Zhejiang Long Chen Paper, Pinghu, Zhejiang, China, has ordered from Valmet, Helsinki, Finland, a headbox, press section, and sizer for its new PM 7 containerboard machine to be located at the company's Dushan mill in Jiaxing City, China. Startup of the machine is scheduled for 2015. The value of the order was not disclosed.

 

Valmet's delivery will include a new OptiFlo fourdrinier headbox for improved product quality and increased productivity, a center-roll based OptiPress press section with modern shoe press technology for lighter basis weights, as well as a new OptiSizer film sizing section utilizing film application.

 

The 7,250 mm wide (wire) PM 7 will produce containerboard grades at maximum speed of 900 m/min.

Long Chen Paper produces recycled containerboard, corrugated medium, corrugated board, and packaging materials. The company has operations in Taiwan and China. The company has 3,318 employees worldwide.