ABB recently won an order to provide automation and drive systems to control and optimize the performance of a new paper machine at Baiyun Paper Company’s facility in Baiyun. The facility is owned by Henan Investment Group, and located 900 kilometers south west of Beijing. The project is phase two of a copier and offset paper project and part of a 247 million Dollars investment to expand capacity. It is expected to be operational in April next year.ABB’s automation solution includes a drive system that will optimize the performance of the new paper machine, which is provided by Voith. The machine will have an annual capacity of 136,000 tons.“In 2009, ABB’s paper machine drive system for the Puyang Longfeng Paper's project won the Excellent Product Award from the China Instrument and Control Society. This is the most well-recognized award in China’s academic and automation community. Now, Henan Investment Group has chosen ABB as its partner again,” said Lin Shuming, General Manager of ABB Pulp and Paper North Asia.ABB has also recently been awarded an order from Saigon Paper Corporation to provide electrical systems and related services to improve the efficiency of the fiber lines and tissue machine at the company's mill in Tan Thanh District, Vietnam.The factory currently has one of the highest production capacities in Vietnam and one of the most modern production lines in East Asia. It produces 91,000 tons per year of industrial paper and tissue. The company is in the final stage of an expansion project that will more than double capacity in order to meet the region’s growing demand.ABB’s scope of supply includes comprehensive power distribution and intelligent process electrification systems that are based on the latest process protection, drives, motor and fieldbus technology, as well as related engineering, commissioning and other services. ABB’s local operations in Singapore and Vietnam will execute the project.