Zellstoff Pöls Orders New Specialty Paper Machine

Zellstoff Pöls AG, Austria, has ordered from Andritz, Graz, Austria, a new PrimeLine plant for production of specialty paper. The new paper machine (5.4 meter width, 80,000 metric tpy capacity; up to 1,000 m/min design speed) will produce very high-strength paper grades used primarily for shopping bags, high-grade medical packaging, and food packaging. Startup is scheduled for the end of 2013.

The Andtitz scope of supply includes the stock preparation plant, an approach flow system, the complete PrimeLine fourdrinier paper machine, a high-precision steel Yankee to increase drying rates (6.5 meter dia.), a calender, and the automation systems.

With this investment, Zellstoff Pöls is extending its existing paper production capacities at the Pöls mill. The company is the largest manufacturer of ECF sulfate pulp from bleached softwood in Central and Southeast Europe.

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