Stora Enso, Finland, has ordered from Valmet, Finland, a bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) plant and a board production line for its new mill site in Beihai, Guangxi Province in China. The board machine will produce high-quality liquid packaging board and folding box board grades. The production lines are planned to be operational in early 2016. The value of the order is around EUR 115 million.

 

"We are glad that Stora Enso trusted us in this project and that we were able to provide solutions for both pulp and board production. Liquid packaging board is process-wise one of the most demanding board grades to produce and it is a growing market," says Jari Vähäpesola, Valmet Paper Business Line president.

 

One of the end products of the new mill will be liquid packaging board produced from eucalyptus. Liquid packaging board is used for protecting and preserving its contents. High level printing properties make paperboard cartons ideal for carriers and brand builders.

 

The Valmet-supplied BCTMP line will be built for a production of 650 metric tpd of high quality pulp for liquid packaging board and folding box board. 

 

Valmet's board machine delivery will include a multi-fourdrinier forming section with hybrid forming unit, press, drying, and coating sections, a surface sizing unit, a calender, a reel, two winders, and a wide mill engineering package. The delivery will also include related air systems, chemical systems, as well as stock preparation and auxiliary systems. The annual production capacity will be approximately 450,000 metric tons of board.

 

Stora Enso employs some 29 000 people worldwide, and its sales in 2013 totaled EUR 10.6 billion.