The timing of Yueyang Paper Co.’s new mill in Hunan Province was excellent. At its start, Yueyang took advantage of lower commodity costs and a favorable currency exchange rate. After start-up, financial pessimism in China diminished and the market is recovering nicely. “Honestly, we have been really lucky,” says Guo Yongwei, Chief Engineer (...)

Moving to 100% recycle for newsprint presented challenges for the Bruck mill’s DIP department. The mill teamed with ANDRITZ Fiedler to meet these challenges. Improvements in cleanliness, runnability, and energy consumption have been above expectations (...)

The old way of changing out filter bags a few at a time by shipping segments back to a supplier is time-consuming, slow, and expensive. ANDRITZ developed a new solution – the Mobile Filter Bag Exchange Unit – which comes right into the mill. When UPM Augsburg was faced with the major task of changing out all the filter bags (...)

The worldwide economic crisis has made a huge impact on all of us. We recently talked with customers about how the crisis is forcing businesses to change – and what is required of suppliers now (...)

Italian producer Cartiere Modesto Cardella is first to install a new gap former for packaging grades from ANDRITZ. The investment positions Cardella well as the market demand for lightweight corrugating medium increases (...)

Here is a common problem: one piece of production equipment becomes a serious bottleneck. So, the discussion centers around rebuild or replace. Mondi SCP’s mill in Slovakia thought of a third option: automate. With the help of ANDRITZ Automation, Mondi eliminated a bottleneck – and the payback was clear within a few months (...)

China’s forests are unevenly distributed across the country, making fiber supply still a critical issue for its pulp and paper producers. While the supply of chemical pulp is comparatively low, Sun Paper’s new ANDRITZ chemical pulp line in Yanzhou is helping the company become more self-sufficient as they renew their expansion plans (...)

In June 2007, ANDRITZ acquired a stake in a unique company, Sindus Human Technology, which specializes in maintenance services. Sindus fits well with ANDRITZ’s own Overall Production Efficiency (OPE®) concept for maintenance. These combined offerings for maintenance grow in value and importance (...)