Metso to supply two board machines to China
Oct 7 2010 Metso will supply two board machines to Liansheng Paper Industry, to the company's mill in Longhai in Fujian Province on the southeast coast of China.
The start-up of both machines is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed.Metso’s delivery will include two 7.25 meters wide (wire) board machines with a design speed of 1,200 meters per minute. The combined annual capacity of the two machines will be about 800,000 tons. The new PM5 will produce testliner and the new PM6 will produce fluting.Liansheng Paper Industry is a subsidiary of Fujian Liansheng Paper Company. In 2009, Fujian Liansheng Paper ordered a containerboard machine from Metso to its Zhangzhou mill.