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.

n a groundbreaking project, ANDRITZ modernized the KM3 board machine at MM Frohnleiten GmbH, Europe’s leading cartonboard manufacturer.

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.

There is nothing like a world-beating challenge to keep design and production engineers at the top of their game. Bracell’s Project Star, situated in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo state, Brazil, certainly provided ANDRITZ pulp technology experts with a host of challenges, and, as usual, world class solutions were provided.

A logistical challenge and pioneering technology: the Waste-to-Energy plant at Aschaffenburg is a success story drawing on a wide range of ANDRITZ competencies, including the flexibility to manage a very compact site.

An industry benchmark in the making

Huatai Paper’s mill in Dongying, Shandong Province, China, has the world's largest mechanical pulping line for production of printing and writing paper

Switching on demand between kraft and dissolving pulp

We need to reduce the energy our buildings consume to combat climate change. ANDRITZ and naturheld have therefore pushed the sustainability and technical boundaries in wood-based insulation.

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

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.

Recovering and Reusing Secondary Heat Across Pulp Mill Islands

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.

is much more efficient than you might think

Biomass powder burning

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.

Reutlingen, Germany, September 2022. Conservation of resources, reduction of energy consumption, CO₂ reduction, closed-loop circular economy - these are all firmly established cornerstones of ANDRITZ's sustainability strategy.

As tissue mills seek to optimize their energy consumption for optimum sustainability, ANDRITZ’ introduction of a hood air system based on electrical heating is very timely

Simple and smart – In further efforts towards maximizing efficiencies of white liquor plants, ANDRITZ has developed LimeDry-H™.

The new PrimeClean TO is the latest innovation in cleaners from ANDRITZ. The “TO” designation comes from the fact that it combines two cleaning stages in one unit (two-in-one). Thanks to its innovative reject chamber design, the PrimeClean TO is ideal for removing sand and small particle debris from approach flow stock and recycled fiber processing lines at higher feed consistencies. The first systems have been sold and start-up is planned for early next year.

ANDRITZ has developed a world-wide reputation as a leader in the production of steel Yankees for a variety of paper grades and even tobacco machines.