Andritz has boosted its automation and digitalisation portfolio capabilities after acquiring Swedish analyser and measurement technology company PulpEye.

The company said the acquisition complements its capabilities by adding the core pulp quality analysers and measurements into the group’s portfolio.

PulpEye is a technology company that focuses on online applications and services for the global pulp and paper industry, providing a range of online pulp analysers, measurements and controls ranging from cahip quality, kappa to fibre properties and more throughout the process.

Andritz will continue to invest in the further development of the PulpEye product line and will establish a dedicated service network to provide customers with global support.

Stephan Keuschnigg-Zingl, Senior Vice President Pulp and Paper Automation and Digitalisation at Andritz, said: “This acquisition further strengthens our offering in automation and digitalisation and allows us to provide reliable analysers to measure all the main quality parameters of pulp processing, as well as new solutions and services leveraging them.“