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GrandBay Group boosts capacity

GrandBay Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue line to be installed at its subsidiary Papelera Internacional’s plant in Rio Hondo Zacapa.

Start-up of PM7 is scheduled for late 2022 and once up and running will have a sheet trim width of 5.5m, a design speed of 2,200m/min, and an annual production capacity of over 60,000 tonnes.

It features a TT NextPress new generation shoe press, a third-generation design TT SYD with heads insulation patented system and diesel oil-fired TT Hood-Duo system.

The scope of supply also includes the stock preparation system, fibre recovery system, and Toscotec’s patented TT SAF (Short Approach Flow) equipped with a double dilution system.