Andritz, Graz, Austria, has received an order from Sun Paper Holding Lao Co. to supply main production technologies and equipment for a new pulp mill located in the city of Xepon, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Start-up is expected in mid-2018.

The ANDRITZ scope of supply includes: 

• Main process equipment for the woodyard, including HHQ-Chipper, chip screening, and bark processing
• MC equipment for the complete fiberline, as well as the screening plant and ozone bleaching stage 
• A complete pulp drying line with a TwinWirePress pulp machine, airborne dryer, cutter-layboy, and bale finishing system
• The largest High Energy Recovery Boiler (HERB) ever installed in the Lao PDR 
• A LimeWhite white liquor filter for the recausticizing plant 
• A methanol liquefaction system to produce additional fuel for the recovery boiler and lime kiln from gases from the evaporation plant.