Metso will supply Hyogo Pulp Industries with a pulp drying line for its mill in Tanigawa, Japan as part of an order.
The capacity of the new line, for which start-up is planned for the last quarter of 2014, will be 770 air dried tons per day and the width at the cutter layboy 3.9m.
According to the global supplier of technology and services, its supply scope includes a pulp drying line excluding the building and civil works. The core parts of the delivery are a wet end, a pulp dryer, a cutter layboy and a baling line.
Metso Fiber business line sales vice president Antti Suoknuuti said, "Metso received the order from Hyogo Pulp as Metso's solution best matched Hyogo Pulp's requirements in terms of easy adjustability for different grades."
Hyogo Pulp produces different types of unbleached kraft market pulp in Japan and its annual capacity is 200,000t.
