Shantou Piaohe Fires up 12,000-Tonne/yr TM in Guangdong, China

China’s Shantou Piaohe Paper has kicked off trial production on a new 12,000-tonne/yr tissue machine at its sole mill in Shantou city, Guangdong province. The unit, supplied by Chinese supplier Baotuo Paper Machinery Engineering, has a trim width of 2.86 m and a design speed of 800 m/min. Its startup was initially scheduled for August last year. The firm did not explain the delay. An identical tissue line was commissioned at the site in December 2014.