Metso Corp.’s fiber and paper technology business area Metso Paper will supply board making technology to Dong Guan Nine Dragons Paper Industries Company in China. The delivery will be a part of the company's new board machine project in Dong Guan, Guandong province. The new machine is planned to start up in next October.
Metso Paper's delivery will include the forming section with four headboxes, a wire section, a reel, a winder and auxiliary products, including hydraulics and controls. The new machine will produce white lined chipboard and ivory board.
This is Dong Guan Nine Dragons Paper's third board machine investment in the region since 1999. Metso Paper delivered the first two machines.
Nine Dragons Company is the largest supplier of containerboard materials in Asia. The production capacity of its Guangdong mill is presently more than one million tons per year. The company is a subsidiary of America Chung Nam, a U.S. corporation, which has operated in the Chinese paper market since the late 1980s.Latest from Recycling Today
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