Marutomi to Install New Toscotec Steel Yankee at Tissue Mill in Japan

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Japanese Tissue Producer Marutomi has ordered a new Toscotec, Italy, steel yankee dryer to replace the existing 12 ft. cast iron yankee at its Fujine mill, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. The PM 1 tissue machine features a crescent former configuration with a sheet width at the pope reel of 3,140 mm. The new Toscotec TT SYD-12FT will be installed by the end of 2013.

The installation will allow the mill to increase its machine operating speed as well as achieve considerable energy savings. The new dryer will be supplied in accordance with local regulations and to the JIS (Japanese Boiler Association) standards. Related services also will be included in the scope of supply.

Founded in 1955 as a small mill with one 1.2-m wide tissue machine and nine employees, Marutomi now has a total of 13 tissue machines and, focusing mainly on bath tissue from recycled paper, has grown into one of Japan’s largest producers of toilet rolls with a market share that it estimates to be around 14%. The mill uses only 100% recycled fiber with about 95% of its production being toilet tissue and the remaining 5% being facial tissue.