CMPC Celulosa Upgrading Santa Fe Line 2 in Chile

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CMPC Celulosa's Santa Fe mill in Chile has ordered equipment from Andritz, Graz, Austria, for a capacity increase of its No. 2 pulp production line. The delivery includes a new debarking and chipping line for eucalyptus, as well as equipment for and modifications to the existing fiberline, pulp drying line, and white liquor plant. All of these areas were supplied on an EPC basis by Andritz Pulp & Paper in 2006. The new order value amounts to approximately EUR 40 million. Startup after the upgrade is scheduled for September 2011.

The original design capacity of Line 2 was 780,000 metric tpy. The upgrade and new equipment will enable the line to produce 1,126,000 metric tpy of prime grade market pulp. Andritz received an order to upgrade the mill's existing Andritz recovery boiler to support this capacity increase in October 2009.