EANS-Adhoc: ANDRITZ receives major order for supplies to new Klabin pulp mill,
Brazil
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06.03.2014
Graz, March 6, 2014. International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an
order from Klabin, the largest integrated pulp and paper company in Brazil, to
supply major production equipment for Klabin's new pulp mill in Ortigueira,
Paraná, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2016. Comparably
structured orders typically represent a value approaching 300 million euros
booked by the supplier.
The scope of supply of the ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area covers the
woodyard, the complete fiberline (for softwood and hardwood), and the white
liquor plant. The pulp mill will have an annual production capacity of 1.5
million tons, 1.1 million tons thereof in short fiber and 400 thousand tons in
long fiber.
With this order, ANDRITZ once again confirms its strong market position as a
major supplier of pulp production equipment to renowned global pulp and paper
producers.
Klabin was founded in 1899 and operates 16 plants (15 in Brazil and one in
Argentina), targeting markets such as packaging paper and board, corrugated
packaging, and industrial bags producers. The new pulp project in Brazil is the
largest investment in Klabin's history and will double the company's production
capacities.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and
services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking
and steel industries, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and
industrial sectors. In addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other
sectors including automation, the production of animal feed and biomass pellets,
pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam boiler plants, biomass
boilers and gasification plants for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants,
plants for the production of panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and
biomass torrefaction plants. The publicly listed, international technology Group
is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 23,700 employees.
ANDRITZ operates over 220 production sites as well as service and sales
companies all around the world.
Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:oliver.pokorny@andritz.com
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