ATMOS Premium Tissue I Energy efficiency â A challenge for ... - Voith
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TECHNOLOGY<br />
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Bowater Calhoun PM 4 rebuild –<br />
Realignment to more profitable markets<br />
The declining demand <strong>for</strong> newsprint above all in North America is<br />
<strong>for</strong>cing papermakers to look <strong>for</strong> other ways of using their production<br />
lines. In many cases existing newsprint machines can be<br />
converted <strong>for</strong> producing other grades. This is often a very attractive<br />
option <strong>for</strong> increasing value-added – the secret of success in today’s<br />
changing markets.<br />
Bowater Incorporated headquartered<br />
in Greenville, SC, USA, is one of the<br />
leading producers of coated papers,<br />
specialty grades and newsprint.<br />
Bowater has approximately 7,600<br />
employees and operates 12 pulp and<br />
paper mills located in the United<br />
States, Canada and South Korea. In<br />
North America, it also owns two converting<br />
facilities and 10 sawmills.<br />
Bowater operates six recycling plants<br />
and is one of the world’s largest<br />
consumers of recycled newspapers<br />
and magazines.<br />
In 2003, Bowater and <strong>Voith</strong> demonstrated<br />
their successful cooperation<br />
when the Catawba PM 3 was converted<br />
from newsprint to LWC. This<br />
is the largest US machine conversion<br />
so far.<br />
Bowater’s Calhoun facility, built in<br />
1954, is one of North America’s<br />
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