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Highcon and Menasha have signed a LOI reflecting their intent to partner on the integration of new Highcon systems over the next 24 months./span>

Andritz has received an order from Dezhou Taiding New Material Science and Technology Co., Ltd., China, to deliver a second chemi-thermomechanical (P-RC APMP) line to the mill in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, China.

Bruks Siwertell has secured a contract for the design and supply of a new biocarbon pellet plant, which will replace coal in steelmaking and deliver renewable energy to one of the first 'green steel' production facilities of its kind.

Andritz will supply a methanol liquefaction plant to Japanese unbleached kraft pulp producer Hyogo Pulp Industries Ltd.

Norwegian cardboard producer Ranheim Paper & Board started up PM5 at its Ranheim paper mill after a dryer section rebuild supplied by Toscotec.

The new capacity is planned to be in operation in Q3 2025.

Brazilian pulp producer Suzano selected international technology group Andritz to provide modular maintenance services for its new mill being built in Ribas do Rio Pardo, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Wood fiber insulation board manufacturer Gutex has successfully produced first fibers with its new Andritz fiber preparation system in Eschbach, Germany. This is the second system Andritz has delivered to Gutex.

The completion of this transaction, initially disclosed on July 7, 2023, now solidifies Valmet's presence as a comprehensive provider of process technologies and services for converting tissue jumbo reels into final products.

Metsä Group and Valmet are jointly developing a comprehensive operating model to ensure sustainability in technology and maintenance investments.

Finnos and Södra Wood Ab have agreed about a delivery consisting of Finnos Board Scanner. The scanner will be delivered to Södra's sawmill in Hamina, Finland in summer 2024.

Cellwood's partnership with RC Machinery has resulted in a new order for a Dispersing unit to Star Paper.

Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH placed an order with Anthon GmbH for sophisticated high-capacity finishing line for processing wood-fibre-insulation-boards and packaging of blow-in insulation in Meppen, Germany.

As Asia Symbol Group, one of the biggest wood pulp producers in China, expands its pulp and paper business into tissue manufacturing, it has selected ABB to deliver the ABB Ability Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and system integration at three of its tissue mills in China.

Voith successfully started up Asia Symbol's BM 13 at Rugao, China. The state-of-the-art machine is 8.16 m wide with a design speed of 1,400 m/min and an annual capacity of around one million tons. It mainly produces high-quality white folding boxboard in the basis weight range of 170 to 400 gsm.

Andritz has received an order from the pulp and paper producer The Navigator Company to supply a new recovery boiler, new ash leaching system and an upgrade of the non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system for its pulp mill in Setúbal, Portugal.

Start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2024.

The start-up of the new facility is scheduled for early 2025.

Valmet has received a major order from Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) in Fujian Province in China covering multiple technology deliveries for the customer's Zhangpu site.

Green Bay Packaging has achieved significant improvements on its production line with the implementation of Voith's OnQuality Quality Control System (QCS).

ABB chosen because of deep domain expertise in China's pulp and paper industry and ten years of trusted partnership with Asia Symbol.

Within a month, Sun Paper has started up two packaging paper machines ahead of schedule this is the fourth follow-up order of this kind between Voith and Sun Paper.

Toscotec started up a packaging paper machine at Cartiera Pirinoli after the complete rebuild of the press section at their Roccavione facility in Italy.

Pesmel has delivered a fully automated high-bay warehouse for De Jong Packaging Group, part of Stora Enso's Packaging Solutions division. The expansion adds a new, second factory to the De Lier site equipping the facility with two new corrugators to augment the existing two. As a result of the expansion, the site is now the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe.

The closing is expected to take place in Q1 2024.