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NEWS CONSUMABLES AND PAPER

Voith and Shanying Suzhou Sappi to close
two machines

Paper start-up PM 71 in China the planned closure of Paper
Sappi Europe announced
Machine 1, Paper Machine 4,
Offline Coater 2 and Sheet
Voith announced the suc- were manufactured locally, Finishing at its paper mill in
cessful start-up of PM 71 at enabling faster delivery and Alfeld, Germany, after com-
Shanying Suzhou Paper in installation. pleting the consultation pro-
Suzhou, west of Shanghai, “The teams from Voith cess with employee
China. PM 71 compliments representatives. The Alfeld
the recently started-up sister and Shanying worked
machine at the mill, PM 72 closely and professionally mill produces coated and
— another Voith-supplied together,” explained Hao uncoated packaging and spe-
paper machine. According Mingjin, Production cialty papers, along with
to Voith, PM 71 was devel- Manager at Shanying chlorine-free bleached pulp.
oped for a speed of 1,300 PM 71 was developed for a speed of 1,300 meters per minute Suzhou. Voith noted that The mill houses five paper
meters per minute and a shortly after commissioning, machines and has about 750
wire width of 9,300 millim- The PM 71 project fea- dryer and after-dryer sec- employees.
eters. It produces up to tures technology from tion increase runability. The PM 71 met the partners’ The board produced on
350,000 tons of lightweight Voith’s XcelLine including a system is complemented by expectations — stable pro- PM1 is double coated on one
corrugating medium per MasterJet Pro headbox, a SpeedSizer AT film press duction conditions with con- and two sides on an offline
year with basis weights DuoFormer D II and and MasterReel reeler. sistent cross-profiles and coating line. PM2 thru PM5
ranging from 50 to 90 g/m2. DuoCentri NipcoFlex shoe Digital systems such as high-quality finished paper
Together, PM 71 and PM press. The hybrid former DCS, QCS and OnCare. rolls. produce single-sided smooth
72 will be capable of produc- concept ensures consistent Health ensure efficiency, papers. PM2, PM3 and PM4
ing up to 800,000 tons of paper quality and low quality and low operating Voith Paper, part of the also have inline coating units
corrugating medium in the energy consumption even at costs. Voith Group, is the full-line and calendaring capabilities
basis weight range of 50 to high speeds. Single-tier Voith pointed out that supplier to the paper indus- with paper surfaces suitable
120 g/m2. dryer sections in the pre- many components for PM 71 try. for specialty papers segment.
CPI welcomes govt action to Valmet to supply

reduce electricity costs production line

The Government has con- Valmet will supply Sofidel
firmed that the support America with a new state-of-
of fered through its the-art tissue production
‘Supercharger’ scheme — line in the United States.
open to energy intensive The new Advantage
installations in specified ThruAir tissue machine will
sectors including papermak-
ing — will be increased. have a width of 5.6 meters
According to CPI, the UK and an annual production Advantage ThruAir tissue line machine
government accepts that the capacity of 75,000 tons. The
high cost of electricity in the production line is optimized to significantly expand its
UK is a huge problem for to save fibers and deliver production capacity of ultra-
energy intensive manufac- excellent paper properties. premium products for
turing when exposed to The government has launched its ‘Supercharger’ scheme The location for the North American consumers
imports from countries with international competition. explained. machine, intended to be to meet the growing
lower energy costs. This is a The change means that Alex Veitch (CPI Chief within one of Sofidel’s exist- demand of ultra-premium
key initiative to address the UK paper mills in the Executive Officer) com- ing U.S. facilities, has not tissue products in the
problem and follows exten- Supercharger scheme will mented, “This policy deci- region. Valmet’s full scope of
sive input and evidence see the rebate received for sion is a welcome step in the yet been finalized. Sofidel is
from the Confederation of charges related to network currently engaging with supply includes a complete
Paper Industries (CPI) and costs increased from 60% to right direction, following various public authorities to tissue production line, an
its members, to stress the 90% — more in line with detailed discussions with finalize the project. automation package and flow
importance of competitive the costs faced by competi- government to make the The new production line control and Industrial
energy costs in the face of tors in Germany, CPI case for support.” will enable Sofidel America Internet solutions.
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