Lee & Man Orders Two More Voith Tissue Machines

Voith, Germany, has signed a contract with China-based Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. to supply two tissue machines to Lee & Man’s mill in Dongguan, China. Startup of the new TM 11 and TM 12 is expected to take place, respectively, in September and July 2017. 

Lee & Man ordered its TM 3, TM 9, and TM 10 machines from Voith, and the startup of TM 9 and TM 10 will take place, respectively, in March and May of 2017. From March through to September 2017, four tissue machines from Voith will start up in a row at Lee & Man’s Dongguan mill, at the pace of one machine every two months. 

The TM 11 and TM 12 machines have a working width of 5,600 mm, a design speed of 2,200 m/min, and a maximum operating speed of 2,000 m/min. Each of these two tissue machines will produce 60,000 metric tons of household paper from virgin fiber annually. The scope of supply includes stock preparation, approach, broke handling, a white water system, and the tissue machine. It features the perfect combination of a NipcoFlex T shoe press to offer remarkable energy savings, a 5.5-m steel yankee dryer, which can enhance drying efficiency by optimizing the heat transfer, and a high-performance steam hood to guarantee paper quality with lower energy consumption. Moreover, the technically mature Voith automation package, including DCS, MCS, and QCS, forms an integral part of the order.

Established in 1994, Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. is one of the world’s leading paper manufacturers, mainly producing packaging paper and tissue paper with different grades and specifications. The company’s annual sales volume in 2015 was up to 525 million metric tons. The company currently has five factories in China, with a total of 6,500 employees.