Valmet is to deliver a comprehensive fiberline technology upgrade to Lecta’s combined pulp and paper mill in Zaragoza, Spain. The upgrade enables a significant capacity increase in pulp production, while reducing operational costs and improving the availability of the fiberline.
The value of the order will not be disclosed. The delivery is scheduled for Lecta’s annual shutdown in April 2025.
The fiberline upgrade will cover areas such as wood handling, cooking, brown stock screening, washing and oxygen delignification.
Valmet’s delivery consists of a comprehensive technology upgrade for the fiberline, including a new log feeding system and a Valmet Chip Cutter for wood handling, a cooking modification with Valmet OptiBin solution and Valmet Chip Pumps, a new screening room, an additional washing stage with a new Valmet TwinRoll Press, and an Oxygen Delignification stage modification.
Lecta is a leading European manufacturer and distributor of specialty papers for labels and flexible packaging, coated and uncoated paper for publishing and commercial printing, and other high-value innovative products. The mill in Zaragoza, Spain, is a combined pulp and paper mill with a total production capacity of 536,000 tons per year.
Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
