Lee & Man Manufacturing Ltd, China, will invest in an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line from Valmet. The new tissue line will be installed at the company's Chongqing mill in Zhutuo Town, Yongchuan City, China. The line is designed for production of high quality tissue products, with startup planned for late 2015. The value of the order was not disclosed.

"We are excited to work with Lee & Man on this project, supporting its environmental targets. Our Advantage Visco Nip press is specially designed for very high linear loads, which combined with a cast alloy yankee cylinder makes it possible to increase the paper dryness after press and reach significant drying energy savings," said Svenerik Olsson, director, Tissue Mills Business Unit, Valmet China.

 

The new tissue machine will have a width of 5.6 meters and a design speed of 2,000 m/min. It will produce 60.000 metric tons of toilet and facial tissue per year, using virgin wood pulp and bleached bamboo fiber as raw material.

 

Valmet's scope of delivery will comprise a complete tissue production line featuring stock preparation systems and an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue machine. The machine will be equipped with an OptiFlo headbox and a cast alloy yankee cylinder. It will also be featured with the well proven Advantage tissue technology including ViscoNip press, a steam heated AirCap hood, WetDust dust system, and a SoftReel P reel. Basic engineering, installation supervision, training, startup, and commissioning are also included in the delivery. 

 

The delivery will also include an automation package from Metso with Metso DCS and QCS process control system. 

Established in 1994, Lee & Man has grown from a small company into a leading paper and pulp manufacturer. Its 6,500 employees are located at the company's five production sites in China. The Group has a capacity of up to 6.05 million metric tpy of containerboard, duplex board, and tissue paper as well as 180,000 metric tons of pulp in 2012. The production capacity for paper is expected to increase to 7.05 million metric tpy this year.