Kimberly Clark de Mexico recently started up a seventh tissue machine (supplied by Valmet) at the Bajío mill in San Juan del Rio, Mexico.
The new Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line adds 60,000 tpy of high quality tissue paper to the current production of facial, toilet, napkin and towel per year.
"We are pleased with the overall execution and start-up of the Bajío machine 4," said Bernardo Aragón, Kimberly Clark de Mexico's Operations Director. "Our internal team of project engineers developed the site, oversaw engineering, procurement and machine installation with very good support from Valmet throughout the process.
"The machine is currently operating as expected after a very short start-up curve, thanks to the strong involvement by Valmet and the mill's manufacturing staff," Aragón added.
The tissue machine has a width of 5.4 metres and a design speed of 2,000 m/min and is optimized to save energy and to enhance final product quality.
