Metso to rebuild fiber line in Japan
Metso will supply main equipment for the rebuild of the Mishima mill’s fiber line. Start-up of the rebuilt line is scheduled for the end of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed.“Replacing old machinery of low availability and high maintenance costs with modern, state-of-the-art machinery will boost the production capacity of the fiber line to 1,700 air dried tons per day of bleached hardwood kraft pulp,” says Håkan Öhlén, Sales Manager, Metso.Metso’s scope of delivery will include a new screening room, an oxygen delignification stage and five TwinRoll Evolution wash presses. Two of the presses will be installed as brown stock washers, two as post-oxygen washers and one as a D-stage washer.Daio Paper is one of the leading pulp and paper producers in Japan. The company primarily produces newsprint, printing paper, paperboard, wrapping paper, linerboard, packaging and tissue paper. The company has an annual mill capacity of more than three million tons.