New A.Celli Tissue Machine Starts up at Metalicplas Mill in Romania

 

A.Celli Paper, Italy, reports that it has successfully started up the new high-speed tissue machine with a production capacity of 34,000 metric tpy (110 metric tpd) at Metalicplas (part of the Pehart Tec Group) in Romania. 

Following the recent entry of Abris Capital Partners (May 2015), the Romanian Group required an important increase in production capacity to confirm itself leader in the manufacture of tissue products in Romania and southeast Europe. The new corporate vision is set to attain important goals in these territories and the investment in the new A.Celli Paper TM serves as an important confirmation of this intention. Further tangible proof is the expansion project at the production sites in Dej and in Petresti, an improvement that will guarantee a total production capacity increment for the Group (almost 100,000 metric tpy of tissue parent reels).

The new 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 all ancillary equipment as well as the latest-generation hood design by A.Celli. A 100% pure cellulose pulp preparation system designed to process long and short fibres, a reel handling system, and a slitter/rewinder complete the supply. A leading-edge technological supply, the distinctive trait that makes A.Celli’s turnkey offer the right answer for today’s market demands in terms of completeness and flexibility, together with the expertise and professionalism that the Italian company has always shown, true added value for customers.

 

 

The startup scheduled for the end of 2015 and completed before the holidays was finished within the established date (December 19, 2015) and allowed Metalicplas to begin the New Year in the best way possible.

Pehart Grup Companies, with its three tissue converting sites and the new facilities ready to begin operation by the end of the year—thanks to the entry of Abris Capital Partners and to Romanian state grants—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 southeastern European countries.