Two new Toscotec’s tissue machines delivered to Vinda Paper; will bring a further increase of 60,000 tons/year
(Italy / China, Jan. 24, 2017) In December 2016, the Italian supplier Toscotec S.p.A. has delivered two tissue machines, TM 3 and 4, to Vinda Paper (Zhejiang) to be installed at its Longyou mill.
The machines are scheduled to begin installation in the spring and complete start-up in mid-2017. Vinda Zhejiang mill, catering for east China area market with Shanghai in the proximity of which is strategically located, has registered a sustained growth, since the first two Toscotec supplied tissue machines, TM 1 and 2, were fired up in the last quarter of 2014. Building on the outstanding results of the previous machines, Vinda has decided to invest again in Toscotec’s technology in Zhejiang province and in the second half of 2016 has sealed the new orders with the Italian supplier. With these two new machines, TM 3 and 4, Vinda Zhejiang mill is expected to achieve a total production capacity of 210,000 tons/year. Following start-up in 2016 of other three Toscotec supplied machines in Guangdong and Shandong provinces, with a total production increase of 90,000 tons/year, the Vinda Group continues uninterrupted its strategic growth in a period of slowdown for the Chinese market. The new tissue machines delivered to Vinda Zhejiang will bring a further increase of 60,000 tons/year. In line with the long-established and fruitful cooperation between Toscotec and Vinda, Vinda Zhejiang’s TM3 and TM4 also present superior technological advantages, benefiting from a wide-ranging energy saving concept, the TT DOES solution (Drying Optimization for Energy Saving), as well as delivering premium quality tissue. (Source: press release)
