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Suzano’s Cerrado pulp project in Mato Grosso do Sul state in mid-western Brazil is progressing well and on schedule to start-up in June 2024. The mill is truly a giant and will be the largest single line eucalyptus mill in the world, producing 2.55 million tons per year of pulp.

A project this size obviously involves some challenges, especially with the enormous size of the equipment being supplied. ANDRITZ was contracted to supply all the islands for the Cerrado project including wood processing plant with five chipping lines, the world largest fiberline, the complete pulp drying system, evaporation plant, HERB...

You can witness the remarkable evolution of servicing and maintenance in the automotive industry when you consider how far it has advanced over the past few decades. Breakdowns by the roadside have become increasingly rare, primarily because vehicle manufacturers have established clear service agreements and schedules to ensure that cars remain on the road. This approach to maintenance has now been adopted by pulp and paper mills across Europe.

Less unscheduled stoppages and breakdowns equals better overall efficiency which in turn results in much more effective use of raw materials and energy. This all adds up to improved sustainability at...

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, or ESG, as it is more commonly known, has rapidly become a defining factor for investors as they look for companies that have sound environmental performance and social and employment standards.

But what does ESG mean when applied to the pulp and paper industry? For producers this means ensuring that sustainable development takes place across the entire supply chain in both environmental and social aspects, from the sourcing of raw material to the recyclability of products and everything in between.

For global suppliers such as ANDRITZ, it means ensuring all its stringent ESG goals are...

Often described as the “beating heart” of a pulp mill, the recovery boiler has come a long way since it was first invented nearly 100 years ago. Although recovery boilers carry out a virtually irreplaceable function at pulp mills, including the recovering inorganic chemicals, burning organic chemicals and recovering heat for generating energy, there is still work to be done when it comes to emissions - especially NOx emissions.

In general, emissions from the recovery boiler have decreased substantially over the last decades, for instance CO2, dust and sulfur emissions, however in the case of NOx emissions new technology has...

The pulp and paper industry has come a long way when it comes to the digitalization of technology and processes. Now the use of IIoT solutions and data management in production has become virtually the norm. However, with the benefits also come the risks, in this case, the real-world risk of cyber attacks.

Fortunately, there are solutions to this growing challenge. ANDRITZ has been working hard on ensuring its digital solutions have cybersecurity built in by partnering with OTORIO, a specialist cybersecurity technology company focused on operational technologies (OT).

The key focus of the partnership is to build cybersecurity as...

There is no halfway when it comes to circularity at paper mills, you have to go the whole way to complete the circle. This is why ANDRITZ has been closely working with the Montanuniversität Leoben on deep research into making paper machine clothing circular.

Paper machine clothing is mainly made of PET, which has been generally burned after use to generate energy in power plants or used for other purposes such as barriers under roads and pathways or fence edgings. However, these methods of disposing are considered borderline when it comes to the ecology.

Therefore, ANDRITZ has been working closely...

ANDRITZ is stepping up its activities to not only reduce CO2 emissions, but also capture existing emissions for either storage or for further use in added value applications.

The latest solutions developed feature highly efficient and well integrated energy cycles, especially for industrial customers, including pulp and paper mills. As well as capturing the emissions, the technology also delivers the CO2 at the required purity and pressure for further applications.

The ANDRITZ CO2 capturing technology opens up exciting opportunities for the pulp and paper industry since its CO2 is considered to be from biogenic origin, which, due to its high...

Klabin’s Puma Mill in southern Brazil has recently completed its Puma II project. With Puma I and Puma II projects now fully in operation, the mill has some of the latest environmental technologies for pulp production that make it a showcase for the pulp and paper industry.

With the Puma I pulp mill starting up in 2016 and Puma II phase I and phase II starting up in 2021 and mid- 2023 respectively, the company now has succeeded in creating an integrated mill that virtually knows no bounds when it comes to pulp, paper and board qualities, types, grades and...

The very best way to avoid health and safety issues at industrial plants is to make sure they don’t happen in the first place. Before a project even begins there is a necessity to have an effective and proactive safety culture and infrastructure embedded across all areas of the industrial platforms involved.

In this podcast episode we have obtained two views from ANDRITZ H&S experts; one from a strategic angle, and another from the mill itself. The conversations explore both the higher-end H&S strategies that need to be put into place, as well as hands-on experience as the strategy is...

There has been a constant increase and improvement in the performance of tissue machines and processes over recent times. Of utmost importance, safety measures have also had to keep up with these advancements in production.

In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the world of tissue production safety from a manufacturers angle. We find out more about the importance CE marking in a world of increasing safety regulations, as well as how manufacturers build machines that maintain production speed and capacity at the same time as maximizing safety for the operators.

Hear from special guest Andreas Banovsek,...