in April 2004. ▲ About 50% of Estonia is forested. Estonian Cell utilizes 100% aspen fiber to ▲ Joe Masella, Project Director for KSH Solutions (left), and Peter workers. Enthusiasm awaits at every ket pulp. AS Estonian Cell is located in produce its high-quality bleached chem-thermo mechanical market pulp. Masloch, Deputy Project Director for RWE Industrie-Lösungen (now part of MAN Ferrostaal). “The idea was to have a turnkey con- the General Site Manager, with overall Aspen (populus tremula) accounts for Estonian Cell is a showcase for Andritz’s P-RCTM APMP technology. The process produces pulp with high quality mechanical and optical characteristics while reducing energy consumption. Lauri Raid, Production tractor with full responsibility, one major responsibility for the site activities. The 7.3% of the nation’s wood volume. Manager at Estonian Cell, in front of the mainline refiners (Andritz S2070 series) at the mill. ▼ supplier for technology, and somebody Andritz team, including wood process- Roar Paulsrud, one of the owners of else to handle the balance of the plant ing experts from Finland, drying experts Estonian Cell, developed the idea (water, effluent, power, etc.),” says from Austria and Sweden, and mechan- of establishing an aspen pulp mill in Heinz Günther Grollman, a Vice Presi- ical pulping experts from Austria, came 1999 as he bought aspen from Esto- dent with RWE. to Kunda in May 2005. “It was like nia through his Norwegian company, running a small company,” Unger says.