Kadant Black Clawson Receives Order for Recycling Equipment

Kadant Black Clawson Inc. has received multiple orders totaling more than $8 million during the second quarter for stock-preparation systems that will be used to recycle pulp fiber at mills in China.

The largest order, for $4.2 million, is for a complete stock-preparation system for Guangdong Dongguan Huangchong Yinzhou Paper Co. Ltd. in Guangdong Province. The system will remove impurities from recycled pulp, and clean, screen, and refine the pulp fiber before it is fed into a new paper machine scheduled to begin operation next year for the production of corrugated board.

Another order, valued at $2.9 million, was placed by Refreshing Pharmaceutical Industrial Co. for a deinking line that will be installed in the company's new pulp mill in Feicheng, Shandong next year. The Feicheng mill, a new business venture for Refreshing Pharmaceutical, will use the system to process mixed office waste for the production of pulp sold in the open market.

Kadant Black Clawson received additional orders during the quarter totaling more than $1 million for various stock-preparation products to be installed in China mills.

"We are pleased to add these significant orders to our backlog," said William Rainville, chairman and CEO of Kadant, Black Clawson’s parent company. "The Asian pulp and paper markets are an important part of our papermaking systems growth strategy.”