International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Brigl & Bergmeister, one of the world’s leading producers of specialty papers for labels and flexible packaging, to supply a PrimeCoat film press, including an infrared drying system, for Papirnica Vevče, Slovenia. Start-up is scheduled for 2013.
With the PrimeCoat film press, different pre-coatings are possible and coat weights can be applied to each side of the paper web, also at higher machine speed. In addition to the improved pre-coating quality for a wide range of coating applications, the ANDRITZ technology increases the annual output by 20,000 t to reach 110,000 t.