paper, cardboard, packaging, paper machines, tissue, printing
Toscotec will rebuild the forming and press sections of PM1 at Cartonificio Sandreschi’s paper mill in Villa Basilica, Italy. Cartonificio Sandreschi had previously installed on PM1 several custom-made TT SteelDryers of 2,000 mm diameter to replace its existing cast iron cans. With this new order, the Italian cardboard manufacturer taps Toscotec for a complete rebuild, scheduled for the third quarter of 2022.
Toscotec will supply several TT SteelDryer cylinders for two paper machines at the facilities of two confidential manufacturers in North America. The projects are slated for completion in 2022.
Pasaban will upgrade the foil stamping line for FS1 in Tumba, Sweden. It will be an electrical refurbishment and will take place by the end of the year.
Toscotec continues the expansion of its covered production area with the inauguration of a new building - Workshop 9 - at its headquarters in Lucca, Italy. The new workshop is primarily dedicated to equipment loading and logistic operations, and it frees up space for the increasing manufacturing and pre-assembly activities at the facility. This addition testifies to Toscotec’s growth as a prominent supplier of advanced, energy efficient technology for the tissue and paper industry and global leader of turnkey tissue projects.
The number of paper manufacturers using the digital remote services of Voith's OnPerformance.Lab is growing continuously. After setting the cornerstone for the global OnPerformance.Lab in Heidenheim in the fall of 2020, Voith is now strengthening its regional market presence in the Asia-Pacific region with another location in Tokyo, Japan. Experts at the OnPerformance.Lab advise, accompany and support customers worldwide, enabling them to deploy digitalization profitably.
BOBST has announced that its flagship flatbed die-cutter, MASTERCUT 1.65, is now commercially available to folding carton and corrugated box manufacturers around the world.
Toscotec will supply to linerboard manufacturer ETAP a technological rebuild of PM2’s press section at their Borg Elarab paper mill, near Alexandria in Egypt. The paper machine has a sheet trim width of 2,520 mm and it manufactures testliner and kraftliner in the range from 125 to 240 gsm. This is a repeat order for Toscotec, who in 2018 had completely rebuilt in stainless steel the Fourdrinier wire section of PM2.
Klabin is a reference with more than 120 years of history behind it, being the largest producer and exporter of packaging paper in Brazil. It is a leader in the markets of cardboard packaging, industrial bags and the only company in the country that offers market solutions in short fiber, long fiber and fluff pulp.
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from RK-Grand OOO, Russia, to deliver a new wood handling plant for its Pitkyaranta pulp mill in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Start-up is planned for the fourth quarter of 2023.
Pasaban offers high quality, robust, and precise converting machinery for the paper and board converting industry. It has been supplying to the Pulp and paper industry with sheeters, winders and other finishing equipment customized solutions for more than 90 years. These have been improved and adapted to meet customer demand and continue to expand internationally. The company's development has been such that today it is one of the major quality benchmarks in the market.
