Voith signed a contract in June 2016 with Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited to provide it with two tissue machines in Dongguan, China. The startup of these two tissue machines (TM 11 and TM 12) is expected to take place respectively in September and July of 2017.

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Voith to supply two tissue machines to Lee & Man in Dongguan, China

Voith signed a contract in June 2016 with Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited to provide it with two tissue machines in Dongguan, China. The startup of these two tissue machines (TM 11 and TM 12) is expected to take place respectively in September and July of 2017, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Lee & Man ordered its TM 3, TM 9 and TM 10 machines from Voith, and the startup of TM 9 and TM 10 will take place respectively in March and May of 2017. From March through to September in 2017, four tissue machines from Voith will start up in a row in Lee & Man’s mill, at the pace of one machine every other two months.

The TM 11 and TM 12 machines have a working width of 5,600 mm, a design speed of 2,200 m/min and a maximum operating speed of 2,000 m/min.

Each of these two tissue machines will produce 60,000 tons of household paper from virgin fiber annually.

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited is one of the world’s leading paper manufacturers, mainly producing packaging paper and tissue paper with different grades and specifications.

Voith Paper is a Group Division of Voith and is one of the leading partners and pioneers in the paper industry.