Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, 21 April 2011 -- The Yuen Foong Yu PM 1 at Hsin Wu mill in Taiwan was successfully started up on 14 February 2011, after installation of equipment and engineering supplied  by PMT Italia.

PMT Italia supplied a new headbox with dilution system for the back ply and the rebuild of the two existing headboxes, redesign and reconstruction of the wire section into a three-ply fourdrinier configuration with upgraded dewatering system. A new film size press was installed along with new after dryer sction, new calender, and reel upgrade. Machine runnability also was improved in the critical areas of the dryer section by means of a new tail threading through film size press to reel. A new control system for the entire paper machine completed the scope of supply from PMT Italia.