Liansheng Paper to Install Voith High-speed Packaging Paper Machine 

This week Liansheng Paper Industry (Longhai) Co., China, signed a contract with Voith (Germany) for a new packaging paper machine, PM 9, at its mill in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China. This move not only takes the cooperation between Liansheng and Voith to a new level, but also strengthens Voith's leading position in the global packaging paper machine market.

PM 9 will be located in Liansheng’s factory in the Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone and is scheduled to start up in December 2017. The wire width and reel width of the PM 9 are, respectively, 7,300 mm and 6,660 mm, with a design speed of 1,400 m/min. and an operating speed of 1,300 m/min. The new machine will be capable of producing 400,000 metric tons of packaging paper annually at a basis weight of 70 to 140 gsm. 

The scope of supply includes the entire paper machine from headbox to reel. Moreover, the technically mature and advanced Voith automation package includes MCS and QCS as an integral part of the order. The machine is configured with technically advanced DuoFormer Base II, which is expected to make PM 9 the world reference for high speed packaging paper machines.

Ten years ago, the cooperation between Voith Paper and Liansheng started with roll servicing. At the end of 2011, the parties signed a contract for a board machine, PM 8, which expanded the mutual cooperation to the whole paper machine business. Five years later, Liansheng has again selected Voith as its new paper machine supplier. 

Founded in 2004, Liansheng Paper Industry Co., Ltd. is one of the largest papermaking enterprises in Fujian Province and plays an important role in the domestic packaging paper industry. Its main products are corrugated medium and testliner.