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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,...

It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention” and in these challenging times of rising energy costs and volitility, we need new inventions!

Fortunately, ANDRITZ has been hard at work, innovating and inventing new technologies, systems, and services to make a real difference when it comes to energy savings on tissue machines.

In this podcast we talk to two ANDRITZ experts, Marco Cattani, Product Manager ANDRITZ Novimpianti and George Nowakowski, Vice President, Tissue Drying ANDRITZ Canada, about a remarkable new innovation: the PrimeDry Hood E.

Listen in as our experts discuss the new technology that when applied can...

There is no doubt that when embarking on pioneering activities in recycling textiles, as discussed in the first part of our podcast, the cooperation between technology supplier and producer is essential.

ANDRITZ has partnered with two highly ambitious new companies in the business of textile recycling, the Infinited Fiber Company in Finland, and Circ in the US.

In the second part of our podcast series on Textile Recycling, we talk to Tanja Karila, Chief Marketing Officer, the Infinited Fiber Company and Julie Willoughby, Chief Scientific Officer at Circ. We will also be joined by the experts Jorma Latva-Kokko and Hannu...

As consumers become more and more aware of the damage fossil-derived textiles do to the environment, as well as the unsustainable implications of cotton growing, recycling of all types of textiles is gaining momentum. Now we are seeing a sea change in the approach to new, more environmentally friendly textiles recycled from the mass of existing ones.

In the first part of our two-part podcast, we hear from leading textile industry analyst Andreas Engelhardt, Founder and President of the Fiber Year, on the scale and size of the global textile industry as well as challenges and opportunities presented by the...

Digitalization, when applied to refiners at pulp and paper mills, can go a long way to increasing sustainability by dramatically increasing the lifetime of equipment at the same time as maximizing efficiencies.

Listen to Georg Hadl, Director Automation & Digitalization, Engineered Services, and Lisa Schwinghammer, Product Manager of Instrumentation and Sensors Technology, both from ANDRITZ as they explore how digitalization is key to explore bottlenecks and increase efficiency of the refining process.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Georg Hadl via email: Georg.hadl@andritz.com

Health & Safety management is at new levels across industries in Europe, and rightfully so. In this podcast we discuss how health & safety aspects in the pulp and paper industry in Europe could benefit from a more harmonized approach.

Giuseppe d’Amelj, HSE Manager for Pulp & Paper Capital Systems at ANDRITZ explains the advantages of a harmonized health & safety standards at pulp and paper mills across Europe.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Giuseppe d’Amelj directly: Giuseppe.DAmelj@andritz.com

Pulp mills are getting bigger, faster, and more efficient. Today a full-size drying line can handle a web width of over 10 meters. ANDRITZ drying lines have come a long way in a short space of time to keep up with the fast evolution taking place in pulp mills.

Fredrik Fors, Product Manager, Pulp Drying at ANDRITZ says, “In our development work we thought we were aiming at the sky targeting a capacity of at least 5,000 tons per day, that´s almost 50% more than we had ever built before. Today, we see that customers are already challenging us with...