Customer: Batı Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri in Söke
Production: Pulp
Supplier: Valmet
Description: Valmet will deliver a comprehensive paper machine clothing package to the new board making line (PM3) of Batı Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri in Söke, Turkey. The customer selected Valmet’s paper machine clothing to ensure a successful start up of their new Valmet board making line later this year. The package corresponds to a clothing consumption of several years. Batı Kipas Kagıt’s new board machine PM3 will be a showcase of Valmet’s high-level technical innovations. After the inauguration of the newest board making line, the facility will be one of the largest in Europe with a production capacity of 1,868 tonnes per day.
Details: Valmet’s paper machine clothing package for the start up of the customer’s new container board line includes forming fabrics, press felts, shoe press belts and dryer fabrics. During the first years, the machine will run solely with Valmet’s clothing.
Start up: The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the first quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The PMC start up package will be delivered by the end of 2023.