Yunnan Yun-Jing Forestry Orders Complete Tissue Line for Mill in China
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Yunnan Yun-Jing Forestry and Pulp Mill Co., China, has ordered a complete tissue production line from Metso, Finland. The new tissue machine will be installed at the company's mill in Jinggu County, Yunnan Province. Startup of the machine is scheduled for mid-2014. The value of the order was not disclosed.
With the new tissue line, Yunnan Yun-Jing will be able to develop its forest resources into valuable consumer products and add high-quality tissue to its current product portfolio.
"This will be the most advanced tissue machine with highest capacity and product quality and lowest energy consumption in the Yunnan Province. The new tissue line will integrate tissue making to Yunnan Yun-Jing's current business and will supply high-quality tissue to the Yunnan market. We are convinced that the new line will improve our competitiveness and support our market expansion," said Chen Xueping, deputy manager, project management, Yunnan Yun-Jing.
Metso's delivery will include a complete high-speed tissue production line featuring an Advantage DCT 100+ tissue machine equipped with an OptiFlo II TIS headbox, an Advantage ViscoNip press for improved press dryness, and a Metso special alloy cast iron yankee cylinder with an Advantage AirCap yankee hood. Metso will also supply stock preparation equipment and Metso DNA automation and Metso IQ quality control systems.
The delivery will also include basic engineering, installation, operator training, and startup services for the machine.
The new line will have a width of 2.85 meters and an operating speed of 1,870 m/min. It will have a yearly production of 30,000 metric tons of bathroom tissue for the Chinese market. Raw material for the new production line will be virgin fiber from the company's own pulp mill.
Yunnan Yun-Jing Forestry and Pulp Mill Co. is an agricultural enterprise in Yunnan Province. The company operates in the forestry and coal mine businesses and is the holder of one million acres of forestry land. Its 1,300 employees produce 100,000 metric tons of pulp and 90,000 metric tons of coal per year.
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