Tag Archives: pulp and paper production in China

Successful start-up of PM 6 of Shanxi Qiangwei Paper in Jinzhong, China

At the beginning of June, the XcelLine PM 6 supplied by Voith was successfully started up at the Jinzhong site in the central Chinese province of Shanxi by the paper manufacturer Shanxi Qiangwei Paper. As the leading full-line supplier, Voith delivered the entire production line. The machine has a wire width of 7 m, a […]

Chinese scientists turn black coal by-product into white paper

More than 2,000 years after the invention of paper in China, the country’s scientists are claiming another breakthrough that replaces its key ingredient with the dirty waste from coal-fired power plants. The result – which is almost indistinguishable from paper made from wood pulp – achieves a more than 90 per cent match to pure […]

Andritz starts up the first of two tissue machines delivered to Guangxi Sun Paper

Andritz has successfully started up one of the two PrimeLineTM W 2000 tissue machines delivered to Guangxi Sun Paper, China, for its mill in Beihai City, Guangxi Province. The second tissue machine (TM6) is expected to be started up by the end of this year. The tissue machine (TM5) has a design speed of 2,000 […]

Ilim Group signs new strategic partnership agreements with Chinese companies

Ilim Group has signed two trilateral strategic partnership agreements with Shanghai High Hope Pulp and Paper, with the third parties to these agreements being Hengan Group and Mudanjiang Heng Feng Paper, which consume Ilim’s pulp and paperboard to produce their own P&P products. The largest service operator Shanghai High Hope Pulp and Paper Corporation has […]

Surging Corrugated Box Prices Propel Suppliers’ Revenues

In H1 2021, the trade volume in the global corrugated paper box market totalled 1.9M tonnes, dropping by 5% compared to the same period last year. Despite that, it rose by 16% to $3.6B in value terms due to the average carton box price increased by approximately 23% to $1,882 per tonne. Germany, the U.S., […]

China Baotuo plans to start up 36 tissue machines before the Spring Festival in China

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Baotuo Paper Equipment, a subsidiary of China Baosuo Group, successively started up a total of 12 tissue machines in many projects in China. According to the plan, before the Spring Festival of China in 2022, Baotuo will start up another 24 tissue machines in more than ten enterprises, including […]

China paper sector posts growth this year

The paper industry in China showed an increase in income and profits In January-October of the current year, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Informatization. According to the Ministry, for the reporting period industry’s revenue amounted to 1.22 trillion yuan (about US$191 billion), up 16.8 percent. more than in the same period […]

Andritz to supply PrimeCal calenders and paper machine approach flow system to Henan Xinyaxin

Andritz has received an order from Henan Xinyaxin New Technology Packaging Material, China, to deliver two calenders and a complete paper machine approach flow system for their new paper machine PM9 at the mill in Xinxiang City, Henan Province. The PM9 has a design speed of 950 m/min with 5.7 m width at the pope […]

China imported 30 procent of its total volume of softwood logs from Europe in 2021

European softwood logs were practically non-existent at Chinese ports five years ago. However, a combination of a never-ending hunger for more wood in the country, reductions in shipments from previously significant trading partners, and an oversupply of timber in Europe have altered the log flow into China over the past four years. New Zealand, Russia, […]

Andritz starts up P-RC APMP line delivered to Guangxi Sun Paper, China

Andritz has successfully started up a chemi-thermomechanical pulping system delivered to Sun Paper for its mill in the city of Beihai, Guangxi, China. The proven ANDRITZ P-RC APMP (Pre-Conditioning Refiner Chemical Alkaline Peroxide Mechanical Pulp) line features a capacity of 600 admt/d and processes eucalyptus wood chips as raw material to produce high-quality pulp for […]