Matías Gomá Tomás Contracts Valmet for Board Machine Capacity Increase
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Valmet, Finland, has received an order for a board machine capacity increase upgrade and a three year paper machine clothing agreement from Matías Gomá Tomás S.A.'s board mill in La Riba, Catalonia, Spain. The capacity increase project is scheduled to take place by the end of 2016 and startup is set for the end of February 2017.
The value of an upgrade of this scope is usually valued around EUR 4 million, excluding the paper machine clothing agreement, Valmet reported.
The goal of the rebuild is to increase production capacity and production speed by improving runnability, reducing breaks, and increasing drying capacity.
"Valmet's wide offering and good work during the study phase, providing our mill a suitable technical solution according to our requirements, made us choose Valmet as the key supplier to our project. I want to highlight the great collaboration with the Valmet team. Our needs were fully taken into account in the solution. Having Valmet as a main partner, we are confident this rebuild will be a success," said Josep MĒ Grau, mill manager from Matías Gomá Tomás.
"In this kind of an improvement project, which has a wide scope, we can really show our expertise in helping the customer improve its performance and reach its targets," said Eduardo Ruiz, sValmet enior product sales manager, Spain.
Matías Gomá Tomás S.A. produces corrugated board and linerboard, with a 5.0-meter-wide board machine with the top speed of 350 m/min.
Valmet's delivery for the capacity increase includes a new pick-up felt loop, perforated uhle box covers, hood ventilation upgrade, steam and condensate system upgrade, and additional drying cylinders.
Matías Gomá Tomás belongs to the Grupondunova Group, one of the main corrugated cardboard manufacturing groups in Catalonia, Spain.
