ABB wins automation and power order from Sappi
March 2 2012 Automation and power equipment from ABB will help increase mill efficiency and lower fuel consumption at Sappi's Ngodwana mill in South Africa.
ABB has been awarded a large electrification and instrumentation (E&I) and Distributed Control System (DCS) order by Sappi Southern Africa.ABB will engineer, procure and supply equipment for Sappi’s Ngodwana mill in Nelspruit, South Africa. This scope forms part of Sappi’s Project Go Cell, which entails the expansion of the current mill for the production of chemical cellulose. This order follows ABB’s implementation of Sappi Saiccor’s Amakhulu project in 2007.Due to the size and complexity of the project and to meet Sappi’s project deadline, ABB will have an international team of pulp and paper composite plant experts from South Africa, Finland and Singapore work on this project.