Hygienic Tissue Starts up Toscotec Tissue Machine in South Africa
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Hygienic Tissue provides its customers with a wide range of products for hygienic use and the away from home (AfH) market, made from 100% virgin pulp as well as from recycled paper.
Based on an intensive energy-saving concept, Toscotec’s scope of supply included the approach flow system, featuring the ultimate TT SAF® technology, a MODULO-PLUS tissue machine with single-layer headbox, single press configuration, and a TT SYD-12FT yankee dryer a with TT Milltech-MYH (Monosystem gas heated hood), Turbo Blower, and Core Extraction unit. The supply also included an electrification and controls package and the steam and condensate system. Toscotec’s TT WIND-P tissue slitter rewinder completed the scope of supply.
The cooperation between Toscotec and Hygienic Tissue has allowed the South African tissue maker to achieve immediately high quality tissue paper, optimizing the production cycle, both in terms of performance and energy saving.
The Hygienic Tissue Mill plays an important role in the South African tissue market, producing higher value disposable paper products, including toilet tissue, napkins, towels, facial, and jumbo rolls. Since 2000, the company has been investing in state of the art manufacturing machinery. This is the first MODULO-PLUS tissue machine installed by Toscotec in South Africa and increases Hygienic Tissue Mill's capacity to make it the largest independent producer of Tissue in South Africa.