Huawon’s fifth project with Voith starts up in China

Chinese paper maker Huawon successfully started up the new PM16 line at its Ma’anshan mill in Anhui Province in June, producing, it is said, high-quality, environmentally-friendly décor base paper.

Key components of the line supplied by Voith include a BlueLine stock preparation system for virgin fibre, WEP, headbox, DuoShake DG and calender. As Huawon’s fifth follow-up order with Voith, the line is said to represent the transfer of knowledge from past projects, enabling the design to be optimised.

Commenting on the startup, chairman of Huawon Dou Zhengliang said: “The successful start-up of PM16 has once again proven the reliable quality of Voith equipment and raises Huawon’s production capacity and scale to a new level. I would like to thank the employees of both companies for their trustful cooperation. Voith is a global technical leader in the field of speciality papers and has a wealth of experience. We will deepen cooperation with Voith and jointly develop new markets for speciality papers.”

Lin Carlos, vice president of order execution and manufacturing at Voith Paper Asia, added: “Huawon has achieved remarkable success in the field of décor papers with its outstanding innovation, excellent quality standards and first-class customer service.

“I would like to thank all the professionals for their contribution to this endeavour. We are confident that we can achieve more great successes together in the future and help Huawon become a leading national brand for world-class décor base papers.”

Hangzhou Huawang Industrial Group, based in the Science and Technology city of Lin’an Economic Development Zone, in Zhejiang Province, increased its sales volume of decorative papers by 12.3 percent last year to 227,400 tons.