Flowserve has received a new contract for the supply of all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for Klabin’s new pulp mill at Ortigueira in Paraná, Brazil.
"The reliability and performance of our rotary control and automated on/off valves combined with our local service capability helps our customer run their pulp mills safely and efficiently. From our Quick Response Centre (QRC) in Três Lagoas, we will also be able to provide localized service to our customer and protect their investment over the entire life cycle of the valves," said, Bill Brown, Vice President and General Manager, Flow Control Operations, Chemical Sector.
Flowserve will supply more than 1500 rotary control and automated on/off valves for the new mill. The valves will be supplied during April and December 2015.
The new mill is expected to have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of pulp.
