Name of the Project
Groundwood reject system conversion.

Location
The project is located in Balakhna, in the Nizhnij Novgorod region of Russia.

Client
JSC Volga.

Project Description
The project entails the convert the existing groundwood reject line into a thermomechanical pulping (TMP) line.

The new 180-bone-dry-metric-tonnes-a-day TMP line will process spruce as raw material to feed existing paper machines.

To significantly increase the capacity of newspaper production, the existing parallel layout of high-consistency (HC) refiners will be rearranged into a two-stage HC refining set-up and a new chip-washing and HC refiner feeding system with a new plug screw feeder and filter will be installed. The project also comprises modernisation of the existing screening and low-consistency refining system and includes the complete automation and electrification equipment with DCS system.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Startup is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
ANDRITZ (TMP line).

On Budget and on Time?
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
JSC Volga, tel +8831 444 1010, fax +8831 444 1011 or email info@volga-paper.ru.