Valmet supplies main equipment to Huanggang project
Valmet will supply main equipment to Huanggang Chenming Pulp & Paper's new pulp mill in the city of Huanggang in Hubei province, China.
"Huanggang will be our new business location, where we plan to have a three-phase investment. This pulp mill investment is the first phase," says Chen Hongguo, Chairman of Chenming Group.
According to Bertel Karlstedt, President of Valmet's Pulp and Energy Business Line, this pulp mill will be the world's largest dissolving pulp producer.
The new mill is expected to start up in 2017. Valmet's delivery includes the main equipment excluding only some specific process parts. The delivery includes specific equipment and services for wood handling and pulp drying areas, hardwood and softwood multi-grade fiber line (excluding cooking), high dry solids evaporation plant, high power recovery boiler with integrated crystallization system, biomass gasification, lime kiln and recausticizing.
The value of the order is about EUR 110 million.
Chenming Group is listed on both the China and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The company has more than 10 production sites around China. The group's annual paper production capacity is 6 million tons.