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Toscotec successfully completed a hood rebuild on PM 1 at WEPA Mainz in Germany. After a tight shutdown timeframe, PM 1 started up on schedule last year. Following a period of stable running conditions, it successfully completed the performance test, and outperformed the technical guarantees of the rebuild by having excellent results for drying capacity and gas consumption.
Aktül Kağıt is a company that produces one of the softest toilet paper and most absorbent paper towel in Turkey with eco-friendly production practices. Aktül Kağıt started to produce tissue paper from 100% virgin wood pulp in September 2011. Currently it produces private label products for leading local and abroad chains markets and also supply quality jumbo rolls for many converting facilities, located both in Turkey and abroad.
Following a complete design upgrade of its rewinder line, Toscotec launched the new OPTIMA rewinders. The new line has achieved recognition in the market with eight rewinders already sold in Europe, North America and Asia, including single and double width machines.
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Guangdong Hengan Paper Co., Ltd. (Hengan) to supply four tissue machines to its new mill in Yunfu, Guangdong, China, for the production of high-quality facial, toilet, handkerchief and napkin tissue grades made of virgin market pulp.
One of the leading global hygiene companies reached an agreement with PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) for a new project execution of design, production and commissioning of a new reel Intelli-Reel® in a paper mill, located in France. The contract was signed in July, 2020. The customer is one of the leading global hygiene and health company. This is the first common project of both companies.
The new intelligent solution for pulp drying, Metris DryQ, developed by international technology group ANDRITZ, is operating successfully at the Montes del Plata pulp mill in Punta Pereira, Uruguay.
It was installed in September 2019 as part of a mill-wide service agreement called SYNERGY, which includes remote support and local assistance by ANDRITZ experts, with the aim of boosting dryer performance and stabilizing the process.
German paper manufacturer Progroup AG has successfully commissioned the PM 3, one of the most modern packaging paper machines in the world, at the company’s Sandersdorf-Brehna facility in Saxony-Anhalt. The PM 3 is set to produce 750,000 tons of testliner and corrugated medium annually. A comprehensive sustainability concept ensures the least possible consumption of resources.
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, is working with a North American tissue maker to deliver continuous process improvement with autonomous chemistry control through its secure OPTIX™ Applied Intelligence artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
A new 17-inch FA-17 flexographic machine by Nilpeter has recently been installed at the Essentra Packaging’s Lublin site. Essentra Packaging is a global supplier for cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries and is one out of three divisions of the international Essentra Group. The newly installed machine features numerous functions designed to automate and streamline the printing process, and has significantly increased the label production capacity of the Essentra Packaging Lublin site.
On August 8, FILAR Fijałkowscy Sp., a company located in Sadlno, in the Gmina Wierzbinek region in Poland, started using its first tissue machine for high quality papers.
The machine is part of the company’s largest investment in the sanitary paper business. A brand-new factory was built. In addition to the machine, the facilities also have a logistics center.
This bold project takes FILAR to a new level in the tissue paper market.
Successful launch amid the pandemic
