Zhuji Paper Starts 27,000-Tonne/yr Tissue PM in Guangdong, China

China’s Shaoguan Nanxiong Zhuji Paper has kicked off trial runs on a new 27,000 tonne/yr tissue PM at a mill in Nanxiong city, Guangdong province.

The first sheet of paper rolled off the machine in mid-October. Dubbed TM 2, the A Celli-supplied unit has a trim width of 2.85 m and an operating speed of 1,600 m/min.

A similar Andritz tissue PM was put into operation at the plant in July 2016. Both machines are partly integrated with a 65,000 tonne/yr on-site bamboo pulp line.

The subsidiary of the Shenzhen-listed Guangdong Shaoneng Group diversified into the tissue business in 2014.

Before the startups of its own tissue machines lines, it sold its bamboo pulp to other producers, commissioning them to produce tissue that Zhuji Paper then marketed under the Shaoneng Unbleached brand.