Valmet will supply a new container board making line with extensive packages of automation and services to Batı Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri in Söke, Turkey. The new board making line (PM 3) will produce high-quality fluting and liner grades. The start-up of PM 3 is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023.

The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the third quarter 2021. The value of the order will not be disclosed.The total value of an order of this type and delivery scope is typically around EUR 90-110 million.

'The new board machine PM 3 will be a showcase of Valmet's high-level technical innovations. Batı Kipas Kagıt wants to be a forerunner in technology. We selected Valmet due to its innovative solutions and the good performance of Valmet's earlier delivery of our PM 1 in Kahramanmaraş,' says Sinem Öksüz Dedebayraktar, Member of Board of Kipas Holding.

'Our cooperation with Kipas Kagıt has been excellent. In August, we also announced a multifuel boiler delivery to the same customer. The high-level technical solutions we have offered have really been differentiation factors to Kipas Kagıt - in this sales project, aqua layer headbox, impingement drying and hard nip sizer are good examples of them,' says Haluk Arıcan, Senior Sales Manager, Turkey, Valmet.

Technical information about the delivery

Valmet's delivery for PM 3 will include a high-speed container board making linefrom broke collectionand an approach systemto a reel and a winder. An OptiFlo Layering Gapheadbox with new innovative aqua layering technology will be used to produce a two-layer sheet with a very good layer coverage using only one headbox and one OptiFormer Gapforming unit with shoe and blade technology. These will be followed by an OptiPress Linearpress section and OptiRun Singledyer section topped with an OptiDry Twinimpingement drying unit providing superior drying efficiency, excellent runnability, enhanced draw control and increased bulk, and an OptiSizer Hardsizer giving higher strength values.

The end of the machine line will be equipped with an OptiReel Linearreel combined with transfer rails, and a high-capacity OptiWin Protwo-drum proactive winder with Dual Unwindfor even higher winding capacity. A wide scope of board machine and machine hall process ventilation systems, continuous surface size preparation and OptiSizer supply systemswill be included, too.

The delivery will include Valmet DNA Automation Systemincluding process controls, drive controls, and condition monitoring, and Valmet IQ Quality Control System (QCS)with web monitoring and web inspection systems. The start-up and the further optimization of the new board machine will be supported remotely from Valmet Performance Centerutilizing the latest Industrial Internetsolutions.Cost Monitoring will offer real time cost information of energy consumption in the production process. The delivery will also include Valmet Paper Machine Clothing, spare parts and consumablespackages.The 9,100-mm-wide (wire) board machine will produce recycled fluting, testliner and kraft top testliner grades with a basis weight range of 60-110 g/m². The design speed of the machine will be 1,800 m/min and the annual capacity approximately 650,000 tonnes.About the customer Batı Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri

Kipas Kagıt Sanayi İsletmeleri A.Ş. started as a joint venture of Kipaş Holding in 2011 and produces high-quality containerboard paper from wastepaper. Currently, Kipaş has two paper machines: PM 1 in Kahramanmaraş with an annual production capacity of 450,000 tons and PM 2 in Söke with a production capacity of 720,000 tons of coated grades.

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For further information, please contact:
Haluk Arıcan, Senior Sales Manager, Turkey, Valmet, tel. +905322779828
Jari Vähäpesola, President, Paper business line, Valmet, tel. +358 40 558 6555

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Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

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