These solutions will be used to test and verify process design concepts, identify and correct errors in the control logic, and provide realistic, hands-on training for the operators with the aim of helping Klabin achieve a fast and smooth start-up. Start of pulp production is scheduled for the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Andritz Automation will use its proprietary simulation tool, IDEAS, to model the key process areas of the pulp mill: two digesters, two fiber lines, two bleach plants, and the white liquor plant supplied by Andritz Pulp & Paper, as well as the recovery boiler, evaporation plant, and power boiler delivered by other companies.