Metalicplas Installing New Tissue Machine at Mill in Romania

 

Metalicplas, part of the Pehart Tec Group in Romania, has ordered a new high-speed tissue machine with a production capacity of 34,000 metric tpy (110 metric tpd) from A.Celli, Italy. The investment is part of the Romanian Group’s growth plan that aims at an important increase in production capacity. 

Following the recent entry into the company by Abris Capital Partners (May 2015), the Group has become a leader in the production of tissue products in Romania and southeast Europe, and its new corporate vision is aimed at attaining several key growth goals in these territories.

 

Startup of the expansion project at Dej, as well as another tissue expansion project in Petresti, is scheduled for the end of this year and will lead to a total production capacity increment of almost 100,000 metric tpy of tissue parent reels.

 

The new A.Celli tissue machine, with a 2.800-mm width at the pope reel and a maximum speed of 1,800 m/min, is part of a complete turnkey project that includes the control and automation system, together with all ancillary equipment. The project also includes the latest-generation hood design and a 15-ft. yankee cylinder. A 100% pure cellulose pulp preparation system designed to process long and short fibers, a reel handling system, and a slitter/rewinder complete the supply.

Considering the scheduled startup set for the end of this year, the first delivery left Lucca at the beginning of July, bound for Metalicplas.

 

Pehart Gorup, with its three tissue converting sites and the new facilities set to begin operation by the end of the year, is the major independent producer of tissue in Romania. Pehart is present on the market with two brands, Pufina and Alint, and a strong number of retail customers for which it produces private label tissue products. Currently, the Group exports a substantial portion of its production to nearby central and southeast European countries.