Andritz has been awarded the delivery of a turnkey front-end package to Pfleiderer MDF OOO for its new MDF factory in Novgorod, Russia.
The scope of supply comprises the complete wood yard (including a RotaBarker), chip washing system, the pressurised refining system­ (which will be equipped with an S2070M refiner) as well as the steel structure, piping, cabling, complete erection and start-up assistance, scheduled for 2009.
In June 2008 Andritz received an order for a pressurised refining system from Guang Dong (Zhanjiang) Medium Density Fibre Board Co Ltd, China for its mill in Guangdong. The system includes a 45/49in-1CP refiner.
This is the second installation at the same site and the 90th pressurised refining system sold to a Chinese customer by Andritz.