Andritz to provide tissue plant for Croatian mill

A PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine. Photo © Andritz.
A PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine. Photo © Andritz.

Andritz is to supply a tissue plant, including pumps, for Astrabel doo’s mill in Belišće, Croatia.

The turnkey project covers stock preparation, tissue machine with air systems and rewinder, complete electrification and automation, and pumps.

The stock preparation plant will be equipped with a FibreSolve FSV pulper for energy-efficient bale pulping, as well as HD cleaning, deflaking, TwinFlo disc refining and headbox screening machinery in the approach flow system.

The tissue machine is a PrimeLineCOMPACT S 1300 with a design speed of 1300 m/min. It will produce a paper web that is 2.85 m wide.

Start-up is planned for 2023.