Grigiskes AB, Lithuania, has ordered from Toscotec, Italy, a new tissue line. The new line will have a maximum production capacity of 110 metric tpd. Grigiskes is Lithuania’s only producer of tissue products, having worked in this type of business for 190 years. The company is a leading regional player in pulp and paper, packaging, and wood industries, employing around 900 people, with a yearly turnover of some EUR 84 million.
 

The new Toscotec’s line includes an AHEAD-1.5S crescent former tissue machine with a single-layer headbox, single press configuration, a steel yankee dryer (TT SYD-15FT), machine auxiliaries including vacuum pumps, stock preparation plant for virgin pulp, and electrification and control system. Milltech, a Toscotec associate, also will be involved in the project, providing a natural gas heated hood with three stages of heat recovery, machine dust and mist removal system, and a hall ventilation system. A two-unwind-stand tissue slitter-rewinder (TT WIND-M) and an automatic roll handling system complete the supply.

The machine design speed is 1,900 m/min. with a net web width of 2,750 mm. The project will be managed by Toscotec on an EPC (engineering and procurement) basis.

Grigiskes has been in operation since 1823, when the first paper mill was founded in Kuckuriskes that later was incorporated into the Grigiskes Group. Over many years, the company expanded and grew into the biggest pulp and paper producer in the Baltic Region. Today, Grigiskes Paper Mill is a private company belonging to the Grigiskes AB Group, operating three paper machines with an annual tissue paper capacity of 28,000 metric tons.

Grigiskes owns the brands called Grite and Grite Professional. Today, Grite is a well known brand not only in the Lithuanian market, but in all of the surrounding countries as well. Grite has a wide variety of consumer hygienic paper and away-from-home products, including toilet paper, towels, napkins, handkerchiefs, folded towels, wiping paper, etc. With a market share of 41% for toilet paper and 33% for kitchen towels in Lithuania, this company exports more than 60% of production to 22 countries worldwide.

In early 2011, the company had modernized the dry section of existing TM 5 with the installation of a Toscotec steel yankee dryer (TT SYD-4200MM). The project was successful, with 25% energy savings and 40% capacity increase. The good cooperation between the two companies has driven the decision to continue with this new order.