ABB to deliver drive system to new board machine at Stora Enso’s Oulu mill

Viscose pulp producer Sappi Saiccor has signed a three-year service contract with Andritz for two recovery boilers at the Umkomaas mill in South Africa. The two Andritz-made boilers with a stem generation capacity of 230 t/h at 490°C and 86 bar pressure have been in operation since 2008 and 2021 respectively, Andritz...

German paper machine clothing producer Heimbach and its subsidiaries are planned to be taken over by Albany International Corp. and thus to become part of the latter’s paper machine clothing (PMC) division. A corresponding agreement was reached by the Heimbach shareholders and Albany. The merger is still subject to...

Thomas Schiemann, the new general manager of the VDMA Printing and Paper Technology Trade Association, reported that the mechanical and plant engineering industry in Germany had positive expectations for the future. The current business survey of the trade association reveals that just under 55 per cent of the...