OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2012. Metso has been awarded a repeat order for four complete tissue production lines for HengAn Group in China. Two of the lines will be located at Shandong HengAn Paper Co., Ltd, in Weifang City, Shandong Province, and two at HengAn Wuhu Paper Co., Ltd, in Wuhu City, Anhui Province. Start-ups are planned to be successive with the first in December 2013 in Weifang. The value of the order will not be disclosed, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.

Xu Lianjie, President, HengAn: "We like to continue the relation with Metso, being active in developing the tissue machine technology."

“We are very proud that HengAn once again trusted Metso technology to support their continued growth in the tissue industry,” says Anders Bjorn, President, Metso Paper Karlstad.

The new lines will add another 240,000 tonnes a year of high-quality facial, toilet and towel grades to HengAn Group's total production. This will consolidate their position as China's leading tissue producer. The raw material for the new machines will be virgin pulp. The order follows the successful start-ups of four similar tissue lines at the company’s Anhai mill in Fujian Province and Weifang mill in Shandong Province in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power 4Q 2012 orders received.

The new lines will have a width of 5.6 m and an operating speed of 1,900 m/min.

HengAn is a leading, fast-growing Chinese consumer product company with a nationwide sales and distribution network. It is a fully owned subsidiary of HengAn International, whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Metso’s pulp, paper and power professionals specialize in processes, machinery, equipment, services, paper machine clothing and filter fabrics.