Shandong Dongshun Group, Shanghai, China, has ordered two 15,000 metric tpy tissue machines from Kawanoe Zoki, Japan. According to a report by PPI Pulp & Paper Week (RISI), the units will be installed at the firm's mill in Taian City, Shangdong province. Startup is planned for 2013.
Each new tissue machine will have a trim width of 3.4 meters, and a design speed of 1,100 m/min. Shandong Dongshun is said to also be constructing two new mills in the provinces of Hunan and Heilongjiang. Each mill will house a 12,000 metric tpy Kawanoe Zoki tissue machine. The company currently has a combined tissue capacity of approximately 80,000 metric tpy at its sole site in Taian.
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