Toscotec, Italy, this week reports that it has received a total of eight issue machine orders from Asia Pulp and Paper Group (APP). Two of the Tissue Machines are scheduled to come on stream in Q4 2017 and Q1 2018, respectively. In the meantime, Toscotec is manufacturing the other six tissue machines, which are planned for delivery between the Q3 2017 and the first half of 2018. Each tissue machine is capable of producing, among other tissue grades, 300 metric tpd, or about 100,000 metric tpy, of high gsm tissue.

 

Based on a continued strategic expansion, APP has decided to choose Toscotec’s state of the art technology, with the objective of using the most "green solution" available on the market and reducing energy costs. 

The scope of supply of this major order includes AHEAD-2.0L crescent former tissue machines, with a net trim width of 5.6 meters (22 ft) diameter steel yankee dryer TT SYD-22FT and steam heated yankee hoods. 

 

 

The orders are for Toscotec’s most recent innovation, Prodergy, a new concept developed from the company’s successful line, the AHEAD-2.0, which significantly boosts production and reduces energy costs. Prodergy is the first tissue machine to combine top production performance and top product quality with energy efficiency. Toscotec notes that the unique configuration of the drying section has taken tissue technology to a whole new level and has set new records for the industry. 

The first record to be broken is the diameter of the steel yankee—22 ft.—the largest steel yankee dryer ever built for tissue production. The second record pertains to speed, and therefore to production output, as Prodergy is the first tissue machine relying on steam energy only that can achieve a maximum operation speed of 2,000 m/min. These features make Prodergy the most green, cutting-edge technology available on the tissue market today. Its use of steam energy in the hoods guarantees the lowest possible emissions and environmental impact. 

One of the world’s largest pulp and paper companies, APP produces quality products to meet the growing global demand for tissue, packaging, and paper. The company has an annual combined pulp, paper, packaging product, and converting capacity of more than 19 million metric tpy. APP markets its products in more than 120 countries across six continents. 

Toscotec is a turnkey supplier to the global tissue industry. Since 1948, Toscotec has offered complete production lines, plant retrofits, turnkey projects, and individual machineries.