SCA Packaging's pulp mill in Obbola, Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden, will install a new Andritz (Germany) green liquor and dregs handling system, including a LimeGreen filter, a LimeFree centrifuge, and a lime mud filtration system. The delivery includes process electrification and instrumentation, as well as modification of the existing control system for the new process equipment. Startup is scheduled for spring 2011.
Originally founded as a sawmill in 1889, Obbola was rebuilt to manufacture pulp in 1913 and began producing kraftliner in 1975. It now has one of the widest linerboard machines in the world with the most modern technology for high quality sheet forming.
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