Supplier News

Berneck S.A., the largest wood-based panel exporting company in Brazil, has commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply an 84 MW energy system and the world's largest drum dryer for its medium-density particleboard (MDP) plant in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina. Headquartered in Araucária in the Brazilian state of Paraná, Berneck S.A. specializes in MDP, MDF and HDF production.

The Middle East Paper Company, the largest paper manufacturer in the Middle East and Africa, is deploying solutions from global software company SAP SE in an effort to streamline its business processes and increase efficiencies as part of a regional and global expansion strategy.

Saudi Paper Group (SPG) and Toscotec have signed an agreement of understanding for the supply of a new tissue line to be installed at SPG's paper mill in Dammam second industrial city, Saudi Arabia. The tissue machine will produce 60,000 tonnes/yr of premium quality tissue, bringing SPG's total capacity to 190,000 tonnes/yr.

Valmet will supply two Valmet IntelliTissue 1600 tissue machines for Liaoning Yusen tissue mill located in the county of Tai'an, Liaoning province, China.

The annual rankings also cited WIELAND as the 14th largest Industrial Contractor in the US, and the 4th largest contractor in Michigan.

Sun Paper, in close collaboration with ABB, has successfully launched another pulp mill, at the new Beihai location in Guangxi, China. ABB has installed three sets of its flagship distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability System 800xA, two sets of mechanical pulp drive systems, four refiner motors and auxiliary high-voltage cabinets, and over 30 high and low-voltage motors.

Valmet to lay off 50% of its employees in Russia as part of its plan to leave the country. Company has a total of approximately 140 employees in Russia, working primarily in sales, engineering, maintenance and financial administration. Valmet does not have production in Russia.

Operations in the areas unimpacted by the fire that broke out on May 7 at Valmet's Rautpohja factory in Jyväskylä, Finland, will start returning back to normal from the beginning of this week (week 21). It is believed that returning the operations back to normal in these areas will take approximately 1-2 weeks. Valmet is also evaluating the potential need to transfer certain operations to alternative locations mostly in Finland.

ABB has built on its established relationship with Cheng Loong Corporation by securing a contract to bring its L&W Autoline automated paper testing solution to a mill in Vietnam.

Andritz Brasil Ltda., a member of the Andritz Group, will carry out partial modernization of lime kiln B for Suzano Aracruz, Brazil, as part of a customized project for the white liquor production plant. Lime kiln B has the capacity to process 580 tons of lime per day.

Valmet launches Valmet Mobile Maintenance (VMM) application to make maintenance data available at any time and to create smoother workflows in mill maintenance operations. VMM is a mobile application for both iOS and Android devices.

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, closed on the acquisition of Neu Kimya Anonim Şirketi ("Neu Kimya") on May 26, 2022.

Andritz has successfully started up key pulping process equipment for Sun Paper's new pulp mill (Guangxi Sun Paper) in Beihai, China.

Andritz has successfully started up an environmentally friendly production plant for dissolving pulp at Bracell's "STAR" project in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.

The operations at Metsä Group's and Valmet's 3D fibre product demo plant in Äänekoski has begun. At the end of 2020, Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet announced they would be investing a total of approximately 20 million euros in the demo plant.

Andritz has received an order from the Spanish pulp and paper producer Papelera Guipuzcoana de Zicuñaga to deliver a new LimeFlash-H lime kiln for its pulp mill in Hernani, Spain. Start-up of the new lime kiln is scheduled for the second half of 2023.

The geopolitical situation caused by the crisis in Ukraine and the intensified COVID-19 restrictions in China have reduced the orders at Valmet's valve factory in Helsinki, Finland, during spring. The exceptional situation has particularly impacted the factory's oil and gas projects. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in China also continues to cause challenges related to component availability and logistics.

Andritz has received an order from Kim Tin MDF Chon Thanh Corporation to supply a chip washing and pressurized refining system for its new MDF production line in Minh Thanh Commune, Binh Phuoc province, Vietnam. Start-up is planned for the 3Q 2023.

To broaden its offering for tissue machines, Valmet launches a new polyurethane roll cover, Valmet Press Roll Cover PL. The roll cover's wear-resistant material and adaptive structure are developed to cope with the harsh operating conditions in tissue production, thus leading to longer lifetime of roll cover and energy savings.

President, Segment Pulp & Paper Kim Poulsen is leaving Kemira on Wednesday May 18, 2022. He has worked for Kemira and has been a member of Kemira's Management Board since 2015.

A fire broke out at Valmet's Rautpohja facility in Jyväskylä, Finland, on Saturday, May 7, around 10:40 am ET, company said in a statement. Due to the fire, evacuation of employees was carried out. The fire caused minor injuries to one employee, who received treatment in hospital, but has already been released.

Natron-Hayat Pulp and Paper Mill in Maglaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has ordered a press technology upgrade from Valmet. The delivery includes two refurbished Twin Roll Presses and additional equipment and services to secure the trouble-free operation of the presses.

The total maximum value of the order is around Euro 30 million.

The rebuilt plant is scheduled to start up before the end of 2022.

ANDRITZ has signed an agreement with the Sofidel Group to upgrade hood technology at its Kisa tissue mill in Sweden.