Lucca, Italy 09 April 2015 -- The Italian leading paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec will supply a second tissue line to the Portuguese producer AMS BR Star Paper in its plant in Vila Velha de Ródão, in the east of the country. At the present, the mill already houses an AHEAD-2.0S line from Toscotec, with an overall capacity of 110 tpd, started up in 2009. The new machine will come on stream on third quarter of 2015.

Toscotec's "turn-key" project for TM#2 includes stock preparation plant for virgin pulp, AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine with Steel Yankee Dryer TT SYD-15FT, machine auxiliaries including hood and air systems by Milltech, electrification & control system, additional plants and complete engineering and erection activities. Machine speed will be 2000 mpm with a net trim width of 2820 mm and a daily production of 110 tons for the Customer Consumer and Away from Home markets.

The successful cooperation between the two companies, demonstrated in the TM#1 project, as well as the Toscotec technology and its excellence and experience in complex "turn-key" projects worldwide, has been the decisional factor for AMS to choose once again the Italian company for this challenging project.

AHEAD-2.0 line of tissue machines, the company's best-of-breed range, represents the state-of-the-art for Toscotec technology and it's designed to satisfy all production needs in terms of both the type of raw materials used and the quality of the end product. The best available technology and a flexible design with tailor made solutions, has been awarding Toscotec for more than 40 orders for AHEAD lines in the last four years, becoming so far the reference tissue machinery supplier in this segment.
The ultimate concept affecting the AHEAD line, that the Company is expected to launch in the next IT'S Tissue edition, is PRODERGY.The new PRODERGY is the first tissue machine that unites top performance in terms of production and end product quality with maximum energy efficiency, as a result of the special configuration of the drying section. With a net trim width of 5600 mm and an operating speed of 2000 mpm and is fitted with steam heated hood by Milltech and the biggest steel Yankee ever built for tissue paper production. So far PRODERGY extends the AHEAD-2.0 line to the new horizon of production of tissue in a sustainable way.

About Toscotec S.p.A.

Since 1948 TOSCOTEC, based in Lucca, Italy, has specialized in machinery for the Tissue and Paper industries. The company provides top of the range machinery and system solutions for complete turn-key plants ranging from 40 to 260 TPD and designs and manufactures TADVISION for the premium tissue and towel markets that require Through Air Dried technology.Actually Toscotec is the market Leader in Steel Yankee Dryers with sales of over 160 Steel Yankees up to 22' in diameter and widths up to 6000 (236"mm). A Reliable Service Team with Engineering resources located around the world with Regional Service Headquarters in Green Bay (North America) and Shanghai (China) are perfectly placed to assess the best way to increase process efficiency, improve end product quality and reduce resource consumption to a minimum.