Tissue machine orders to Metso and Andritz
May 6 2008 May 6 2008 Metso Paper will supply a complete Advantage DCT 100 tissue machine to Santher Fábrica de Papel, Braganca Paulista mill, Brazil, and Andritz has received an order from Procter & Gamble for a tissue/towel machine for a new plant being built in Utah, USA.
Metso Automation will supply machine and drive controls and quality controls. The delivery will also include services for installation and start-up of the machine.
The Andritz machine to Procter & Gamble is scheduled to start-up in early 2010. Last year, Andritz started up a similar tissue/towel machine at Procter & Gamble’s Green Bay plant in Wisconsin. Andritz’ office in Janesville, Wisconsin, will provide overall project management and engineering support for the new machine and auxiliaries, and Andritz' facilities in Graz, Austria, and Lachine, Quebec, Canada, will produce the majority of the tissue machine equipment.
Metso Paper has been awarded a rebuild project by Procter & Gamble for its PM1 tissue machine in Oxnard, California. The rebuild includes elements in the dry end and forming section. Metso Paper has also been awarded a former and press section rebuild as part of a modernization project planned for a towel machine at the Wausau Paper mill in Middletown, Ohio. /AA