ANDRITZ capabilities for pulp production

Fitting firmly into the ANDRITZ CircleToZero™ initiative, the HQ-Press bark press has evolved into a “must have” at pulp mills as it lowers carbon footprint, saves on energy costs, and considerably improves power boiler efficiency.

In SPECTRUM, we often focus on major developments: World-first technologies. Environmental breakthroughs. New plants that create state-of-the-art products, economic value, and jobs. But ANDRITZ also spends a lot of time doing the ordinary things, too. The less-spectacular, but still essential, fixes that help a paper mill keep on doing do what it does best. World-changing? Perhaps not every time. Important? Always.

Textiles made from cellulose fibers are becoming more and more important as the world rapidly moves away from fossil-fuel derived products and seeks more environmentally friendly raw materials. ANDRITZ has developed the A-ConFlexTM continuous cooking method for bleached dissolving pulp production to make it easy for pulp producers to switch between dissolving pulp and kraft pulp according to market demand.

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) can make an important contribution to the urgently needed reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. ANDRITZ has various types of solutions in its portfolio that help customers to remove CO₂ from their flue gases which can be stored, or processed for further use in making other products.

Cooperation project in circular economy for used Forming Fabrics and Press Felts started.

UPM’s Paso de los Toros pulp mill started up in central Uruguay in 2023 and is now in the process of ramping up to its design capacity of 2.1 million tonnes a year. ANDRITZ was chosen once again as the turnkey supplier after the positive experience with its technology at UPM’s first mill in the country, Fray Bentos, which started up 16 years ago.