Valmet is to deliver six wire tyers to Sappi's Saiccor dissolving pulp mill in South Africa. Valmet Wire Tyer is a fully automated tying machine that applies high-tensile steel wire around pulp bales at pre-selected positions.

The value of the order will not be disclosed. The wire tyers will be delivered in the Q2 2025 and installed on the baling lines C3 and C5 during the mill's annual maintenance shutdown.

"Our current wire tyer units are starting to be at the end of their lifecycle, causing an excessive amount of unplanned downtime for the baling lines. The new wire tyers will improve the overall performance and the reliability of the tyer units and play an important role in the planned speed increase of the baling lines," says Leolin Pillay, Mechanical Technician at Sappi Saiccor Mill.

The delivery will include six wire tyers, fully automatic tying machines consisting of the tying unit, related conveying units, and a specially developed wire cage for the customer's two baling lines. In addition, the delivery will include two remote tyer test stations, a spare parts package, and on-site support during the installation.

Sappi is a global provider of raw materials, such as dissolving pulp, wood pulp, and biomaterials, as well as end-use products, such as packaging papers, specialty papers, graphic papers, casting and release papers, and forestry products. In South Africa, Sappi operates five mills. The Saiccor mill produces approximately 890,000 tons of elemental chlorine-free dissolving pulp, mostly for manufacturers of viscose staple fiber (VSF) used in clothing and textiles.