Forestry company orders 300 pumps

Arauco, one of the world's largest forestry companies, has placed an order for 300 ABS process pumps for a new pulp mill in Valdivia, Chile.

June 17, 2002

Molndal, Sweden, June 17, 2002 -- Arauco, one of the world's largest forestry companies, has placed an order for 300 ABS process pumps for a new pulp mill in Valdivia, Chile.

The Greenfield mill will have a production of 600,000 tons/year of bleached kraft market softwood and hardwood pulps made from eucalyptus and pine.

The order includes a number of different pumps used for various positions in a pulp mill: digester circulation pumps, evaporation pumps, fan pumps and some pumps for chemical preparation including pumps in casted titanium for a chlorine dioxide plant.

The main part of the 300 process pumps are in stainless steel and were chosen for their proven technical quality, cost-efficiency and low energy consumption.

All pumps are equipped with mechanical seals from the ABS flexible seal concept - System PSI - the flexible sealing system for a truly cost-effective process. System PSI offers reliable sealing technology for all applications within the pulp & paper industry, combining minimised downtime with low power consumption.

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