CHINA
APP CHINA SUBSIDIARY STARTS UP NEW TISSUE MACHINE (story
contributed by RISI)
APP China's subsidiary, Jiangsu Gold Hongye
Paper, has started commercial production on a
10,000 tpy tissue machine at its mill in Suzhou
city, Jiangsu province, following trial runs in
February.
The company ordered four identical 2.8 m wide tissue machines,
each with an operating speed of 550 m/min and a design speed
of 600 m/min, from the Chinese manufacturer, Henan Jiaozuo
Chongyi Light Industry Machinery. Three of the four units,
PMs 3, 4 and 5, came online at the end of last year. The
startup of the remaining one, PM 6, has taken the plant's
total tissue capacity to 160,000 tpy.
The four machines focus on making lower quality grades with
basis weights above 15 g/m•'b2 for products such as
napkins, kitchen rolls and toilet tissue, while the two larger
Andritz units at the plant make higher quality, lighter weight
paper for products such as facial tissue. These two machines,
PMs 1 and 2, each boast a capacity of 60,000 tpy, and are
among the fastest in the world.
Gold Hongye has also placed an order for another two tissue
units, PMs 7 and 8, with a different supplier, Jiangsu Huadong
Paper-Making Machinery, which was previously called Kunshan
China United No 1 Paper Machinery Factory, or Kunshan Zhonglian
No 1 Papermaking Factory. The two 3.5 m wide machines will
each have a capacityof 12,000 tpy,with operating speeds of
600 m/min and design speeds of 650 m/min.
Their output will mainly be for hand towels. Startup of PMs
7 and 8 was originally due by September. But the schemes
have hit a delay, due to insufficient power supply at the
mill to feed the two units. A company spokesman said that
Gold Hongye is evaluating whether to install additional generators
or purchase electricity from the market. The company is now
looking to bring the units online by the end of the year,
most likely in October or November. |
