OREANDA-NEWS. March 02, 2012. International technology Group Andritz has successfully started up the PM11 tissue paper machine supplied to Hengan Group Chongqing, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.

Hengan Group, one of the leading producers of tissue paper in China, now has six Andritz PrimeLine machines in operation. Three more machines will be started up during this year, two of them equipped with the world’s first wide steel yankees (diameter: 5 m) for high-speed machines.

The PM11 tissue paper machine (type PrimeLine TM W8) started up in a record time of only three-and-a-half months after the start of erection. It has a design speed of 2,100 m/min, a width of 5.6 m, and is equipped with energy-saving components such as steel yankee head insulation and a re-evaporation system. The scope of supply also included the complete stock preparation and automation system.

Andritz Pulp & Paper is one of the leading global suppliers of turnkey systems and services for the production of all types of pulp, paper, tissue paper, board, fiber-board (MDF), nonwovens, as well as of biomass boilers and gasifiers for energy production and of systems for the production of plastic films.