International technology group Andritz has received an order from global hygiene and health company Essity to deliver a PrimeDry YES (Yankee Eco Steam System) for a tissue machine at its mill in Stubbins, England. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Toscotec will present innovations of the tissuemaking process including digital technologies at MIAC 2024 from 9th to 11th October in Lucca, Italy.
International technology group Andritz has received an order to supply a dry fiberboard recycling line to Sonae Arauco’s mill in Mangualde, Portugal. The line will recycle end-of-life fiberboards back into valuable fibers as new raw material for fiberboard production. It will be the first industrial-scale fiberboard recycling line in the world. Start-up of the recycling line is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025.
International technology group Andritz has acquired the Swedish analyzer and measurement technology company PulpEye. The acquisition complements Andritz’s capabilities by adding the core pulp quality analyzers and measurements into the group’s automation and digitalization portfolio.
Svenska Aerogel is proud to announce the launch of their latest product, Quartzene® Z-Slurry. This aqueous aerogel suspension is easily processed and pumpable, enhancing thermal insulation, improving fire safety, and reducing the weight of end products. It offers significant advantages for paint manufacturers as well as producers of fibrous products. Quartzene® Z-Slurry is now available for purchase across Europe.
DS Smith and ABB form a strategic partnership rooted in shared values and support of sustainability goals. As DS Smith's mill in Porcari, Lucca in Italy, embarks on an automation upgrade journey, ABB's expertise emerges as the catalyst for transformation. Together the two companies are helping shape the future of power and paper.
Procemex, a new Andritz Group member has received an order from the Swedish paper mill SCA Obbola to supply a OnePlatform Web Monitoring & Inspection System for their PM2, the world’s largest high quality kraftliner machine. PM2, which started up in November 2022, is 9.6 m wide and has a design speed of 1,400 m/min and a production capacity of 725,000 t/y. The scope of supply also includes Automatic Target Control for the machine’s winder.
The worldwide active and tradition-rich industrial plant engineering and construction company, GAW technologies GmbH (based in Austria), announces a change in the management active since July 2024. After more than 21 years with the company, including eight years in management, Wolfgang Senner is leaving GAW because he is centering his life back to his native country Germany. Together with Nina Pildner-Steinburg in the lead and the entire staff, the generational change has been effectively managed in recent years and the company has been prepared for a stable future.
Voith will supply a MasterJet Pro F/B headbox for a paper manufacturer in North America. The new headbox with ModuleJet dilution technology will enable optimization of paper production and ensure greater efficiency and optimized production quality. The installation of the new system is expected to be completed in May 2025.
International technology group Andritz has provided key equipment for a new hardwood Neutral Sulfite Semi-Chemical (NSSC) production line and for a woodyard upgrade to packaging and paper producer Mondi at its containerboard mill in Kuopio, Finland. This delivery is part of Mondi’s expansion and upgrade project at the mill, which produces high-quality semi-chemical fluting, primarily for food packaging.
Sappi has awarded GAW technologies with an order to increase the efficiency of production processes - in detail to expand the storage of starch as well as a retrofitting / boosting of efficiency for pigment tanks at its Ehingen mill in Germany. The order also includes several safety technical audits of existing silos. The equipment deliveries are scheduled for the end of this year and beginning of 2025.