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International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from EcoPaper JP to supply a flotation system for its Nagoya mill, Japan. By installing the new system, the power consumption will be significantly reduced, the quality of the pulp produced will be improved, and the fiber losses will be minimized. Start-up is scheduled for the end of 2012.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER will deliver a SelectaFlot flotation system (type SFL1D), including piping, pumps, and installation work. The new flotation system will replace old flotation cells in a deinking plant for graphic papers operating at a capacity of 150 t/d.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER is one of the leading global suppliers of turnkey systems and services for the production of all types of pulp, paper, tissue paper, board, fiber-board (MDF), nonwovens, as well as of biomass boilers and gasifiers for energy production and of systems for the production of plastic films.

The technologies available are employed for the processing of logs and annual fibers, the production of chemical and mechanical pulps as well as recycled paper fibers, recovery and reuse of chemicals, generation of energy from biomass, preparation of paper machine furnish from virgin or recycled fibers, production of paper, tissue paper and board, calendering and coating of paper, and the handling of reject materials and sludges.

Services include complete mill maintenance, equipment upgrades and rebuilds, engineered wear products, and spare parts.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the PM11 tissue paper machine supplied to Hengan Group Chongqing. Hengan Group, one of the leading producers of tissue paper in China, now has six ANDRITZ PrimeLine machines in operation. Three more machines will be started up during this year, two of them equipped with the world’s first wide steel yankees (diameter: 5 m) for high-speed machines.

PM11 (type PrimeLine TM W8) started up in a record time of only three-and-a-half months after the beginning of erection. It has a design speed of 2,100 m/min, a width of 5.6 m, and is equipped with energy-saving components such as steel yankee head insulation and a re-evaporation system. ANDRITZ’s scope of supply also included the complete stock preparation and automation system.

The ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area, which manufactures its tissue paper machine components in Europe and China, is further strengthening its position as one of the leading suppliers of tissue paper machines and local services in China.

International technology Group ANDRITZ, through its U.S. subsidiary ANDRITZ Inc., is collaborating with ZeaChem Inc. on the production of cellulosic biofuels and bio-based chemicals by providing the technology for a continuous biomass pre-treatment pilot plant. ZeaChem is a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals.

The partnership between the two organizations is the culmination of several years of cooperative work focused on the production of cellulosic biofuels. The ANDRITZ technology will be installed at ZeaChem’s new 250,000 gallons per year biorefining facility in Boardman, Oregon USA. ZeaChem is headquartered in Lakewood, CO USA.

The ANDRITZ technology will be used to convert various cellulosic feedstocks, including poplar trees and agricultural residues, into low-cost sugars. These cellulosic sugars will be used by ZeaChem to enable the production of sustainable and economical advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Cellulosic ethanol production at the ZeaChem biorefinery will begin this year and the product portfolio of the biorefinery will be expanded for the production of bio-based jet and diesel fuels beginning in 2013.

The pilot plant system includes an ANDRITZ cooking reactor with continuous steam explosion technology. ANDRITZ filter press technology will be used to wash the steam-exploded biomass. These technologies are well-proven in other industrial processes and, through extensive R&D in liquid biofuels, have been modified by ANDRITZ to satisfy the requirements for ZeaChem’s process conditions.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received important orders to supply steel yankee cylinders used in drying processes for tissue, board, and paper.  The steel yankee delivers high drying rates with energy efficiency. The customers ordering steel yankees for tissue production include Doh-Ei (Japan) and LLC Pulp Invest (Russia).

Entering a new market segment

For Anhui Tobacco in China, ANDRITZ will supply a steel yankee with a diameter of 5.5 m for a new application in tobacco production.  Start-up is scheduled for mid-2013. With this order and the supply of another steel yankee for Golden Leaf,China, ANDRITZ has successfully entered this new and promising market segment.

Other steel Yankees from ANDRITZ set world records:

• §With a diameter of 4.9 m and shell length exceeding 6 m, record size for the steel yankee for PM15 and PM16 atHengan Jinjiang,China.
• §With a shell length of 7.4 m, record length for a pulp and paper group in Indonesia.

The steel yankee developed by ANDRITZ is a key component in drying.  It is subjected to numerous quality checks in order to meet the stringent safety requirements specific to each country (e.g. pressure vessel directives).

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order by SFT Group, a rapidly growing packaging producer in Russia, to rebuild and modernize a mothballed kraft paper machine after dismantling it at UPM’s Kymi mill in Finland and relocating it to SFT’s Kamenskaya mill in the Tver region, Russia.

The rebuilt and modernized board machine for the production of fluting and testliner will have a capacity of 215,000 t/a (design speed 1,050 m/min, trim width 4,600 mm). As part of the rebuild, ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER will deliver various machine components such as a PrimePress X press section, PrimeDry drying cylinders, and modifications to the wire and reel sections.  Start-up is scheduled for October 2012.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER will also deliver a recycled fiberline, a paper machine approach system, and a broke handling line to SFT Group. The recycled fiberline will process 800 t/d of 20% mixed waste paper and 80% OCC (Old Corrugated Container) from Russia.

The approach system will include a three-stage headbox screening system, a save-all disc filter, and under-machine pulpers. The scope of supply also comprises various process pumps and agitators for stock preparation, and the automation systems (process control and quality control).

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Cartiere Polesine S.p.A., Italy, for the supply of a two-layer headbox for the production of packaging grades made from 100% waste paper. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012.

The PrimeFlow TW headbox with dilution water control (PrimeProFiler F) will be installed on the single wire PM 3 for corrugating medium and double-layer testliner. With the new equipment, the machine will have a design speed of 1,200 m/min at a wire width of 3.4 m, producing packaging grades with a basis weight of 100 to 180 g/m2, made from 100% waste paper. The new headbox also enables the installation of a PrimeForm TW double layer gapformer.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has acquired the assets of Tristar Industries Ltd. The action combines ANDRITZ’s strengths as an original equipment manufacturer with Tristar’s capabilities as a quality rebuild and manufacturing facility.

ANDRITZ will operate the former Tristar facility in Delta, British Columbia, as the Delta Service Centre for its PULP & PAPER’s service business. According to Carl Luhrmann, Senior Vice President of ANDRITZ Inc. in North America, the location in Delta is ideal for servicing customers in the Northwest. ANDRITZ Inc. has been performing rebuilds and other manufacturing for many years in the USA at its Pell City, Alabama, facility, which was recently expanded.

“We have anticipated the rapidly rising transportation costs and other logistical issues, and have been looking for a facility in the Northwest,” Luhrmann says. “This acquisition is a good fit for us. The experienced employees, reputation, and geographic location of the Tristar operation make it ideal for servicing customers in the Western United States and Canada.”

The Delta Service Centre will be dedicated to supporting rebuilds of pulp and paper equipment such as continuous digesters, M&D digesters, vacuum washers, twin roll presses, Compaction Baffle Filters™, thick stock pumps, and recausticizing filters. ANDRITZ Service Account Managers will continue to be the customer’s single point of contact for all ANDRITZ products.

In addition to rebuilds, ANDRITZ has developed several new technologies for vacuum washers that have been manufactured in the south which have been very popular with customers. “With a quality manufacturing facility in the Northwest, we will now be able to offer these technologies to this region,” Luhrmann adds.

ANDRITZ will also be able to utilize Tristar capabilities to expand its services. As an example, Tristar had excellent capabilities in the area of Clove-Rotor™ pump rebuilds. ANDRITZ will utilize the drawings, patterns, machining capabilities, and expertise to quickly establish Pell City as its southern service center for Clove-Rotor™ pump rebuilds.

ANDRITZ: sales of over 4 billion EUR expected for 2011, increase to more than 4.5 billion EUR planned for 2012

At the ANDRITZ Capital Market Days 2011, Wolfgang Leitner, President and CEO of ANDRITZ AG, today specified the sales and earnings targets of the ANDRITZ GROUP for 2011 and 2012:

“Based on the high order intake and good development in sales in the first half of 2011, we expect Group sales to rise above four billion Euros for 2011. For 2012, we are planning a further increase in sales to over 4.5 billion Euros in view of the good order intake and the acquisitions made in 2010 and 2011. We confirm our target to achieve an average EBITA margin of 7% over the cycle and also intend continuing our pro-active dividend policy,” said Leitner and added: “However, a possible significant downturn of the global economy would most likely impact the achievement of these goals.”

Based on Group sales of 4.5 billion EUR, an EBITA margin of 7%, and a tax rate of 30%, earnings per share of about 4.23 EUR could be reached in 2012 (2008: 2.73 EUR per share; 2009: 1.89 EUR per share; 2010: 3.48 EUR per share), corresponding to an average annual growth of over 20% in earnings per share since 2000.

ANDRITZ wants to continue its dividend policy, which is focused on maintaining continuity, and aims to increase the dividend payout ratio steadily to approximately 60% in the next few years.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has signed a contract to acquire NSC Group’s nonwoven division encompassing its affiliates Asselin-Thibeau (Elbeuf, France) and NSC Wuxi (Wuxi, China).

The acquired companies have approximately 200 employees and generate aggregate annual sales of about 40 MEUR. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price; the contract is subject to approval by the relevant authorities and is expected to come in force during the fourth quarter of 2011.

NSC Nonwoven – now ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau – supplies systems for drylaid nonwoven production, mainly for textile and hygiene applications. The ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area is thus strengthening and complementing its product range for the nonwovens industry. In combination with the proven products and technologies of ANDRITZ Küsters and ANDRITZ Perfojet, ANDRITZ will be able to supply complete vertical system solutions for production of nonwovens to its customers.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from SCA Hygiene Products GmbH to supply equipment for the expansion of the deinking plant for paper machine no. 4 at its Ortmann mill, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for June 2012.

The scope of supply for ANDRITZ is a complete dispersing and high-consistency bleaching stage (screw press, CompaDis disperser, and high-consistency bleach tower including screw conveyor transport system), rebuild of the low-consistency cleaner plant and disc filter, process pumps, installation, start-up, and training.

The deinked pulp will be used to produce toilet tissue. This investment iand the expansion to a two-loop deinking system will give the mil a significant brightness increase in the tissue grades, which are produced entirely from waste paper. In addition, it will be possible to replace bright waste paper grades currently used with raw materials having lower ash content and further improve the water management of the deinking plant.