New Russian order to PMT
PMT Italia has received an order from JSC Volga in Balakhna, Russia, to rebuild its newsprint machine PM6. The scope includes the new PMT M4 dilution control headbox, fourdrinier, press and dryer sections modification and a new pope reel. The existing DCS system will be upgraded, and a new QCS system with headbox dilution control, moisturizer and calliper control will be installed. PM6 will be able to operate up to 1,000 meters per minute after the rebuild.Start up is foreseen in February next year.PMT has recently started up the turn key tissue machine at SCA’s new plant at Sovetsk, near Tula some 200 kilometers south of Moscow, and with this new order PMT further strengthens its position on the Russian market.