Valmet will supply a repeat order of an OptiConcept M board production line for Pratt Industries in Henderson, Kentucky, USA.

As we reviewed in our last OEE post “Would you like to improve the OEE of your paper and board sheeting or winding machine?”, OEE means Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and this takes into consideration the availability, performance, and quality of the manufacturing process. The higher OEE percentage, the higher effectiveness your machine has.  

AFT is pleased to announce the successful start-up of a new POM® approach flow system at Stora Enso Oulu on the recently converted and commissioned board machine 7.  

WEPA and Toscotec started up an AHEAD 2.2S tissue machine at Piechowice mill in Poland. The new line is part of a full turnkey supply by Toscotec, starting from the bale handling system and bridge crane up to the parent roll handling system. It produces premium quality recycled hygiene paper primarily for the Away-from-Home market.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget) to rebuild a disc filter at their pulp mill in Ortviken, Sundsvall, Sweden.

The Marutomi Group fired up a Toscotec-supplied MODULO-PLUS ES tissue machine at its Ono Paper’s mill in Fuji city, Japan.

The AHEAD 2.2 tissue line supplied by Toscotec to Cartiera Confalone on a turnkey basis has come online at their new mill in Montoro, Italy, and started producing sellable tissue from day one.

ABB will deliver automation, electrification, quality control systems, motors and drives for Renewcell’s new industrial textile recycling production line in Sundsvall, Sweden. 

During the last year the number of installations of OMET ASV line – the new completely automated OMET interfolding line for the production of interfolded towels and facial tissues - continued to grow at a rapid pace.

(AKRON, Ohio – September 28, 2021) – Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W" or the "Company") (NYSE: BW) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VODA A/S, a leading multi-brand aftermarket parts and service provider for the waste-to-energy and biomass-to-energy markets based in Vejen, Denmark.

Bracell, a global leader in the production of specialty cellulose, has selected Remsoft for wood supply optimization in Brazil.

Founded in Debrecen in 1952, the Hungarian folding carton manufacturer Kartonpack Dobozipari Nyrt. (Kartonpack) currently employs over 100 staff. With its 70 years of experience in the printing and packaging industry, Kartonpack is one of Hungary’s leading packaging printers. 

Toscotec successfully started up a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer at Cartiera Ponte d'Oro Ansalcarta in Villa Basilica, Italy. The new Yankee replaced an existing cast iron dryer installed on PM1 in 1993 by Officine Meccaniche Toschi, which was renamed Toscotec in 2003. 

ProJet received an order for 2 new high pressure belt cleaners from Tolko, Slave Lake, AB, Canada early in 2021. The equipment was delivered on site in June 2021.

To further improve pulp making safety, Procemex machine vision applications are an ideal choice for your pulp bale handling.

The Ircon-Solaronics UniDryer^® is a combined gas infrared and air drying system in which high drying performance gas infrared emitters are alternated with high temperature and velocity nozzles.

The system combines Adaptive Alignment technologies and cloud access to help reduce maintenance costs and production downtime

The systems will be installed on Xinxiang Xinya Paper’s paper machine PM2 to improve production runnability and end-product quality.

Finland, 2021 -  AFT is pleased to announce three new advanced POM systems to be delivered for Klabin Puma II Project PM28, a multi-ply containerboard application in Brazil, South America.

ABB and Södra have entered a long-term, strategic partnership to co-develop a roadmap to drive new levels of efficiency, engagement and digitalization across Södra’s enterprise to ultimately define the next generation mill.

What all pulps have in common is a variation of fiber length, cross-section, diameter, and wall thickness. There are also variations in the degree of fibrillation of the fiber.