China’s Guangdong Hengan has increased its production capacity after investing in four Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 TMs.
Based in Yunfu, the new lines will produce high-quality facial, toilet, handkerchief and napkin tissue grades made of virgin market pulp.
Each of the new tissue machines is a PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 with a design speed of 1,700m/min and a working width of 3.65m.
They are equipped with PrimeFlow step diffusor headboxs. The scope of supply includes the 18ft PrimeDry Steel Yankee and an under- machine pulper.
The Hengan Group was founded in 1985 and is a leading Chinese manufacturer of household paper grades as well as feminine hygiene and baby care products.
