Metso to Supply Tissue Machine for Fabrica de Papel San Francisco in Mexico

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources Latin America (Cordoba, Argentina)--Mexican tissue paper company Fabrica de Papel San Francisco (Baja California, Mexico) has awarded a contract to Metso (Helsinki, Finland) to provide a new tissue paper machine that is to be installed in Fabrica de Papel's tissue mill in Mexicali, Baja California. The total investment in the project is estimated to be $85 million, and the installation is to take place at the end of 2013.

The project seeks to increase the plant's manufacturing capacity through the addition of a tissue paper machine that can produce up to 30,000 tons of tissue paper per year. After the project is completed, the plant will have a total annual production capacity of 880,000 tons. Installation is expected to begin in the third quarter of this year, and the machine is expected to be operating at the end of 2013.

Metso is the tecnology provider. The machine will be equipped with a headbox, a yankee cylinder, a yankee hood, sheet control, tail-threading equipment, a dust management system and a reel.

The Baja California mill's operations began in 1980. It currently has a capacity of 850,000 tons of tissue paper per year. The new tissue line will use 100% recycled fiber as raw material. The plant has four tissue machines, and about 1,000 employees currently work at the facility.

Fabrica de Papel San Francisco is a company that produces and commercializes tissue paper. It currently is the biggest company in Mexico to provide tissue paper products for the Mexican market.

Metso (Helsinki, Finland) is a global supplier of technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries.

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