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China’s Hengan International Building 300,000 Mtpy Tissue Mill in Hubei

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According to Fastmarkets RISI, Hengan International has started the construction of a new 300,000 mtpy tissue mill in Xiaogan city, in China’s central province of Hubei. The company obtained environmental approval for the first 180,000 mtpy in mid-January.

Valmet has been tapped to provide a 35,000 mtpy TM for the Xiaogan mill. The unit will have a trim width of 3.65 m and a design speed of 1,800 m/min, and will produce premium structured tissue. Its startup is scheduled for H1 2023.

Around the same time the Xiaogan mill will see the startup of a Toscotec TM. The 40,000 mtpy Through Air Drying machine was initially meant to come online at Hengan International’s Weifang mill in Shandong province this year.

Other expansions: Hengan International has also ordered a 35,000 mtpy Valmet TM for its existing mill in Changde city, Hunan province, with startup expected in H1 2023.

The company has ordered four Andritz-supplied 30,000 mtpy TMs for a new mill in Yunfu city, Guangdong province. They were initially scheduled to come online by the end of 2021.

The project has hit a delay, as its environmental permits were not issued until last month. The four tissue units are expected to be brought online at the Yunfu site next year.

 

 

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