ANDRITZ starts up new DD-Washer for Hyogo Pulp Industries, Japan

Naoki Ikawa, Representative Executive Director of Hyogo Pulp Industries, Ltd., says: “We decided to install a new ANDRITZ DD-Washer because of its flexibility to accommodate higher production rates and its environmental performance, which aligns with our sustainability goals.”

The state-of-the-art ANDRITZ DD-Washer ensures maximum washing efficiency and excellent pulp quality while optimizing water usage, thus improving the mill’s environmental footprint. It has a unique multi-stage design that allows to adjust the washing stages to the production needs in run mode.

As part of its investment to improve sustainability, Hyogo Pulp Industries also ordered a multi-effect evaporation plant and a methanol liquefaction plant – the first of its kind in the Japanese pulp industry – from ANDRITZ in 2023.

Hyogo Pulp Industries produces about 200,000 tons of unbleached softwood pulp per year for customers in Japan and Southeast Asia. In addition, the company supplies green electricity generated from biomass. Hyogo Pulp Industries promotes the effective use of wood resources in its pulp and power generation businesses by using mainly discarded wood as raw material.

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ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology group ANDRITZ offers a broad portfolio of innovative plants, equipment, systems, services and digital solutions for a wide range of industries and end markets. Sustainability is an integral part of the company’s business strategy and corporate culture. With its extensive portfolio of sustainable products and solutions, ANDRITZ aims to make the greatest possible contribution to a sustainable future and help its customers achieve their sustainability goals. ANDRITZ is a global market leader in all four of its business areas – Pulp & Paper, Metals, Hydropower and Environment & Energy. Technological leadership and global presence are cornerstones of the group’s strategy, which is focused on long-term profitable growth. The publicly listed group has around 30,000 employees and over 280 locations in more than 80 countries.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER
ANDRITZ Pulp & Paper provides sustainable technology, automation, and service solutions for the production of all types of pulp, paper, board and tissue. The technologies and services focus on increased production efficiency, lower overall operating costs as well as innovative decarbonization strategies and autonomous plant operation.

The product portfolio also includes boilers for power generation, various nonwoven technologies, and panelboard (MDF) production systems. With waste-to-value recycling, shredding and energy solutions, waste and by-product streams from production are converted into valuable secondary raw materials as well as into sustainable resources for energy generation. State-of-the-art IIoT technologies as part of Metris digitalization solutions complete the comprehensive product offering.