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- November 1, 2006
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News shorts from the pulp and paper world
BRAZIL
Voith Paper has built a new one-stop manufacturing site for headboxes in Sao Paulo. The firm invested Real 4.1 million ($1.8 million) in the 1,250-m^sup 2^ plant, which will enable it to produce up to 24 headboxes/yr in Brazil, with a maximum width of 12 m.
The first order at Voith's new lean manufacturing concept plant is equipment for the cartonboard machine that forms part of Klabin's MA-1100 project in Telemaco Borba, Parana state, southern Brazil. The new 350,000-tonne/yr PM is set to start up at the Monte Alegre mill in September 2007. The 7.3 m wide machine will run at 1,000 m/min, producing 1,100 tonnes/day of liquid packaging board ...