Four Valmet supplied tissue lines started up within three months at Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing in China
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Valmet Oyj's press release on January 30, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. EET
Four Valmet supplied tissue lines has been successfully started up at Lee & Man
Paper Manufacturing's Chongqing mill in China within three months. The new
lines, which are designed for production of high quality tissue products with
low energy consumption, were all producing sellable paper from the very start.
Previously Valmet has installed an Advantage DCT 200 tissue line at the same
mill in 2015. All five machines are equipped with advanced tissue technology to
reach high quality with lowest possible energy consumption.
"The new lines bring a welcome contribution of 240.000 tons of new capacity to
our production of consumer products. They will fulfill our requirements for new
capacity. The Valmet Advantage DCT Technology's capability to produce high
quality tissue with low energy consumption will also support our targets of
environmental efficiency and providing high quality tissue products on the
market" says Raymond Lee, Chairman, Lee & Man Paper.
"To start-up four machines in three months was a big challenge and is a record
hard to beat. Thanks to the well proven technology, great team work and hard
effort from everyone involved the machines started up efficiently and even ahead
of schedule," says Svenerik Olsson, Director China Tissue, Valmet.
Lee & Man tissue line start-up team
Technical information
Valmet's scope of delivery comprised four complete tissue production lines
featuring stock preparation systems and Advantage DCT 200HS tissue machines. The
machines are equipped with OptiFlo headboxes and cast alloy Yankee cylinders.
They are also featured with the well proven Advantage tissue technology
including ViscoNip press, steam heated AirCap hood, WetDust dust system and a
SoftReel P reel. Stock preparation equipment, basic engineering, installation
supervision, training, start-up and commissioning were also included in the
delivery. The delivery also included an automation package with Valmet DCS and
QCS process control systems.
The new tissue machines have a width of 5.6 m and a design speed of 2,000 m/min.
They will have an annual production of 60.000 tons each of toilet and facial
tissue per year, using virgin wood pulp and bleached bamboo fiber as raw
material.
About the customer Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
Established in 1994, Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd has grown from a small
company into a leading paper and pulp manufacturer. The company's 6,500
employees are located at the company's five production sites in China. The
company had a capacity of 7 million tons of container board, duplex board and
tissue paper as well as 180,000 tons of pulp in 2014.
VALMET
Corporate Communications
For further information, please contact:
Svenerik Olsson, Director, China Tissue, tel. +86 10 6566 2568
Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies,
automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to
become the global champion in serving our customers.
Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper
production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced
services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our
customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and
energy.
Valmet's net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000
professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to
moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is
in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.
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