Kadant Inc., based in Westford, Mass., has received orders totaling $17.6 million for eight stock-preparation systems from four containerboard producers in China since the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2010.
All the systems are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2011.
Kadant also announced that it has been awarded additional contracts from three other containerboard producers in China for four approach flow systems and two recycling systems for linerboard production. These systems have a combined value of $7.6 million.
"These orders demonstrate the dynamic growth of paper production in China as well as our strong position in that market," says Jonathan Painter, Kadant’s president and CEO. "The recycling systems integrate Kadant's latest technology to reduce energy consumption and improve fiber yield, while the deinking systems, included with two of the orders, will provide deinked pulp to serve the rapidly growing white top linerboard market in China."
Kadant supplies equipment to the global pulp and paper industry.
Kadant Lands Orders for Paper Recycling Systems in China
Company also says that it has $7.6 million in pending orders in China.