Kadant Lands Contracts for Recycling Equipment

Kadant Inc. recently received orders from three customers in China for stock-preparation systems totaling nearly $11 million. The equipment, to be supplied by its Kadant Black Clawson subsidiary, will recover fiber from various paper stock grades using de-inking, pulping, cleaning, screening, and washing technologies.

Zaozhuang Hua Run Paper Co., Ltd. purchased two stock-prep systems for new production lines that will double capacity at its mill northwest of Shanghai. One system will process mixed office paper when the mill produces white linerboard. The same system will also process ONP when the mill produces gypsum paper. The second system will process recycled OCC to produce both white linerboard and gypsum paper. The equipment is scheduled for installation and startup by the end of this year.

Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co., Ltd. also ordered a system for processing mixed office paper used to produce white linerboard at its mill south of Shanghai. The mill is installing this equipment, scheduled for startup this fall, to replace virgin pulp with de-inked, recycled pulp in an effort to lower production costs.

Three systems were ordered by Kinfai International Industries Ltd. for its new Dongguan Jianhui Paper mill. This mill will produce one million metric tons of coated whiteboard per year. The system being installed, part of phase one of the three-phase project, will process mixed waste and ONP to produce multi-ply whiteboard used for packaging. System installation is scheduled for next spring.