Drum pulping system started up at Asia Honour Paper in Malaysia

The start-up of a FibreFlow drum pulping system and reject handling equipment has been successfully completed by Andritz at Asia Honour Paper’s mill in Mentakab, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia.

Andritz installed a new drum pulper as well as reject handling equipment to upgrade the PM21 production line, processing a mixture of recycled fibre grades for manufacturing of newsprint, printing and writing paper (P&W) and low basis-weight board (LWB). to 470,000 tons per year. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for mid-2025.

Asia Honour Paper Industries (M) was established in 1999 as newspaper manufacturer and nowadays produces a broad range of high-quality paper products based on recycled fibre mainly for the Asian and global markets.

“Valmet has proven to be a trusted supplier to Sappi over the years and we’re pleased to work with them again on our PM2 project. This investment is fully aligned with our Thrive25 strategic focus to reduce our exposure to graphic paper and transition our portfolio to packaging and speciality papers, pulp and biomaterials,” says Michael Haws, chief executive of Sappi North America.

Energy-saving lime kiln technology installed at the Imatra pulp mill

An energy-saving LimeCool system has been installed and commissioned by Andritz at Stora Enso’s Imatra pulp mill in Finland.

The system is designed to use the heat of the processed hot lime in the lime kiln. This enables higher energy efficiency to be achieved in the white liquor plant and an increase in the production of high-quality lime when compared to conventional separate satellite coolers.

Mika Varis, project manager at Stora Enso, says: “We selected the LimeCool system due to the stateof-the-art technology combined with Andritz’s flexibility and fast response. This was the complete package that met our needs.”