Valmet has been selected as supplier for a new bleaching plant to be installed at Cenibra's pulp mill in Belo Oriente in Brazil. The new plant will have the capacity to produce 500,000 tonnes of pulp per year. Start-up is scheduled to be in April, 2018. A typical value for this scope of supply is around Euro 30-50 million,

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Valmet to supply new bleaching plant to Cenibra's pulp mill in Brazil

Valmet has been selected as supplier for a new bleaching plant to be installed at Cenibra's pulp mill in Belo Oriente in Brazil. The new plant will have the capacity to produce 500,000 tonnes of pulp per year. Start-up is scheduled to be in April, 2018. A typical value for this scope of supply is around Euro 30-50 million, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The new bleaching plant, equipped with Valmet's modern TwinRoll press technology, will replace the original plant, dated from 1977, that is based on vacuum filter technology.

"By upgrading individual key process parts in chemical pulping to latest technology, it is possible to reach significant reductions in environmental impacts, and at the same time, increase the performance of the production process. We are very pleased that CENIBRA appreciates our bleach plant technology and that we got their confidence to deliver this important project," says Stefan Mattson, Vice President, Fiber Processing, Valmet.

Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A. - Cenibra is one of the biggest world producers of bleached eucalyptus pulp (hardwood).

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.