OREANDA-NEWS. December 5, 2011. A new bark press manufactured in Finland was delivered to the Ust-Ilimsk Branch of OJSC Ilim Group. The press was purchased and financed by the Ilim Group as part of an investment project aimed to upgrade the chip production line equipment. Total Installed Cost is USD 3 million.

The new state-of-the-art bark press manufactured in Finland was purchased to replace obsolete equipment in the chip production line. Owing to its higher capacity the new press will replace as many as three old bark presses at the existing line.

The start-up of the new press will allow to stabilize bark processing and, consequently, will improve chip processing efficiency. As a result this will reduce energy and equipment maintenance costs.

Currently, such kind of presses are successfully operated by two other Ilim Group mills in Bratsk and in Koryazhma.