Ten Toscotec Tissue Machines Now Running at Vinda’s Sanjiang Mill in China

Vinda Paper (China) Co., at its Sanjiang mill, Jiangmen, has started up two new Toscotec (Lucca, Italy) machines, TM 9 and TM 10. Both machines are AHEAD-2.0M, with a design speed of 1,800 m/min. TM 10 is the 21st machine supplied by Toscotec to Vinda.

 

Vinda’s Sanjiang mill in Guangdong province now has 10 Toscotec tissue machines of different models and configurations. Considering the startups of TM 9 and TM 10, the Chinese producer has achieved startup of all 10 machines in less than four years. This is a testament to the outstanding growth and sustained progress of the Vinda Group, and to Toscotec’s strategic development of customized design and state-of-the-art solutions for energy reduction. 

Furthermore, on June 20, Vinda Paper (Shandong) Co. fired up one AHEAD-1.5M ES tissue machine, which is already running at the speed of 1,500 m/min. The machine, which is the fourth installed in the Shandong mill, has a design speed of 1,700 m/min. and a net web width of 3,400 mm. The AHEAD-1.5M tissue machine has Toscotec’s second generation Steel Yankee Dryer TT SYD, steam-heated hoods, and a large suction press roll (with a diameter of 1,425 mm). Based on the remarkable results of previous projects, Vinda Group has once again chosen to invest in Toscotec’s tissue machine technology, which benefits from a comprehensive energy-saving concept—the TT DOES (Drying Optimization for Energy Saving) package. 

Apart from TM 4, Vinda’s Shandong mill hosts three other Toscotec-supplied machines: TM1 & 2 are AHEAD-1.5S ES, steadily running at 1,500 m/min and TM 3, identical to TM 4, started up last November, is now running at 1,600 m/min.

 

Vinda Group’s production capacity has now exceeded 1 million metric tpy.