Stora Enso Packaging, China, has ordered form Andritz, Graz, Austria, a complete wood handling line for a greenfield mechanical pulp plant and board machine in Guangxi Province, China. The raw material for the mill will be forest-debarked plantation wood. Startup of the wood processing line is scheduled for the beginning of 2016.

 

Andritz’s scope of supply includes the main systems for wood intake and washing, chipping (with unique, horizontally fed HHQ-Chipper), chip storage and reclaiming, chip screening, chip conveying systems to the BCTMP mill, as well as bark and fines handling. The design flow of the chipping line is 120 cubic meters SUB (solid under bark)/hr. to enable 725 air dry metric tons/day of BCTMP pulp production. The covered silo will be able to house 16,000 cubic meters of chips. In addition to the equipment and machinery, Andritz will provide erection supervision, training, and startup services. 

 

The design capacity of the board machine, which will produce several grades from eucalyptus mechanical pulp, is 450,000 air dry metric tpy. Initial design capacity of the BCTMP plant is 725 air dry metric tpd.