Andritz, Graz, Austria, reports that it has successfully completed startup of the PrimeLine tissue machine with a shoe press supplied to Ganzhou Hwagain Paper in China. "We were impressed by the startup. It took only 15 min. from starting up the stock pump to the first paper on the reel,"said Liang Hongwei, chief engineer at Ganzhou Hwagain Paper.

According to Hongwei, "the proven Andritz shoe press technology and its energy and drying efficiency, as well as the decades of experience that Andritz has in the pulp and paper industry, were decisive in the award of this order,"

The scope of supply included the stock preparation plant for softwood, hardwood, and bamboo pulp, the two-layer headbox with dilution control system, a shoe press, the wet dust removal system, a reel system, and the machine automation control system.

The company additionally reports that preparations are currently underway for startup of a second Andritz tissue machine supplied to Ganzhou Hwagain Paper, which is scheduled for the coming months.