Metsä Tissue orders tissue line for Future Mill project at Mariestad in Sweden

Metsä Tissue has ordered a new tissue production line from Valmet for its Mariestad mill in Sweden. The delivery will include a package of stock preparation, automation and service systems. The order is part of Metsä Tissue’s Future Mill development programme, which aims for world-class environmental and technological performance in tissue production. The value of the order was not revealed.

Valmet and Metsä Tissue have a long history of cooperation. Recently the PM10 machine at the Metsä’s Mänttä mill in Finland was successfully rebuilt. In the past few years Valmet has also supplied a series of energy saving and efficiency upgrades to Metsä Tissue’s other mills, including Advantage ReDry energy saving solutions, Advantage ViscoNip presses, refiners and automation controls.

“With the new tissue machine, we will increase the offering of locally produced sustainable virgin fibre-based tissue paper to the Scandinavian market. It enables reliable local deliveries of high-quality tissue to the consumers. The new technology brings big environmental benefits. In addition to the energy savings, we can reduce the process water

Energy-saving pulping line for Hubei Xianhe’s Jingzhou mill

Hubei Xianhe New Materials Co in China has ordered a chemithermomechanical pulping line with a capacity of 350 admt/d from Andritz for its mill at Jingzhou City in Hubei Province. With this contract Andritz says it is consolidating its strong market position for low-energy hard wood mechanical pulping technology focusing on production of highquality fibres at lowest operating cost.

Established in 2021, Hubei Xianhe New Materials is active in a number of business fields including the pulp and paper industry. in the paper making process by 50 per cent,” says Esa Paavolainen, vice president for projects at Metsä Tissue.

The new tissue machine – which will be optimised for low energy consumption and product quality – will have a design speed of 2,200 metres per minute and increase the mill’s tissue capacity by 70,000 tons to 145,000 tons a year.

The line will be based on a Valmet Advantage DCT 200 TS tissue machine with the latest technology for high efficiency, low energy and water consumption and reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

Valmet will also supply a quality control and monitoring system, complete engineering, installation supervision, training, start-up, and commissioning.

Start-up clothing as well as master maintenance data services and remote support from Valmet’s Performance Center are included.

Procter & Gamble orders an Andritz TAD tissue machine for its Utah mill

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has ordered a tissue machine from Andritz for its Box Elder Family Care mill in Utah, USA.

Delivery of the PrimeLineTAD machine is scheduled for 2024. The machine will be supplied with state-of-the-art energyefficient equipment to meet the global FMCG giant’s demanding sustainability targets.

Andritz and P&G have been strong business partners for many years. In 2007, Andritz supplied and started up a TAD tissue/towel machine at P&G’s mill at Green Bay in Wisconsin that was said to fully meet P&G’s expectations. This was followed by another TAD tissue/towel machine P&G’s Box Elder mill, which started up successfully in 2011.

P&G, one of the largest manufacturers of premium consumer bath tissues and paper towels in North America, produces brands such as Charmin, Puffs, and Bounty.