Bolton, Lancashire, England, 02 February 2012 -- PMT Italia has been selected by Jiangmen Xinghui Paper Mill Co., Ltd., as a key partner for its new “White Line Chip Board” machine project. The new board machine will be installed in the Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, close to the town of Shuangshui in the People Republic of China. Start-up is scheduled for the end of 2013.

PMT Italia has been commissioned to supply technological paper machine sections, including four headboxes, one with dilution control, a shoe press, and a winder. The new PM1 board machine will be designed to produce white line chip board in the range of 230-500 g/m² at a speed of 650 m/min, the trim width at the reel being 4,360 mm, with a forecast output of 300,000 metric tons/year.

The scope of supply includes the control and automation systems of the related paper machine sections to be integrated into the main MCS, together with erection supervision, commissioning, and start-up services.