Heinzel Group to Expand Pulp Capacity in Pöls (Austria)

Paper Excellence recently announced that its British Columbian Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill will close permanently, leaving between 130 and 180 people out of work. “In light of the extreme drought conditions experienced since May, the decision to cease paper operations was advanced to help conserve water supply”, Steve Bird, General Manager of Howe Sound Pulp & Paper said in a press release. “The future of our mill lies with our strong pulp and green energy opportunities that will continue to grow.” With newsprint prices declining, and shrinking demand likely to continue Paper Excellence did an “extensive review” to see if it was worth converting to other products. Paper Excellence concluded that it wasn’t worth it.

ANDRITZ supplied the following equipment for the SCA Östrand mill: - a complete debarking plant with two parallel debarking and chipping lines each consisting of a PowerFeed de-icing conveyor, a hydrostatically supported debarking drum for a capacity of 425 m3 sob/h and measuring 5.5 x 39 meters, and a horizontally fed, XL-size HHQ-Chipper operating with a TK-IV knife system. The delivery also includes two new-generation HQ-Press bark presses resulting in excellent bark dry content, as well as modernization of the existing chip handling system; -the new innovative EvoDry pulp drying system with its energy-saving technologies that substantially reduce the mill’s operating costs, including a boiler exhaust energy recovery system, fine screening, a twin wire dewatering system with a fully automatic tail threading system to meet strictest health, safety, and environmental regulations, a new-generation sheet dryer for lowest downtime and fast start up, as well as a cutter and two baling lines; Click Read More below for additional information.

Along with our entry into the containerboard market, the changes at our Kingsport Mill in Tennessee bring new recreational opportunities thanks to a land swap with the city of Kingsport for park land near downtown. Our recent announcement of the mill conversion represents not only an exciting economic development but also a continued commitment to the community. As part of the project to convert the mill to manufacture recycled linerboard, we agreed to swap land parcels with the city — a park for a park — creating new opportunities for each location. The city will receive the 40-acre Cement Hill property, located behind Kingsport’s train station, which is next to the 112-acre Brickyard Park property. In exchange, Domtar will receive Domtar Cloud Park and will contribute $500,000 toward relocating the memorial Scott Adams skate park that is currently located in Domtar Cloud Park.