Dissolving pulp hot topic fortechnology suppliers
Södra Cell will, as Papernet has reported, convert one pulp line at Mörrum mill in south Sweden into dissolving production this summer. In China and USA pulp mills are also announce to be converted to producers of dissolving pulp.At a press conferense in Stockholm last week during the SPCI 2011 exhibition, international technology group Andritz announced two recent orders for dissolving pulp technology. One order concerns Sun Paper in Yanzhou, China, and one order Chenming Zhanjiang Pulp & Paper in Chenming, China. Both mills have ordered cooking pre-hyrolysis upgrades from Andritz.Dissolving pulp production represents a small but attractive niche for Andritz, and China is a promising market, according to an Andritz spokesperson. China's dissolving pulp capacity will increase by more than 500 percent by the end of 2012.