Graz, Austria 22 January 2014 -- International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order to supply a High Energy Recovery Boiler (HERB) to Mondi Świecie, Poland. The new ANDRITZ boiler, which is scheduled for start-up at the beginning of 2016, will replace the existing recovery boiler (supplied by ANDRITZ in the 1980s) at the Świecie mill.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER’s HERB offers one of the industry’s highest power-to-heat ratios and operates at higher pressure and temperature than conventional boilers, thus maximizing power generation. The boiler, also designed to minimize emissions, has a capacity of 2,300 tds/d.

Mondi Świecie is one of the major packaging paper producers for the European corrugated board industries. This order confirms ANDRITZ’s position as one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced boiler technologies and its long-term good business relationship with Mondi – the international packaging and paper group. During the past two years, Mondi has ordered three ANDRITZ recovery boilers (also for Frantschach, Austria, and Ružomberok, Slovakia, in addition to Świecie) as part of the company’s program for energy optimization and environmental protection.

The ANDRITZ GROUP

The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors. In addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other sectors including automation, the production of animal feed and biomass pellets, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the production of panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and biomass torrefaction plants. The publicly listed, international technology Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 23,900 employees. ANDRITZ operates over 220 production sites as well as service and sales companies all around the world.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER is a leading global supplier of equipment, systems, and services for the production and processing of all types of pulps, paper, tissue, and board. The technologies cover processing of logs, annual fibers, and waste paper, production of chemical pulp, mechanical pulp, and recycled fibers, recovery and reuse of chemicals, preparation of paper machine furnish, production of paper, tissue, and board, calendering and coating of paper, as well as treatment of reject materials and sludge. The service range includes modernization, rebuilds, spare and wear parts, service and maintenance, as well as machine transfer and second-hand equipment. Biomass, steam, and recovery boilers, gasification plants for energy production, flue gas cleaning plants, production equipment for biofuel (second generation) and biomass pelleting, biomass torrefaction, and plants for the production of nonwovens, dissolving pulp, plastic films, and panelboards (MDF) are also allocated to the business area.